HAVE ALL SALES STOPPED ON AUDIOGON ???

I am afraid I would have to disagree about pricing it right, I am sure a LOT of people here already have priced their items at less than they are traditionally worth and still not even tirekickers are coming out.
Now I did have a good laugh this morning, my 9.5 out of 10, $3600 speakers I have listed at $1499 got an offer.....of $500.Sort of says it all really.
If that is the state then you can gladly add me to the list of "i wont sell at X"

As in other areas, Digital Kills.  The audiophile obsession grew from the belief that there was magic embedded in the record groove, which justified medical-quality equipment to extract the very small ore, and of course you needed something with the mass of Hoover Dam as a stable base for the delicate instruments. Stylus shapes, Zen-like Japanese catridge designers, jewelry quality arms were all marshalled to extract the minute signal, which needed to be equalized, pre-amplified, and passed through more special instruments and cables to the speaker.  Being analog, there was always "better" and forever getting halfway nearer to the absolute. What glorious obsession and joy in that.  But alas, digital is just there, everywhere, all 1's and 0's and emotes so loudly it has to be attenuated, and just soul-killing efficient like so many other areas that digital conquers.

Some of the people on this site think there OLD equipment is GOLD.If you price it right it will sell.Like  Lower your asking price.Please i see people here with cazy high prices.Especially you guys selling your old Cds !!!!! There used you want $10 or more and $5 shipping lol....i look and laught .Albums to $50 for a Frank Sinatra album please .

As Bob sang: The Times They are A-Changin

In addition to excellent observations by:
@grannyring
@phillyb
Social Media seems to have replaced sitting in front of the stereo.  Bonding ain't what it used to be.

Also, the economy has changed. The middle-class is getting hammered. The cost of living is going up, wages are not. Discretionary spending has been re-calibrated. Millenials are paying upwards of 45% of their income on rent. Many are stashing any extra $$$ towards savings - they don’t trust that Social Security will be around for them.

If someone offers less than what we think the item we are selling is worth, keep it. Obviously, it is more worth to us than to the potential buyer. Why would those buyers offering less be talked bad about? They simply know what something is worth to them. No harm done. We can always wait for a buyer that will think higher about the item we are selling. Maybe she/he does come along. If not, well, maybe $1500 was actually not that bad two years ago when we got that offer.


Also, how many of us go to the grocery store and give an offer on milk? Why do we expect that a buyer has to make an offer? Isn’t it the seller who has to know what she/he is willing to part from the possession for?

What do people do with old cars? Keep them?