Best site for buying & selling?

Posted by: rjstaines on 11 January 2012

I fully support the 'no advertising' policy of this forum, but does anyone have an opinion and/or practical experience about what's the best site to use to buy and sell Naim kit as opposed to any other brand? (with all due respect to our trade members whose livelihood is eroded by private sales.)

Posted on: 11 January 2012 by pcstockton

The best site to use is an authorized dealer's.

Posted on: 12 January 2012 by horse

i would also like to know this as i'm in the market for a secondhand unitiqute at the moment.

Posted on: 12 January 2012 by Richard Sellicks

I've brought and sold on eBay over many years and have had no problems. I recently sold a qute to a happy buyer.

Posted on: 12 January 2012 by Andrew Porter

HI.FI-FORSALE......PINK FISH.....TOMTOM. Obviously Tom Tom is more for buying but will part ex!

Posted on: 12 January 2012 by Guido Fawkes

I'd always go through a dealer. Of course, you can be lucky on eBay - you can run across the motorway and not be hit by a car, but I wouldn't do it. To me eBay is about as secure as an Android phone; hence I avoid it.

Posted on: 12 January 2012 by Richard Sellicks

I buy from Dealers and ebay but always sell on ebay for the best return, over 30 Naim transitions on ebay over 8 years and not been run over yet!! Many dealers sell on ebay a good halfway house.

Posted on: 12 January 2012 by pcstockton

Originally Posted by Richard Sellicks:

I've brought and sold on eBay over many years and have had no problems. I recently sold a qute to a happy buyer.

Ive smoked a pack a day for 20 years and had no problems either....

That is horrible advice. Like he never thought of using ebay

Posted on: 12 January 2012 by sktn77a

Originally Posted by pcstockton:

Originally Posted by Richard Sellicks:

I've brought and sold on eBay over many years and have had no problems. I recently sold a qute to a happy buyer.

Ive smoked a pack a day for 20 years and had no problems either....

That is horrible advice. Like he never thought of using ebay

Huh???

Posted on: 12 January 2012 by pcstockton

1) Suggesting ebay is horrible advice for buying Naim gear

2) Ive smoked a pack a day for 20 years and had no problems. Yet I wouldn't suggest others follow suit.

3) OBVIOUSLY everyone knows you can buy and sell on eBay. I dont think it was a very prudent or insightful suggestion.

Got it skn77s7a?

Posted on: 12 January 2012 by Jan-Erik Nordoen

Where are you located Mr Staines ?

Posted on: 12 January 2012 by musicus68

Hey rjstaines!

I suppose you are in UK, aren't you? Anyway: the best site I've been dealing on was audiomarkt.de, in Germany. It's well protected, and perfectly administrated.

Posted on: 12 January 2012 by Richard Sellicks

Originally Posted by pcstockton:

1) Suggesting ebay is horrible advice for buying Naim gear

2) Ive smoked a pack a day for 20 years and had no problems. Yet I wouldn't suggest others follow suit.

3) OBVIOUSLY everyone knows you can buy and sell on eBay. I dont think it was a very prudent or insightful suggestion.

Got it skn77s7a?

How rude I just relayed my good experience when buying and selling.

Posted on: 12 January 2012 by pcstockton

Originally Posted by Richard Sellicks:

How rude I just relayed my good experience when buying and selling.

Might be rude but you cant argue the truth of it.

Did you really think suggesting eBay was helpful?

Lastly, you can buy Naim gear wherever you want. It is a free world and all that. But suggesting that someone else buy Naim gear on ebay is simply bad advice. Sorry, but that is my take on it.... from experience.

Have a great day!

Patrick

Posted on: 12 January 2012 by trickydickie

Well I must have been lucky on eBay then! I have purchased a NAC202, NAP200, NAPSC, Hicap 2 and an NV-I from private sellers and all have been fine.

The only slight exception was that the N-VI was misbehaving, a firmware update from Naim sorted that out.

I did buy fairly new kit from established sellers with disclosed serial numbers and all accessories and original packaging. I think I would be less inclined to buy older Olive or CB kit unless I could see and hear it.

Richard

Posted on: 12 January 2012 by Richard Sellicks

Originally Posted by trickydickie:

Well I must have been lucky on eBay then! I have purchased a NAC202, NAP200, NAPSC, Hicap 2 and an NV-I from private sellers and all have been fine.

The only slight exception was that the N-VI was misbehaving, a firmware update from Naim sorted that out.

Richard

Thanks Richard glad I'm not on my own having had a good experience with ebay

Posted on: 12 January 2012 by hilz

I to have had great service from eBay bought my 82 and 250 last year no problem both olive and supplied with original boxes and original bills of sale ( one owner never raced nor rallyed as they say)
You have to do some homework and I would always recommend contact the seller before committing to purchase.
Best of luck Hilz

Posted on: 12 January 2012 by Tog

Have successfully sold on eBay for years but have found my dealer to be pretty competitive with discounts on new gear. Naim sells well on eBay and I know many Linn and Naim dealers use it Tog

Posted on: 12 January 2012 by MontyMusic

2ndhandhifi.com Great service and also a reputable dealer called Hifi Sound. I bought and sold here and can say the service is superb !

Posted on: 12 January 2012 by pcstockton

Just to clarify, selling on eBay is probably an easy way to unload your unwanted goods. BUYING Naim gear on eBay is a different matter.

I am happy that everyone has ZERO bad experiences buying on eBay. It reminds me of a great bumper sticker. "Eat shit. A million flies cant be wrong."

-p

Posted on: 12 January 2012 by Rattlesnaic

I've brought a CDS3 ,a 252 and a Supercap on e-bay all from authorised Naim dealers which sell on e-bay .One of them is a regular contributer to this forum. All have been fantastic purchases. I wouldn't buy from private sellers without seeing first thou.