Wow, everything posted for sale is ''light use''??



Seems that a VERY HIGH percentage of the gear posted for sale has been lightly used with next to zero hours in a smoke free, pet free, cafeine free, oxygen free, gamma ray free home with 10 air purifiers working all at once, and operated only on Sundays between 6 and 7 am at low volume.

Notice how tubes ALWAYS have low hours on them? Man are we lucky in this hobby! Everything stays new!

It cracks me up everytime to read the postings, but it is not because it is funny.
sonicbeauty
I have lots of experience on this site and my experience is, for the most part, it's true.

Now this is just idle speculation, but my sense is that those that can afford luxury goods are working long hours to do so and hence have less time to spend using them. Doctors, lawyers, accountants. Kids, the sandwich generation, other hobbies, they all comes into play.

My sense is that most of these folks are more educated, even if I am not, so they probably don't smoke, or cook meth in their listening rooms.

Then again, the buyer here is more sophisticated, as well - except myself, as we have already learned - and so I think that most of the high mileage gear gets funneled to e-bay, or dealer trade ins, or even Craigslist.
That only matters if the price isnt in line with typical used gear. If its half its new price who cares? If however they sell for 80% or so of new price then I would be worried. Whats light use anyway? Its all in how one thinks its defined, some think 2hrs daily is light use, some would say 2hrs weekly is light, others 2hrs monthly so its just hard to define anyway.
All my gear is also gluten free and casein free.
With little to no exposition to muscle relaxants and long coat chihuahuas.
Lol
Anything I sell has been left on mostly 24/7 for YEARS..
Used every day too.

Only after i upgrade and the old item sits for awhile and i just realize I am not gonna use it anymore do i sell it.
So I guess I am an exception to the op comments.

I would say that sort of comment could very well be true.
Many folks only use the system once a week, and upgrade so often it really is just like new.

It is one of those things which actually makes no difference, except maybe Cd players or DVD machines

And the number ONE iteme with fantasy time used: Cartridges.

Now for carts believing the seller depends on the seller.
Plenty of folks buy a cart to try, do not like it, and sell them. They may keep it for awhile first, but then realize they just do not want it.

Then those few who decide to lie, and think 'who can tell?' Well?