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"High end" store snobbery

Our county lies in a fairly remote part of the country.Our major city of 100,000 has one "high end" shop so to speak.

I visited them yesterday.The store has limited selection of decent  stuff-a few McIntosh amps.Marantz.Paradigm ,Focal,Sonus faber etc.No Wilsons or Bel Canto category.

I asked then if they take trade ins-I want to upgrade my one year old Yamaha RX4 AVR,worth $500 retail.

They said they only take high end components for trade i.e.McIntosh etc.

After that conversation, the 3 store employees pretty will ignored my presence and I continued browsing their meagre inventory.

 

Lo and behold!

In a corner I spotted about 30 items-old Pioneer,Yamaha amps and even an equalizer from the 1970s.Prices ranged from $75 to $500.

 

I asked :"what are these"

response from employee:"oh, those are items we are familiar with as they were swapped out for upgraded gear by our customers."

 

Thanks for tolerating my rant...

 

Gabe

 

 

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cleeds
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czarivey

As I’ve never lived on credit cards, I wanted to purchase it for cash. The dealerships were declining selling it for cash even when I had more than solid sources of income LOL!!! They get more earnings on crazy bank fees they charge so they weren’t interested at all ...

If you're truly paying cash, then there are no bank fees or income check. You pay cash, as with a bank check for the full purchase amount, less trade if any. That's the way I usually buy a car and I've never had a dealer decline.

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czarivey

Therefore dealers try to void selling vehicles for cash today.

A real dealer, a franchised dealer, is happy to sell for cash. Easy-peasy. It sounds like you’ve been to one of those "Buy Here, Pay Here" places. Those are rip-offs.

If you must finance a car, you're most likely to get a better rate by dealing with the bank directly. That way you avoid the kickbacks you mention.

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