Let me start by saying that people are free to ask whatever the heck they want for some old widget, and if someone else is dumb enough to pay for it, it would appear that both parties will walk away happy, so, fine; it's none of my business.
Now, having said that... When I saw this post, I immediately thought of one particular seller who leaves me totally baffled. He's been running (and re-running) a BuyItNow listing for a particular used widget that is clearly broken, as seen in his own photos, although he does not appear to realize that. It could be repaired by replacing the broken component, though that would be about 50% of its customary value on the resale market.
But that's not why it hasn't sold; similar broken ones are sold every day. The problem here is that he's asking a comfortable three figures for this thing, hundreds of dollars, which is literally double the price of a mint, new-in-the-box example, and ten times what any other used example like his is selling for.
Listing in this manner requires a truly heightened sense of cluelessness, and every time I come across his listing (it's been going for months), I have this little internal debate over whether to break my usual keep-out-of-it rule and send him some kind of note to suggest that he lower the price. On the other hand, he'd need to drop it by 90% just to get it in the ballpark, so I don't think little ol' me is going to achieve that much correction. Some folks are just determined to have their own reality.
