As is common knowledge on this site, I personally have a problem with unfounded price speculation, and often preach my gospel of hard facts and sales numbers. I feel that all that amateur speculation does is muddy the water for the traders that
actually buy and sell gear.
I buy and sell gear, have for many years, mostly Sunn, but my main basis for this opinion is that for almost three decades I earned a living by buying and selling high end vehicles, and have developed a personal disdain for “armchair quarterbacks” who have wasted countless hours of my time, not to mention cost me money over the years by expertly proclaiming what a piece is “worth”.
“Experts” who occasionally thumb through the Robb Report vs. the hours I used to spend agonizing over actual auction reports and registration data several days a week, and travelling to auctions all over the country watching and making notes about what cars ACTUALLY are “worth”.
Cars are not MI gear, and this is obviously not an automotive site, but I mention this because I believe the
principle is the same. The hardest thing about MI gear is the lack of hard data available, so… to be accurate you are forced to rely on reliable sources.
I’m not trying to discount madaradio’s opinions which are also obviously based on personal experience, but this is why opinions such as mc2’s are so valuable IMO;
I've SOLD EIGHT 2000S, 1000S & 1200S cabs over the last year or so, so I'm not just speculating.
I’ve often encouraged posters to post their actual sales data; what they have personally bought or sold Sunn gear for or verified completed action results, and many do, while also getting a little irate sometimes when posters just throw out numbers off the top of their heads because they look at Craigslist occasionally (and in the process have accumulated the negative karma to prove it
).
Just to clear the air, there is a reason I do this, I’m not just trying to be a jerk.
A niche market but buyers are out there for the right pieces.
Absolutely, in the car business the old saying is “there’s an ass for every seat”.
It’s been a few years since I have actually shipped a rig the size of a 2000S rig, and although I feel like an idiot for just now finding out I recently became aware that UPS will take those behemoths now, when previously they had to go dock to dock freight.
This should open up that niche market and hopefully get some big rigs into the hands of people who will actually use them instead of storing them.
End of sermon…
