Price Gouging

[Jeffrey]

I am looking to buy a Sonic I cabinet and one person has several of them.  He wants $1000.00 for one of them, is this a reasonable price or is this person just gouging me?  I recently bought a Sunn 2-15 cabinet in excellent+ condition with the orginal vinyl cover for $210.00 from Sam Ash.  Now I would expect a music store to gouge a customer, especially on a used piece of equipment as this is where they make the highest profit.  But this person is a private individual who says he has had them since the early 70's, so I can't imagine they cost a whole lot back then.  What is a realistic price to actually pay for such an item, remember we are talking about a speaker cabinet, not the Holy Grail!

[Geoff]

If you're Bill Gates, that's probably a reasonable price.  For the average Joe, that seems way too expensive.  I wouldn't even consider it unless it was in A1-mint showroom condition...even then, probably it's too expensive.

Have you talked to the guy about his price being out of line?  Tell him what you said about your 215 cab w/cover.  Some people just have unreasonable expectations about what their stuff is worth.  Don't kid yourself about the original price of Sunn equipment, though -- some of it was pretty darned expensive.  A 2000S rig (head and cab) in 1968 listed at $1295 with covers for additional $42.  That's 1968 dollars, a fair amount of money back then!!

If you can't get that guy to budge, then tell him it's his loss and wait to find another cab.  They're out there...