Actully, I'm not going to congratulate you. That price is unethical to pay for those amps, and techhnically you ripped the guy off as far as I am concerned. The right thing to do would have been to drop an extra hundred for each amp on the guy after you bought them , explaining that with costly service, they would be well worth it, but dont worry, what goes around comes around hopefully.
There is a difference between score, and outright usary, and I think its time some people learned the difference.
I'm certain the OP and others will rationalise it any way they can, but donlt try and convince me. Whats fair is fair.
I agree that "Whats fair is fair", however, what standard should you use to determine the actual cash value of "fair" relative to a 40 year old amp in untested condition?
IMO Caveat Venditor is just as relevant as Caveat Emptor; as long as
deceit isn't involved if the seller or buyer doesn't exercise due diligence in pricing
or buying a product, neither has an obligation to make the other "whole".
So just to be clear on your point... If these amps were offered on eBay with a "Buy it Now" price of $200 for the pair and biltmore was the first to see it; you are suggesting that biltmore should have hit the "Buy it Now" button, but then PayPal'ed the seller
$400 - "explaining that with costly service, they would be well worth it, but dont worry, what goes around comes around hopefully"?
And, this is what
you would have done?
According to the original post;
Yesterday my drummer and I go down to this music store that's being liquidated near us, and we bought a couple of Sunn's for quite a nice price!
these amps were procured from a
professional seller at a
retail location.
Granted, the fact that inventory was being liquidated would probably indicate that this particular "professional" seller was less than stellar at their chosen profession, but when
anyone offers to sell
anything at a given price I fail to see where the buyer is obligated to volunteer
more than the asking price.
Particularly when buying a product from a retail store.
Congratulations again on a tremendous stroke of good fortune, biltmore!
