>From my observation buying pro-audio died about 4 months ago on e-bay.
I think Walt hit the buyers market right.
I will not bid just to be the highest bidder in the country. I look
for mistakes and low price. If the seller demands 80 cents on the
dollar for a non mint mic then he can sit and pay fees. I do not
know this particular seller you speak of. But I know I am not seeing
much raw meat on e-bay lately in audio.
But hey, if you got a 40 year old amp or turn-table gathering dust
imho this is the best of times to unload.
Rich
--- In Aaron Ximm <>
wrote:
> Hey folks,
>
> Sorry for the off-topic posting, but there's a mystery I'm
wondering if
> any of you can shed light on.
>
> I set up a 'favorite search' on eBay for "sennheiser mkh". As a
result,
> I've been watching that search's results evolve over the last year
or so.
>
> I've noticed that there are a number of mics that appear in
auctions which
> end, and then reappear a week or two later, over and over. In
particular
> there are two mics up now, an MKH-80 and an MKH-40, that have been
listed
> several times -- many times in the case of the latter.
>
> I know sometimes the reserve isn't met, but I'm pretty sure at
least in
> these cases it has. Are there really that many flakey buyers out
there?
> Aren't the sellers obligated to report if some damage (etc) comes
to light
> that makes the buyers legitimately back out?
>
> So... any experience with why this is happening...? It's definitely
made
> me leery of bidding on those particular mics (though the description
> hasn't changed for either, and both sellers appear to be well-
ranked...).
> Which is a shame since with the 80 and 40 I could get an M/S pair
for <
> $1500 even at the 'buy it now' price.
>
> (I realize I could just ask the sellers, and I ultimately will, but
I
> didn't want to be rude or a nuisance...)
>
> best,
> aaron
>
>
> http://www.quietamerican.org
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