kai wrote:

I wonder does this mean that we will see the same fate for the other second hand dealers of bang and olufsen. It looks to me as if the dealers are keeping the used items and selling them directly to the customer, I'm i right in thinking this? The only problem I can see bang and olufsen seem to be discounting the parts for older kit

Yes I think you are right Kai. While I always looked at second hand dealer sites, and enthusiastically at Lee's particularly, more often than not I ended up buying from ADs directly as they always gave me the best price with good trade ins depending on what I then bought from then going forward. I like to form a partnership with a dealer and enjoy the dealership experience. I feel I have more of a guarantee (or warranty if you will) from an AD and in fact I already have some credit with one currently where I was going to buy the Eclipse and various other products. This may now be tricky since I am not sure I want to part with so much money just for an LG OLED attached to a B&O speaker. I need to consider other options, one of which might be waiting in anticipation for a better designed TV from B&O next year! lol

Proof that the second hand B&O market has collapsed? Lifestyle had a couple of BL3500's on its website at what can only be described as bargain prices (half the price of the same speakers on the Lifestyle eBay site). I rang Lee to check that it wasn't a mistake and bought one of them. After a couple of weeks has gone by the second speaker was still there at the same price. I bought that for the kitchen.

Now, looking back, I think that the fact that these speakers had been there for weeks at bargain prices just proved that the demand had dramatically fallen away.

Graham

All the best, Lee!

Hello everyone, Matt (formerly of LifeStyle AV) here (or the 'not-so Secret Alpaca', from now on).... 😁

Just a brief message to say thank you for the kind comments. Working alongside Lee since 2005 has been a blast; it's been hard at times, but I can genuinely say that I enjoyed every moment, meeting some wonderful people, travelling all over the place and visiting some very interesting places (carrying a BeoVision 9 down a muddy riverbank in the rain in Cornwall will live with me forever)!

Whereas Lee and I will both go onto other things (though I don't think either of us are sure of what those 'things' are just yet!) I'm sure that we'll both look back on this period of our lives with great affection.

Thanks again 👍

Very unexpected news 🙁

All the best to Lee and the crew for anything you might pursue next!

Really very sad news 🙁

I got my Beovision 7-40 from LifeStyle AV few years ago which still works perfectly...

I wish you all the best Lee for your future!

Theomaster

The Secret Alpaca wrote:

Whereas Lee and I will both go onto other things (though I don't think either of us are sure of what those 'things' are just yet!) I'm sure that we'll both look back on this period of our lives with great affection.

This is sad. Does this mean the Loewe project is not happening either? I think we're all assuming Lee is moving to promoting Loewe after recent posts?

moxxey wrote:

This is sad. Does this mean the Loewe project is not happening either? I think we're all assuming Lee is moving to promoting Loewe after recent posts?

If Lee still wanted to sell Loewe, he could have kept the Lifestyle AV brand... Everything is closed now. Sad. Lifestyle was the only place on the whole Internet where I was assured to buy second hand B&O without any problem.

I am so sorry to hear this Lee, good luck for the future, your service was fantastic.

Kindest regards

Dave Edwards