Sold in one day

Timrhu said: "After reading Oregonpapa's excellent review of his ARC 75SE upgrade experience I took interest in the ad Taters noted. Sold in one day eh? Probably purchased by Wolfgarcia."

*lol* ... I just spewed a fresh cup of home roasted Guatemalan coffee all over my computer screen.

I sold my "old" REF-75 here on Agon in 12 hours. I gave the buyer a smokin' deal. He helped me and I helped him. It was a nice transaction where everyone felt as though they walked away from the table with a fair shake. To me, that' successful negotiating.

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I always price my stuff very fairly. It always sells within a few days. I've had several 1st day sales.

I had listed an item that I mentioned that I would not sell internationally. I did not want to go through the hassle of shipping internationally with all that paperwork I had a buyer in Germany insist that I sell it to him. He paid me a serious premium for my item and arranged everything.

If you have great item and price it fairly, it will move quickly.

I bought and paid for my Sansui Tu-X1 tuner off of eBay within two hours of its listing. The buyer told me that he'd received several offers way above his asking price after I'd already won the item. He had no idea the item was so coveted.

I'm waiting for an Audio Research Ref-5 SE to drop into my range, I'll pull the trigger on that sucker in a split second.
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It could be smoke and mirrors, maybe it was just relisted. Never the less it is a reference product and who don't love Audio Research.

Mitch T, there is one for sale right now in the classifieds.

When I sell, which is not that often, I tend to go well under market, and have several times sold nice pieces for what the 'Gon bluebook indicates is an all time low. I want a quick sale, and I want the buyer, if at all possibble, to be a very happy camper.

I also tend to list most pieces, even very clean ones, as a 7/10; I just don't want any disappointment (obviously, this interacts with my low pricing). A minor pet peeve of mine is people who list older, well-used, pieces at 10/10. Really? Did you turn that sucker on and off with telekinesis?

Philosophically, although I am far from extravagant by the standards here, I expect to spend a little money on the hobby; I feel little compulsion to make money or break even. If I enjoy a piece for a few years, and come a out a bit behind on the sale, I feel just fine.

Of course, I'm a light trader; YMMV.

John