In Reply to: RE: According to a local dealer, manufacturers must all be geniuses posted by jhrlrd on July 19, 2016 at 13:35:17:
I have nothing against dealers (most of them anyway!). Many are in the business because they enjoy the hobby as much as we do and it affords them the opportunity to play with lots of gear and make a living at it too.I do have a problem with walking into a dealer's store, playing around with his stuff, then buying it online at a better price or used off Audiogon. If I visit a dealer and like what he shows me, I'll buy it from him. I won't shop it around for best price.
On the other hand, I do have a problem with dealers who have aggressive idiot sales people. I walked into one store many years ago and the snotty nosed kid with his wrinkled white dress shirt and crooked tie walks up and says, "so how much are we spending today"? What an ass.
Even though this dealer carried the brand and specific model I was interested in, I DID shop that one around because they were the only so-called "authorized dealer" for this brand in my area.... and the sales person was an ass!
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