Advice on selling cables

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Solecky

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I have a very nice set high end Danacable speaker wires, interconnects and power cords. Selling them because changed to Shunyata sigma. I listed them on Audiogon (where I have sold many things before) no luck and now they are listed at US Audio Mart, again no luck. I know they are not the most well known brand but they are good cables. Right I am asking around 1/4 of MSRP still no bites. Any advice so I don’t have to give them away and lose my whole investment?
 
I never heard of them, and that does mean anything but if there are others like me you may need to educate prospective buyers for the same reasons that made you interested enough to buy them.

Remember you up against bigger names, and they be as good but it will not be easy.

Stay positive, Good luck!


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The audio season is just beginning. As the summer ends and the weather starts to change more audiophiles head indoors to their rigs.
Don't give up. Try again on USAudiomart or Audiogon. Audiogon allows you a free re-listing if your item did not sell.
Danacable makes some fine cables. I use their USB cable.
Good luck.
 
This is not a well known brand and most folks will likely never have heard of them. So my suggestion is to offer a 30 day money back try-out period to allow folks to check them out in their system.
 
nicoff said:
This is not a well known brand and most folks will likely never have heard of them. So my suggestion is to offer a 30 day money back try-out period to allow folks to check them out in their system.
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I would not suggest that. You’ll frustrate yourself. Way too many tire kickers out there when it comes to cables. My suggestion is to offer it as part of a trade on some new cables (when the time arrives) and the dealer will either sell them or throw them in on a system purchase.


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This is top advice. I am in a different (and super competitive) market but all of my serious dealers (Gryphon, Magico, MSB, Lumin, MIT, AQ) always offer to trade in whatever it is I am considering trading in, to upgrade to one of their products, and themselves take the resale risk. Of course the resale risk is baked into the trade in value. But it works for everyone, and you avoid (for a price of course) the hassle of trying to offload gear.

In short: good dealers are critical. Mike is a case study in this :)
 
AJR said:
This is top advice. I am in a different (and super competitive) market but all of my serious dealers (Gryphon, Magico, MSB, Lumin, MIT, AQ) always offer to trade in whatever it is I am considering trading in, to upgrade to one of their products, and themselves take the resale risk. Of course the resale risk is baked into the trade in value. But it works for everyone, and you avoid (for a price of course) the hassle of trying to offload gear.

In short: good dealers are critical. Mike is a case study in this :)
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You make a very good point, but the example of equipment you used is well known, vs selling a product that has no recognition.
 
Good point. I am assuming a 2nd hand market exists for the dealer to take the resale risk.
 
Maybe include a link to Danacable website and
any reviews on what you are selling to help with getting someone familiar.

I'd be patient, it's not costing you anything to let them stay at your house. Unless, you have to feed them, LOL

I hope this is alright to say, try posting your classified on AudioCircle. I see a lot of stuff sell I've never heard of.

And, don't forget we have classifieds here as well.
 
Danacable has made a name for themselves in the high-end headphone community via their Focal Utopia headphone cable (Lazuli Reference). I've seen a lot of enthusiasm on the summit-fi side (i.e. the high-end subforum) of head-fi for that combination (it's become the defacto reference cable for the Utopia). Furthermore, the head-fi For-Sale forums are very healthy and well-trafficked. I'd definitely focus on trying to sell 'em there, plus it's free!

Surely one of the rabid Utopia/Danacable enthusiasts would love to try their other cables as interconnects in their high-end headphone system? That's a $4K headphone, so as long as you discount appropriately I think you'd get some solid interest. Anything even remotely headphone related, or of brands known to headphone enthusiasts, I try to sell there instead of audiogon - the latter is a harder/slower sell, costs good money to post, and requires much larger discounts from MSRP to move gear.
 
I have had the best luck with cables on US Audio Mart. It usually takes awhile, but eventually I have sold most of what I have listed there.
 
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