The price an item sold for is something that's between the buyer and the seller. If they choose to keep the price the item went for private, it's their right to do so. Almost all of us know what kind of headphone goes for what amount. If you really don't know and need to know, you can always ask someone who does.
Keeping a price list could also mean that some items retain value while they should not (ie, headphones that are relatively old. Having a price database would mean an old example would probably end up selling for the price of a near-new one).
Prices on Head-Fi are already
very high compared to other secondhand audio sites, especially for rare items. If anything, we want to remove all knowledge of past prices and start over, with only outside references. That might sound drastic, but twice the value on Head-Fi compared to other places is not a rare occurence...
This can be great, since you can buy and sell without a large loss. On the other hand, buying on Head-Fi means you'll almost certainly have to sell here as well, because if you don't you stand to lose a fair chunk of change since the price you bought at was so inflated.
This discussion has been held many, many times before (though not exactly the same as most were simply about why prices were removed rather than about keeping a database... but this thread will veer in the direction of the first).
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I'm very thankful that I have had only good experiences here, on Audiogon and Ebay to date.
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You seem very active and knowledgable in and about Head-Fi, yet you joined only recently. Are you an older member who registered again?