Inflation Has Begun

I think he's setting a trend.

There is now a pair of what were previously 515B's, on for $1100.

I'm not sure what you'd call them now as they appear to have non-Altec cone kits with unvented dust caps.

2 ALTEC LANSING 515B 16 OHMS 15 INCH WOOFER JUST REDONE - eBay (item 170371023313 end time Aug-18-09 03:36:18 PDT)

While 1100 might be a fair price for a pair of pristine 515's, these look like they've been dragged down the road on their mags, IMO, they're still a pair of 515B in need of a re-cone and paint job.

I notice he didn't post MY question/comments to him, which told him that the price he was asking was insane and that no one in their right mind would pay that for a set of illigitimatized speakers, and that for WAY less one could have a set of NEW 515B's with the correct cones and voicecoils from Great Plains Audio (even included the website address), and I signed it with my name, showing that I was the owner and webmaster of Altec Lansing's (unofficial) Homepage.

Wonder why he didn't post MY question????

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Wonder why he didn't post MY question????

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I suspect "we" are not his target audience.:D

If you check his other auctions, he also has some offerings for the Fender crowd and the Harley Davidson crowd.

Asking an outrageous price is one thing, and heck, a good seller always starts a little high to leave some bargaining room. But, where it gets a little "kooky" for me is that those featured and highlighted listings are not free or exactly cheap. Seems like it's going to a bit of an extreme just to say "look at this cool set of Altec 515's i have".

Just my .02 y'all understand..................

Yeah, it does seem to be a simple "look at me" ploy. A way to get people to read his rants and revelations. Clever, actually! Wish I'd thought of that.

He does, a least, include audio of the sweeps. :)

Can the thread be renamed? That isn't inflation. It's stupidity at a flagrant level that I haven't experienced in many years.

I do like the sound clips though...

Can't change the thread name - sorry.

The guy visits here. Here's his reply to my post to him:

"I would have posted your email but; too much YOU in it. Too obvious. Tacky. Pretty good try though."

I replied that I didn't believe it was tacky...

I think he's just "out there" to "be out there".

Hmmm . . . Everybody has a right to fail and this fellow is just exercising his rights.

Ebay pulled the auction

Nope, he just relisted them at a higher price.

Just like he said he would.

Altec Lansing 515B,RARE 4! w/Crate & History=EXCELLENT! - eBay (item 220466543945 end time Aug-20-09 11:16:58 PDT)

It appears to me this guy has some problems. I believe he knows what he is doing and just wants to get some attention. Which we are giving him here.