Leslie wrote:

What's happening?

Recession.

People sell stuff.

That's eBay..

We make next to nothing on our eBay sales on the whole.  It just moves old and overage stock on to keep it from cluttering up our warehouse.

eBay has become synonymous with the word 'bargain' these days - so paying the going rate is a no-no.  

My two cents worth, minus commission and PayPal fees - which equates to about one cent... ❓

Lee

This is something from the last half year. I've been following Ebay intensively for the last two years but what's happening now is weird! Small parts and collectors items are still profitable to sell but the rest....Must be recession as Mika mentioned!

Let's follow

I was checking on a 6 CD B/O demo set and a BL 5000 Amp. CDs went for USD 240.00 the Amp for more or less the same, 2 days before the BM 5000 belonging to the Amp went for over USD 500.00 

supply and demand?

Perhaps most collectors have their pieces now so no competition, price drops?

I believe the US market is completely different due to low supply, and can't be compared with what happens in Europe.

I haven't really been watching eBay lately, but I'm beginning to see the same trend locally. Lots of stuff has appeared on sale, but not that many bidders (not being helped by mostly unrealistic starting prices, though).

Also, time flies, people age, and so do the products... Those Beolab 4500s that started this thread are now about 30% older than they were when I joined Beoworld! 😁

Perhaps not the best example on what I'm trying to say, but they are getting too old to interest the general buying public, whereas "modern" products will always have enough interested bidders to create a competition. Hard to get a bargain on a pair of Beolab 8000s for example, unless the listing is "faulty" in some way (pickup only in an odd location, no seller feedback, ...).

I've been watching U.S. Ebay pretty closely for about a year now.  Almost every day (yes, I know, "get a life") I search for "olufsen" and get about 850 hits.  Of these, a good 2/3 are ads, manuals, cables and of little interest.  So, some 200 to 300 decent pieces are for sale in the U.S. any given day.

The good pieces seem to be selling for decent prices still.  Other not-so-desirable pieces aren't selling at all for what listers are asking.

One thing that occurred recently that I thought was curious:  One seller was selling his Beomaster 5000 tuner-only and his legendary Beolab 5000 amplifier in separate auctions.  The tuner went for $550 or so, and the amplifier went for $250 or so.  I thought that was backwards.

Rich wrote:

Of these, a good 2/3 are ads, manuals, cables and of little interest.

And they are always listed at the end🙂

Rich wrote:

The tuner went for $550 or so, and the amplifier went for $250 or so.  I thought that was backwards.

Me too, but that gives me hope cause I've got 3 of those👍

Rich wrote:

One thing that occurred recently that I thought was curious:  One seller was selling his Beomaster 5000 tuner-only and his legendary Beolab 5000 amplifier in separate auctions.  The tuner went for $550 or so, and the amplifier went for $250 or so.  I thought that was backwards.

That is interesting.

It is also good news for me, because I only want the amp! I would have zero use for the tuner.