[reddragon]

So my friend is currently using a crappy 2 dollars iems and he wants an upgrade. His source is a crappy phone. He said his iem budget is about $50. I told him I'm willing to sell my 1 year old etymotic research hf5 for $50 and will let him listen before he makes a decision. Its in perfect condition so I want to ask you guys if I'm ripping him off or not. I'm not trying to be an a**hole and make money off him but rather let him have a better listening experience without having to pay full price. I'm more than happy to recommend him something else if there's something better than etymotic research hf5 at the $50 price range. I'm not going to raise the price by any chance but I'm wondering if I should further lower it if I'm not giving him a good deal. So what do you think guys? Lower the price or I'm already being a good friend?

 

[mosshorn]

50 is fine for a HF5, good deal

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[Techno Kid]

Not at all I just recently sold my HF5 for $50 which was half of what I paid so thats a very fair price.

 

[temporaryname]

Point him in the direction of monoprice 8320 IEM's. Will only cost him $7.11 and they sound great. Then you can keep your etymotics and not worry about whether your ripping him off or not.

 

[reddragon]

Fine ill lower it. How about $40?

 

[Lorspeaker]

what are friends for....just give it to him for a month. 
After which the price will be 50+ X ....

 

[reddragon]

Point him in the direction of monoprice 8320 IEM's. Will only cost him $7.11 and they sound great. Then you can keep your etymotics and not worry about whether your ripping him off or not.

Question is does monoprice better the etymotic research in sound quality? If it does, then I will recommend that to him instead. If it doesn't I will lower price of my hf5.

 

[reddragon]

what are friends for....just give it to him for a month. 
After which the price will be 50+ X ....

LOL give it to him for free? Kinda need money to fund my future purchase of hpp1 and custom cable in Christmas... maybe I will just give it to him for free, will think about that...

 

[mbamg]

Make him pay the $50. He'll appreciate it more if he buys it.

 

[Techno Kid]

The Monoprice does not sound better than the HF5, its not even close and yes I had both.  $50 is a perfectly good price for a used HF5 so don't feel bad.

 

[reddragon]

Make him pay the $50. He'll appreciate it more if he buys it.

Good point, placebo huh? If its more expensive it must be better!!! If I give it to him for free, he may think its another one of his crappy 2 dollars iems? I think I will make him pay $40 instead though because I don't want him to feel like getting ripped off either.

 

[reddragon]

The Monoprice does not sound better than the HF5, its not even close and yes I had both.  $50 is a perfectly good price for a used HF5 so don't feel bad.

OK good then he will not get the monoprice recommendation.

 

[planx]

Who GIVES stuff in today's economy?! THAT'S ABSURD! GIVE ME SOME STUFF, I'M BROKE

 

[reddragon]

Who GIVES stuff in today's economy?! THAT'S ABSURD! GIVE ME SOME STUFF, I'M BROKE

Sorry he's my friend though...

 

[mbamg]

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Good point, placebo huh? If its more expensive it must be better!!! If I give it to him for free, he may think its another one of his crappy 2 dollars iems? I think I will make him pay $40 instead though because I don't want him to feel like getting ripped off either.

 
Well it's not just that. $50 is a decent price to buy a HF5. If he appreciates the HF5 and move on to other headphones, maybe he'll look back and realize how good a deal he got.