lp12
Posted by: pip on 01 May 2004
On a visit to my local newsagents;to buy my monthly hifi rag .I got talking to the owner who was a hifi nut . About one hour later after reliving the last twenty years of linn and naim,he mentioned he had a linn lp12 and ittok arm for sale.What does the forum think is a fair price ;as he said make me an offer . Of course i do need to see the deck but it appears to be a mid 1980s with a clear lid and no cartridge regards PIP
Posted on: 01 May 2004 by garyi
Offer him £150 and see where he stands. Its a buyers market, if per chance he don't know the market then you are quids in.
Posted on: 01 May 2004 by sean
Garyi,
Do you mean try to rip him off?
Sean.
Posted on: 01 May 2004 by garyi
Why is that ripping him off Sean?
Lets get down to brass tacks here. Things are only worth what people will pay. The LP12 amounts to around 5 feet of cheap wood, an aluminium circle and plate and an arm board.
If this guy is a hifi nut he will know what some Will pay for a product, if he is not aware he will most likely be very happy with 150 for a deck.
Ripping off people is a totally different ball park and usually the other way round.
If some one told me to make an offer on something I wanted I would cetrtainly go in low to assess the situation, if he turns round and tell me to piss off at least I know where I stand. If I go straight it and say 450 I would be a muppet.
Posted on: 01 May 2004 by pip
Thanks for the advice lads.Ill offer on the low side but i think to low may be an insult.His linn may now have been put to sleep infavore of a 5000 kuzma ;it was his pride and joy a few years ago
Posted on: 01 May 2004 by sean
What is wrong with offering a low but fairish price for what you know is a decent turntable and the approxiate value of?
Some people have no problem in offering buttons for something they know is worth a lot more and hope that the buyer is ignorant of the going rate. May-be that is, how would you put it, just being economical with the truth and too bad for the other party. I'm all for someone getting a bargain and have had a few in my time but to put in a punt hopeing that the buyer dosent know any better in my book is just not on.
If it was an old lady wanting to sell her furnature that you recognised as antiques, what do you do then? Offer her £150 and hope she dosent know the market?
Sean.
