why so many sales going on in here?

danger boy
danger boy Posts: 15,722
edited September 2007 in The Clubhouse
What's going on in here peeps? People selling parts or entire stereo systems... whom some said they would never part with?

Can it all be blamed on upgraditis setting in? Is it to upgrade to the new line of Polk speakers.. RTiA's or what?

Great deals to be had, but i've never witnessed anything like this in the 32 years i've been a part of this forum. :eek: :confused:

I'm sure everyone has their own reason, but dang, all at once.. and my pocketbook is done gone dry. :(
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  • hearingimpared
    hearingimpared Posts: 21,137
    edited September 2007
    I have to get a liver transplant due to upgraditis!!!
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  • RuSsMaN
    RuSsMaN Posts: 17,987
    edited September 2007
    Mofos are broke man! Can't let the lights get cut off!

    I just read your sig, off topic - but if those Tele's you got from me are headed for the CAL d/a in place of the EH - you are in for a HOLY **** moment for sure. I kid you not.
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  • jakelm
    jakelm Posts: 4,081
    edited September 2007
    Yeah..all this selling and I cant buy ****......

    Wait..I'll get some extra cash and the FS will shut down
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  • danger boy
    danger boy Posts: 15,722
    edited September 2007
    i guess if you sell to other Polkies.. it's not only a sale.. but it's like selling it to a family member.. so you can always vacation and go visit your former gear in a new home. ;)
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  • RuSsMaN
    RuSsMaN Posts: 17,987
    edited September 2007
    Why do you think I ALWAYS show up at Troy's? I want to hear my **** man. (**** being 'the gear I wish I had never sold, but Troy bailed me out of a tough time')
    Check your lips at the door woman. Shake your hips like battleships. Yeah, all the white girls trip when I sing at Sunday service.
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  • Early B.
    Early B. Posts: 7,900
    edited September 2007
    Some people are constantly selling off gear so they can stop selling gear one day. It's a vicious cycle.
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  • jakelm
    jakelm Posts: 4,081
    edited September 2007
    Early B. wrote: »
    Some people are constantly selling off gear so they can stop selling gear one day. It's a vicious cycle.


    Woo...Thats deep man..
    Monitor 7b's front
    Monitor 4's surround
    Frankinpolk Center (2 mw6503's with peerless tweeter)
    M10's back surround
    Hafler-200 driving patio Daytons
    Tempest-X 15" DIY sub w/ Rythmik 350A plate amp
    Dayton 12" DVC w/ Rythmik 350a plate amp
    Harman/Kardon AVR-635
    Oppo 981hd
    Denon upconvert DVD player
    Jennings Research (vintage and rare)
    Mit RPTV WS-55513
    Tosh HD-XA1
    B&K AV5000


    Dont BAN me Bro!!!!:eek:
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  • RuSsMaN
    RuSsMaN Posts: 17,987
    edited September 2007
    I don't have my decoder ring handy, how deep is it jake? 2 fathoms?

    I have a feeling it is a profound statement, I just don't have access to said dimension right now.... ;)
    Check your lips at the door woman. Shake your hips like battleships. Yeah, all the white girls trip when I sing at Sunday service.
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  • danger boy
    danger boy Posts: 15,722
    edited September 2007
    RuSsMaN wrote: »
    I don't have my decoder ring handy, how deep is it jake? 2 fathoms?

    I have a feeling it is a profound statement, I just don't have access to said dimension right now.... ;)

    whatcha drinking there guy? :p;)
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  • RuSsMaN
    RuSsMaN Posts: 17,987
    edited September 2007
    Just Beam, obviously I wish I had a couple octuples of whatever Early B. is having.....
    Check your lips at the door woman. Shake your hips like battleships. Yeah, all the white girls trip when I sing at Sunday service.
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  • jakelm
    jakelm Posts: 4,081
    edited September 2007
    Early B. wrote: »
    Some people are constantly selling off gear so they can stop selling gear one day. It's a vicious cycle.

    You see,,,I was following everything Early said right there up until he threw in "Its a vicious cycle"....then WWWHHHAAAMMOOOOO....I'm lost...wheres my mommy (sucking thumb)????
    Monitor 7b's front
    Monitor 4's surround
    Frankinpolk Center (2 mw6503's with peerless tweeter)
    M10's back surround
    Hafler-200 driving patio Daytons
    Tempest-X 15" DIY sub w/ Rythmik 350A plate amp
    Dayton 12" DVC w/ Rythmik 350a plate amp
    Harman/Kardon AVR-635
    Oppo 981hd
    Denon upconvert DVD player
    Jennings Research (vintage and rare)
    Mit RPTV WS-55513
    Tosh HD-XA1
    B&K AV5000


    Dont BAN me Bro!!!!:eek:
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,439
    edited September 2007
    why so many sales going on in here?

    Maybe because we've created a fairly safe place to do business.
    Political Correctness'.........defined

    "A doctrine fostered by a delusional, illogical minority and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a t-u-r-d by the clean end."

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  • danger boy
    danger boy Posts: 15,722
    edited September 2007
    F1nut wrote: »
    Maybe because we've created a fairly safe place to do business.

    naw, that's not it.. guess again. :D
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  • BaggedLancer
    BaggedLancer Posts: 6,371
    edited September 2007
    there may be alot of stuff for sale but that may not be a bad thing.

    When you start seeing people selling their furniture, beds, appliances and other goods you know there is a problem.

    For me, I am just trying to get stuff cleaned out, get some money in my paypal account so when there is something i REALLY want I can buy it. No sense drooling endlessly.
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  • wingnut4772
    wingnut4772 Posts: 7,519
    edited September 2007
    Because I am buying it all.
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    Polk Atrium 7s on the patio just to keep my foot in the door.
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  • BaggedLancer
    BaggedLancer Posts: 6,371
    edited September 2007
    wingnut4772 wrote: »
    Because I am buying it all.


    overpaid police officer eating up the OT!


    (jk)
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  • AndyGwis
    AndyGwis Posts: 3,655
    edited September 2007
    I buy and sell a lot just so I can try out more gear. There's too much nice stuff out there to not get your ears on, and too many good deals going around to pass up.

    Now, space seems to be my biggest issue with all the gear I've accumulated and turnaround time between buying new gear and selling the old gear.

    I guess others are at this point as well and decide to just sell as much of their inventory as they can.
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  • wingnut4772
    wingnut4772 Posts: 7,519
    edited September 2007
    BaggedLancer wrote: »
    overpaid police officer eating up the OT!


    (jk)

    Underpaid PO with good credit! ( Seriously..there's no such thing as an overpaid PO. C'mon!)
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    Anthem D2V 3D
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    Oppo BDP 95
    Von Schweikert VR4 Jr R/L Fronts
    Von Schweikert LCR 4 Center
    Totem Mask Surrounds X4
    Hsu ULS-15 Quad Drive Subwoofers
    Sony PS3
    Squeezebox Touch

    Polk Atrium 7s on the patio just to keep my foot in the door.
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  • Serendipity
    Serendipity Posts: 6,975
    edited September 2007
    Why so many sales?

    1. I don't need a projector for my dorm room.

    2. I don't need surround sound for my dorm room.

    3. I don't need a sub for my dorm room.

    I need to buy textbooks though.
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  • auto_pilot
    auto_pilot Posts: 256
    edited September 2007
    People have less residual income due to their ARM loan payments going up...

    Luxry items are first to suffer.
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  • edbert
    edbert Posts: 1,041
    edited September 2007
    Me thinks there are some shady dealings going on. Kind of like kiting checks. People selling speakers to other people who turn around and sell them to someone else who turns around and sells them yet again and that person sells them back to the original owner for a lower cost, because, well, 4 people have owned them at this point, therefore de-valuing them so much that the original speakers you sold for $1000 you just bought back for $500 meaning you netted $500 dollars and you have your speakers back.

    That or what everyone else said.
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  • steveinaz
    steveinaz Posts: 19,536
    edited September 2007
    Does Darla get a LEO discount?
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  • dudeinaroom
    dudeinaroom Posts: 3,609
    edited September 2007
    it's so the rest of us can say "Man I wish I had the money"
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  • DarqueKnight
    DarqueKnight Posts: 6,765
    edited September 2007
    Early B. wrote: »
    Some people are constantly selling off gear so they can stop selling gear one day. It's a vicious cycle.

    Yeah, maybe one day I will achieve audio nirvanna and the vicious buy/sell/buy something better cycle will be abated.

    The good (or bad) thing is that your hearing gets poorer as you get older so audio nirvanna will be easier to reach even if you stop getting better gear.:p
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  • BaggedLancer
    BaggedLancer Posts: 6,371
    edited September 2007
    steveinaz wrote: »
    Does Darla get a LEO discount?

    haha ask her what i put in a PM for LEO discount :D
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  • BaggedLancer
    BaggedLancer Posts: 6,371
    edited September 2007
    edbert wrote: »
    Me thinks there are some shady dealings going on. Kind of like kiting checks. People selling speakers to other people who turn around and sell them to someone else who turns around and sells them yet again and that person sells them back to the original owner for a lower cost, because, well, 4 people have owned them at this point, therefore de-valuing them so much that the original speakers you sold for $1000 you just bought back for $500 meaning you netted $500 dollars and you have your speakers back.

    That or what everyone else said.

    You just left me thoroughly confused for the rest of the day.
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  • Mike Reeter
    Mike Reeter Posts: 4,315
    edited September 2007
    danger boy wrote: »
    What's going on in here peeps? People selling parts or entire stereo systems... whom some said they would never part with?

    Can it all be blamed on upgraditis setting in? Is it to upgrade to the new line of Polk speakers.. RTiA's or what?

    Great deals to be had, but i've never witnessed anything like this in the 32 years i've been a part of this forum. :eek: :confused:

    I'm sure everyone has their own reason, but dang, all at once.. and my pocketbook is done gone dry. :(

    Fall is here,Summer activities are winding down...everyone is spending a little more time inside getting their listen on...and realizing that it's time to upgrade and move on.

    Nuttin' wrong with that...other than I'm in the same boat you are...broke:D
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  • dorokusai
    dorokusai Posts: 25,577
    edited September 2007
    I'm trying to make enough money for a sex change.
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  • Face
    Face Posts: 14,340
    edited September 2007
    Mike Reeter wrote: »
    Fall is here,Summer activities are winding down...everyone is spending a little more time inside getting their listen on...and realizing that it's time to upgrade and move on.
    Hit the nail on the head.
    "He who fights with monsters should look to it that he himself does not become a monster. And when you gaze long into an abyss the abyss also gazes into you." Friedrich Nietzsche
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  • m00npie
    m00npie Posts: 697
    edited September 2007
    dorokusai wrote: »
    I'm trying to make enough money for a sex change.

    Patience... the holiday rebates are coming.
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