bad economy equals good prices

slowpolky

I would like to know what kind of quality deals we are now getting since the economy crashed . list your audio deals that you see now that could never be had before

AsSiMiLaTeD

I thought you were taking a break...

slowpolky

Heres a bargain I just got , a new csi5 for 99 bucks

Thats pretty good , dont you think?

slowpolky

I thought you were taking a break...

That a thread crapin deal ?

Knucklehead

Dude.......There is an old thread already for this type of thing. Also, why in the hell would you say you found this and not list where you found it?

AsSiMiLaTeD

A - Learn how to use the quote feature
B - I know this has been beaten to death, but there's two 'p's in crappin

I was just curious. You made a big deal with your self pity thread about how you were going to stay away from the forum, was curious if you forgot or if you'd never intended to stay away and that thread was just a cry for pity?

slowpolky

i found it on ebay, and never found such a post

So lets list recent audio

Knucklehead

slowpolky wrote: »

Heres a bargain I just got , a new csi5 for 99 bucks

Thats pretty good , dont you think?

Wait a sec........your selling this...no?:eek:

dkmuch

Bad economy, long in tooth. Retailers and wholesalers have DRASTICALLY scaled back inventories and production (or gone belly up) over the past year. Hence, retailers don't need to clear out stock, inventories are low. Price are much higher than a year ago. You might find some stragglers in the NOS for a good deal, but not too many around here.

Sadly, even the used market is heating up (I think it's summer).

slowpolky

lets stick to used items for now knobhead I am not selling my csi5

B - I know this has been beaten to death, but there's two 'p's in crappinI was just curious. You made a big deal with your self pity thread about how you were going to stay away from the forum, was curious if you forgot or if you'd never intended to stay away and that thread was just a cry for pity?

I do wish we could stay on topic but assim, What i learned from my apologies !!! thread was keep posting and ignore your ignorance

One shouldn't have to say sorry for his own opinions

AsSiMiLaTeD

Wow, I didn't even notice that he'd already managed to post his trash in the HIV thread as well.

slowpolky

thats not an audio deal

KrazyMofo24

407 posts since May, and not one has been useful.

Conradicles

I found a good deal for a troll on this place called CP. He is like noob.
Very cool. Deal of the day.
Peace.

AsSiMiLaTeD

Somehow I figured that's what you'd get out of that thread. You didn't learn a damn thing from that whole experience, did you? It's not your opinion that gets people against you, it's the way you state it and all the trash talk that comes along with it, and your intolerance of other people's opinions.

I could provide examples of each, but what good would it do, really?

Knucklehead

knobhead...thats funny as hell........bring it you P.O.S.

slowpolky

thats just krazy trash talk . stick to the topic

bobman1235

I'm waiting for a "have a nice day, I know I am!"

There's already an "audio deal of the day" thread somewhere out there, feel free to use that one.

thuffman03

I wish all of you would stop bickering and start to get along. It is getting that I don't want to come to this site any more.

Now for what this thread is about:

I saw Carver TFM 42 on eBay go last week for $275. Only one person bid on it and that was the opening bid. That amp is 375wpc into 8ohm and 500wpc into 4ohm. The only difference between it and a TFM 45 is that it has led power meters and the 45 has analog. Wish I had the $$$ right now to have bid on that one.

slowpolky

Its used audio prices

TECHNOKID

dkmuch wrote: »

Bad economy, long in tooth. Retailers and wholesalers have DRASTICALLY scaled back inventories and production (or gone belly up) over the past year. Hence, retailers don't need to clear out stock, inventories are low. Price are much higher than a year ago. You might find some stragglers in the NOS for a good deal, but not too many around here.

Sadly, even the used market is heating up (I think it's summer).

I have to agree. They were prepared for this and yet there are no better deals during the economy crisis. I guess we will have to wait and see how it looks the next Xmas season.

AsSiMiLaTeD

Also, you seem to have the misconception that the the threads you create belong to you somehow and that you can control what's posted in them - let me clear that up for you real quick:

In the most strict sense, they actually belong to Polk Audio, but for now we'll forget about the 'legal' nature of the forum's ownership and just talk in practical terms.

The threads you create belong to the whole community, everyone who reads and posts here. Once a thread is created, everyone has equal rights to post what they want, within the framework (rules) laid down by Polk Audio.

Typically what you see is that out of respect for the thread creator and the thread itself, most people who post will stay on topic, with the occasional derail that's usually innocent enough.

However, when you have someone who creates meaningless or dumb threads, no respect is paid for the content and those usually get off track fairly quickly. Likewise, when you have someone who's generally a nuisance and not liked by the forum, there tends to not be alot of respect for that person and their threads typically get derailed.

We all can fall into one of those buckets from time to time. The issue here is that you fall into both categories - you've had mostly meaningless threads and posts and have also alienated yourself from the forum with your trash talk, racism, and in general acting like an ****.

dkmuch

TECHNOKID wrote: »

I have to agree. They were prepared for this and yet there are no better deals during the economy crisis. I guess we will have to wait and see how it looks the next Xmas season.

There's been a drastic reduction in material cost and other logistic inputs (fuel, etc). So far even this isn't helping manufacturers much. The natural resource cartels are busy trying to falsely choke supply. Congress thinks its a good idea, and would never think of passing anti-trust laws they once enacted over 100 years ago. It will only make things worse.

I think last deep recession in the 80s, didn't Polk go on a spending spree and buyout a bunch of companies, eventually absorbing them and dropping their brands?

Retailers think they are smart with JIT inventories, so far walmart is the only master of that game. Target is always caught flat-footed. Not that these matter to AV manufacturers, but the same stupidity is happening all along the food chain. The end result is retailers don't ever stock what there is suddenly demand for, and consumers get pissed.

This is one sucky computerized recession.

nooshinjohn

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Knucklehead

oh yeah.....have a nice day...I know I will.

AudioGenics

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair, we had everything before us, we had nothing before us, we were all going direct to heaven, we were all going direct the other way - in short, the period was so far like the present period, that some of its noisiest authorities insisted on its being received, for good or for evil, in the superlative degree of comparison only.

Charles Dickens 1870

Knucklehead

just for you slow

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eEhDZN0RFjw&feature=related

bobman1235

Audio Deals of the Day : http://www.polkaudio.com/forums/showthread.php?t=50838

Yes this includes used.

slowpolky

thanks knobhead ,but i think i will only view the relevant audio equipment

I find nothing anyone has to say is relevant to my post

Lets continue with nice prices that could never be had before

AsSiMiLaTeD

slowpolky wrote: »

Lets continue with nice prices that could never be had before

OK, how about this - they don't exist. I don't see any prices, new or used, on HT stuff right now that I haven't seen in the past.

slowpolky

let me add that were talking about the prices in general

Im starting to see alot of electrostats like the aerius i's go for 500 dollars and sunfire tgr3 new for 1500