Longest lasting ebay listing?

[kevinrt]

I can’t be certain but I reckon this listing has been on ebay for for over 15 years ( is there a way to find out?). I think it was there when I first heard of Avondale around 2006.

Musical Fidelity The Preamp II Class A mit externem Avondale Power Supply- MM/MC | eBay

Die Vorstufe und das Netzteil wurden vom Spezialisten in England noch ge-serviced und überprüft. Technisch wie optisch sehr guter Zustand. Klanglich ist die Vorstufe mit diesem Netzteil ein absoluter Leckerbissen.

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[Hip-Priest]

I cannot understand people who list items forever at fixed prices which no-one is prepared to pay! My watch list is mostly items that get relisted ad infinitum - morbid curiosity…. I get that it can be worth relisting a couple of times, but for months and years?!

1) if you do not know how much something is worth, auction it.
2) If you can’t bear to let it go for less than £nnn, put a reasonable reserve on it (or let eBay price it for you, they know way more about its value over time than you do).
3) If it still does not sell, you have either over-estimated its value, or you don’t actually want to sell it.
4) If you do think you know how much the item is worth (fixed price) and it doesn’t sell, you do not know how much it is worth, go to point 1)

I notice lots of small “business” sellers do the “insane fixed price” thing. No wonder they are small - they must tie-up so much cash in unsold stock.

 

[kensalriser]

I suspect the sellers view it as free perpetual advertising.

 

[colasblue]

The fact that eBay tolerates this is one of its biggest failings IMV. It has now become the repository of all overpriced second hand crap.

I can understand that for new item retail there is a price but a second hand anything is worth whatever anybody is willing to pay.

They badly need to separate it into two different business streams - "retail" for retail sellers only offering full mail order protection and guarantees & "boot sale" offering only the auction format for non trade sellers.

The charging structures also need to be different, with a payment just to list.

 

[per-Sony-fied]

Under the current eBay item number this has been listed since January 30th 2023

It currently has 13 days to run.

 

[per-Sony-fied]

This is one, for example that I've been watching for some time and has been listed since 12th June 2021 & currently has 25 days to run on the same listing.

LINN AKIVA MC CARTRIDGE V-Good condition for the age | eBay

Art Dudley | Oct 23, 2004 | First Published: Oct 1, 2004 writes in STEREOPHILE: 'I wouldn't have guessed the Troika's wonderfully deep, tight, and tuneful bass performance could be bettered, but after hearing the way the Akiva nailed the sound of the electric bass and kick drum on Led Zeppelin's...

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[kensalriser]

This is one, for example that I've been watching for some time and has been listed since 12th June 2021 & currently has 25 days to run on the same listing.

Where can you see the original listing date?

 

[flapland]

There are a couple of adverts for Horning Agalme speakers that have been running for a fair old while. Basically a dispute with Mr Horning posing as a for sale item, so won't paste the actually link.

 

[sq225917]

That Akiva, lol. With the price of a retip these days it's worth less than half that.

The Excel mc for £200 that appears under it is a steal though.

 

[per-Sony-fied]

Where can you see the original listing date?

I did a bit of perusing around on the internet looking for answers & this came up ( eBay listings ) as the only tool/information found in that time that was useful.

 

[per-Sony-fied]

That Akiva, lol. With the price of a retip these days it's worth less than half that.

The Excel mc for £200 that appears under it is a steal though.

It is surprising how long some people will hang out for a hopeful price. All these years later it is worth even less - well much less as you say.

 

[kensalriser]

I did a bit of perusing around on the internet looking for answers & this came up ( eBay listings ) as the only tool/information found in that time that was useful.

None the wiser, can't see a start time anywhere!

 

[per-Sony-fied]

None the wiser, can't see a start time anywhere!

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[Rana]

I had that exact model with Les's mods many years ago, and I think I had it serviced by him IIRC. It was a fine pre-amp, but respectfully not such that I would want £555 in today's money.