Is this seller insane?

**RonSSS** · January 16th, 2010, 03:53 PM

I guess there will always be fishing on ebay, but I wonder if sellers have noticed the economy sucks for us mortals, or are they trying to find the folks who still have unlimited money to spend? (Like the Barret Jackson or Mecham auto auctions)

Pair Altec Barcelona 873A 873-A Voice of Theater Spkrs - eBay (item 130359357616 end time Feb-14-10 17:08:40 PST)

2 Altec 9846-8A Studio Monitor Voice of Theater Spkrs - eBay (item 380197906022 end time Feb-14-10 17:16:10 PST)

Barcelonas are cool, doubt they sound all that great for a discernig listener but sure would look cool in a retro living room.

The 9846 is also cool, a Barcelona sort of in a studio finish. But at that price? C'mon.
I need to finish restoring mine, make em perfect, maybe I could get 10 grand for em?

Nuts!

Ron

**Russnohio** · January 16th, 2010, 04:01 PM

Geez that IS nuts! Can't be serious......yet it seems to be.

By THAT reckoning my nineteens are worth a fortune!

Russ

**RonSSS** · January 16th, 2010, 04:52 PM

Go look at his other auctions.
He has either fallen on hard times, ot trying to fund his retirement.
Gad Zooks!
Ron

**Audio_by_Goodwill** · January 16th, 2010, 05:37 PM

I beleive this is the same seller that had the 800 system up a few times. I'm not sure if he's getting people that don't follow Through, or if he's scamming people in some way.

He might be the same guy that had the early (110 cabinet) A5 pair for auction, and 755a setup. All going sky high, all from the same area. I'm not sure of the seller ID, Though.

**oface1** · January 16th, 2010, 07:17 PM

Yeah,

I have seen him around ebay for a while.....

From his last months feed back, he made ~25k in sales.

I do not understand his pricing, it is both ridiculous & over priced.My 604's in my cabs would be worth 5k in his world......

I wonder about the buyers if they are legit too?

-chris

**bowtie427ss** · January 16th, 2010, 08:20 PM

Guess you fellas don't watch many auctions for Barcelonas, this seller has. 3K is over the top, but not by a whole lot.

2000-2500 is not an unusual or unreasonable starting point for them, although it's a little high for this pair which needs the 411-8A woofers updated.

Maybe in the current economic times prices are a little soft, but when things were still moving well, complete and working Barcelonas would generally sell in the 2k range, give or take.

**RonSSS** · January 17th, 2010, 02:18 AM

Actually, I emailed him. He is a fan just like all of us. A big fan. He just has the means to buy and sell over and above what I can imagine.

I remember admiring Barcelonas back in the day. What a cool speaker. The value might be high, but hard to ship. So to me that makes the value low. I imagine like any of the large Altecs, if lucky, a guy could find a pair local cheap if you have a truck. Know what I mean?

I'm constantly amazed at the amount of Altec gear out there. If I made about 3X my salary, I'd have a bigger house with 10 rooms and a different Altec system in each. Tube powered of course!

Ron