Charging A Fee To Demo An Amplifier In A Brick & Mortar Store

I would happily pay a fee for a demo.

When I want something, I want a good deal.  No stupid prices.  I’ll contact a load of dealers & buy.   It irks me that I’m expected to pay for tyre kickers who waste hours of dealers time & never buy!

I would never have a free demo, then go elsewhere for the best price.  That’s not cool at all.

I’d much rather pay 20-30 quid for an hour, then I’m not beholden to that dealer.   I can tell him straight what I want to pay & that I’ll be shopping round.
He’s has something for his time.   Everyone’s a winner!
The only losers are the pests who waste dealer’s time.

What a pig dealer.  Their markup is at least 25% for consignment, 40% on new.  Just greedy.   I will remember the Sunny name and keep it on my list of dealers to avoid.  If I was ARC I would cancel them as a dealer also - leaves a bad taste in my mouth that they have a dealer like this.  $500 to listen?  My son just went to the Wilson dealer in Scottsdale, he told them he had no money to buy but wanted to hear the Chromosonics, the dealer spent the afternoon with him, knowing he could not afford any of these systems - I won't forget that either.  I am completely spoiled by my dealer.  The subpar dealers must congregate in California.

Never heard of that before----sounds like a scam to me. 

@smer319  still hasn't said how much the fee is/was.  Why such reluctance?  Note he never got back to OP (see beginning of this thread).

Don't walk, RUN.  They should be developing a relationship with you.  It is not your first purchase that counts.  It is the 2nd, 3rd, 4th and so on.  It is important to develop a relationship, a rapport, and trust with your dealer.  That is not accomplished by charging you for a demo.