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04-22-09
That's in something... oh, right - "sane", it's i ... Dcrugby
04-22-09
I won't pay $500 to audition speakers. they exist to let us ... Audiolui
04-22-09
It is kind of a crappy attitude, but i can understand why it ... Kurt_tank
04-22-09
Most so called "audiophile" speakers sound so horr ... Viridian
04-22-09
A policy like that would be enough to push me out the door, ... Jb8312
04-22-09
Would not even consider it .............. take my business e ... Czbbcl
04-22-09
If he is in such economic trouble (or so fed up with looky l ... Tvad
04-22-09
I think he just said that cause you have been wasting his ti ... Usblues
04-22-09
I came across this with a dealer who sold a particular brand ... Markphd
04-22-09
I'm not too old to remember the day that customers came firs ... Grateful
04-22-09
I suspect it's only used against audiophiles. a "civil ... Onhwy61
04-22-09
Well.... i wouldn't pay a car salesman $500. to look at his ... Jgiacalo
04-22-09
Can you name the dealer? if not, what is the point of posti ... Amandarae
04-22-09
I might " rent to own" a pair of speakers for $300 ... Hi5harry
04-22-09
What is the primary income for the site we are now on. secon ... Mechans
04-22-09
Tell him you are going to buy the speakers used on audiogon, ... Macdadtexas
04-22-09
This is why brick and mortar and many businesses are in trou ... Weiserb
04-22-09
Would you buy a car without a test drive? over the last 8 ... Krauti
04-22-09
A local dealer here does the same thing like this: you must ... Entrope
04-22-09
If they are expensive speakers for in home audition, and the ... Sidssp
04-22-09
As a dealer i welcome people to come into my home and auditi ... Buff
04-22-09
This guy is taking a whole new and creative way of driving h ... Theo
04-22-09
well i may be wrong but i would guess that if you really we ... Sounds_real_audio
04-23-09
That is one of the crazier things i have ever heard of. run ... Learsfool
04-23-09
The 500.00 he was asking for wasn't for a home demo. in fact ... Taters
04-23-09
As kurk tank says, the problem for high end dealers is the d ... David12
04-23-09
Viridian - perfectly said. this day and age, dealers shou ... Porschecab
04-23-09
No way! Panhead2
04-23-09
$500 for speaker listening? then, just tell him you wanedt ... Blindjim
04-23-09
I just visited some relatives in dayton ohio. as i always d ... Mt10425
04-23-09
Mt10425, i heard a similar story from another traveling a-g ... Reubent
04-23-09
In my opinion that is a deal breaker; i would even think of ... Rleff
04-23-09
Please let us know the name of the dealer so i can be sure n ... Oddiofyl
04-23-09
Take the $500 and invest it in a trip to denver this fall fo ... Seasoned
04-23-09
I would respond with: "while i will may pay you $500 fo ... Elizabeth
04-23-09
Some good points are brought up on mt10425's post. dealers a ... Jazzcourier
04-23-09
Would i pay to audition? no do i see where the dealer is co ... Johsti
04-23-09
When i purchased my first wattpuppies i went to the store an ... Mpit
04-23-09
It's only a "waste of time" of the salesman if the ... Nrenter
04-23-09
Agree with tvad. wait for the "going out of business, e ... Phaelon
04-23-09
If he had every speaker you could buy then it might seem les ... Giggsy
04-23-09
Hell no! nobody locks me into anything! cars, coins, stereos ... Polk432
04-23-09
Giggsy is right. if i had a nickel for every beer i ever dra ... Polk432
04-24-09
I could see charging your credit card as a damage deposit, a ... Knownothing
04-24-09
Knownothing, this thread has nothing to do about a home aud ... Taters
04-24-09
You had better choose that first speaker pair wisely or come ... Ohlala
04-24-09
No sir. Issabre
04-24-09
I bet he's got people standing in line for a deal like this ... Abruce
04-26-09
Maybe thats the only way,he can get rid of you.sometimes sal ... Jayctoy
04-26-09
He sounds like he should be in the transmission repair indus ... Cyclonicman
04-26-09
Give me a break....this is absolutely absurd to think the de ... Arbuckle
04-26-09
Arbuckle you have a point.some will take advantage of the au ... Jayctoy
04-26-09
"most people on this site use dealers to demo equipment ... Phaelon
04-26-09
I would pay $500 to audition a speaker in the 10-20k range, ... Fjn04
04-26-09
On the whole, dealers are their own worst enemies. how many ... Phaelon
04-26-09
How can any dealer assume that because he didn't make a sale ... Cyclonicman
04-26-09
Is it even legal? are there any lawyers here? if car deale ... Kijanki
04-26-09
Another point to remember is that in sales the object is too ... Weiserb
04-27-09
Weisberg - that's good point. the problem is that i won't a ... Kijanki
04-27-09
I would pay for real service - eg, if the dealer brought spe ... Aktchi
04-27-09
For me paying a small fee which refunded on buying is ok. af ... Vinylmeister
04-29-09
I wonder what this dealer's policy is with past customers wh ... Ohlala
04-30-09
Yes, some people do use dealers to demo, then buy used cheap ... Polk432
05-01-09: Knownothing
Taters, I was sounding off before carefully reading your post.
I guess this dealer is so busy tallying their sales slips in these robust economic times that they don't have time for mere "shoppers". If they were working at the shoe counter at Nordstroms and you wanted to try every pair "for fun", on a Saturday, I could see where you could be stretching their Customer First policy. But this dealer must be selling big buck boxes if they think $500 is an appropriate ante to get in their door, and I would think they would be kissing your rear to even darken the entrance these days.
I might be a chronic tire kicker and so perhaps a target for this kind of "really great service", but I continue to buy gear in brick and mortar shops. Since I travel a fair bit, I also go to stores in different towns that carry equipment I don't have access to hear in my home town, or even combination's of gear I have not heard together before. I always state whether or not I am actually in the market to buy something. Sometimes I am, sometimes not. I value the shopkeepers opinions since they usually know much more than me and are enthusiastic about their products and my interest. But I do not value their insights to the tune of 5 "C" notes.
Adding to what Theo said, I would want that model to be handing me $50 glasses of wine with my demo. Maybe if I drank enough I would actually buy something from them...
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05-01-09
Quite a few years ago i was looking for some video gear and ... Emailists
05-01-09
It might be worth it to pay for an audition in your stereo s ... Mrtennis
05-02-09
I kind of equate this to a car dealer asking to check your c ... Chris357
05-02-09
In retrospect, i can think of one instance in which it might ... Phaelon
05-03-09
After reading all your posts i've decided to pass on the 500 ... Taters
05-03-09
Taters, you are in la or southern california, aren't you? it ... Tvad
05-04-09
It depends. in a store enviroment, absolutely not. now if ... Cleaneduphippy
05-13-09
I have been in sales all my life and i wish i had a dollar f ... Mpit
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