People paying more for used?!?!

[jonnyp1993]

Iv been watching 2 pairs of wharfedale diamond 220s on Ebay. 1 pair sold for £125 used, the other £104.

But the thing is, richer sounds has them for £100 bramd spanking new !

Am I missing something here? Or are people just too lazy to do research and shop about?

 

[jonnyp1993]

Yup. Which is what makes ebay, the vast majority of time, a waste of time.

Numpties buying things and not realising their worth.

I can see your point now after seeing these speakers sell for more than the retail price. I used to compare prices to Ebay as that was normally the go to place for used prices, but now... that's all changed

Doesn't surprise me. I've often seen various things on there with a price quite a bit more than you'd pay buying from a retailer. I thought, good luck selling any at that price; only to find some had been sold when looking at the listing.

One of the sets was on a buy it now for £80, I messaged the seller asking if he could do them any cheaper as they was new at £100. He removed the listing and relisted on a auction. Which sold for the £125. Crackers, just crackers

 

[jonnyp1993]

Haha. I think the trouble with some people's mentality is that they won't buy something at a 'buy it now' price, because they don't want to pay that. If it's a bidding auction they'll start bidding if the price is low enough. Price goes up and up, then someone ends up paying more than what you could buy for 'buy it now' or new elsewhere.

Of course; you could say that the bidders going over what the BiN price was, weren't looking to buy the speakers or any item when it was BiN auction only. Bit of a coincedence though that as soon as the item goes to bid auction, you get people who are willing to bid more than what the BiN price was; people that would have bought the item at the BiN price.

Maybe it's a "like **** your going to beat me" sort of situation, people dont like been beat I guess lol

 

[jonnyp1993]

Just to play Devil's Advocate and give the alternative view......

1) Diamond 220 speakers aren't £99 new everywhere. There are a few retailers still listing at £179, or close to the launch rrp of £199

2) Diamond 220 were available in three finishes: Black, walnut, white. AFAICT, the £99 deal is limited to just black, and by the look of it from just one retailer who has bought up the remaining stock on an end-of-range deal. If you want another colour option then you're going to pay a premium, and there are lots of Ebay 'Buy-it-now' listings in the £199 - £279 range, so that distorts buyer's perception

3) The Diamond 11.1 takes over from the Diamond 220, but it's £280/pr and that that price it faces stiffer competition


My advice to any would-be purchasers is to grab the deal at £99. It's cheap.... Really cheap. Yes, if you wait around long enough then some cheaper used examples might become available. Maybe you'll save another £20 or £30 on something used. My view is that at the £99 for a new pair with warranty then would I trade the hassle of a private sale and no warranty plus the risk of shipping for the cost of a couple of big pizzas and some beer. The answer is no. Life's too short. Get the £99 deal and move on with the project.

I totally get what you mean, better finishes cost more etc and if someone has just done a simple Google search and its only brought up the higher value ones then I can see why they went for so much.

I have already ordered the 220s at £99