Preowned Wilson Audio Chicago Dealer

Sounds like the dealer is having an issue with Wilson.  Maybe they are asking him to take on too much product? There could be a multitude of reasons. I know if a dealer is bad mouthing a product they carry,there is a problem somewhere.  If that’s the product you want,and the price is so good that you don’t care about service after the sale, go for it.  If not,time to find a new dealer.  

Most of the threads you have started are complaining about others. This may be legit, but maybe your style of communication is challenging for some? Just a thought, but I also know that dealers are busy and needing to sort real buyers from tire kickers, etc. Good luck getting your speakers in any event.

Could the dealer have been steering you away from a poor fit, in his opinion, with your room and/or associated gear; or did he just trash the speakers? 

I had a different dealer try and talk me out of Harbeth 30.2's saying the 30.1 were just as good. Of course, he didn't have any 30.2's but happened to have two used pairs of 30.1s in stock. Interesting.

Also, I used to work at a mid-fi audio store 30 years ago in the NYC area, and we always advertised product that we didn't actually want to sell at the advertised priced. Bait and switch is a long time practice. Very hard to prove, this guy may or may not be doing it, I've no interactions with him so no opinion on that, just talking about what I have experienced.

Yep, I used to run a hi fi chain in NY/NJ years ago - we had loss leaders (but we did really have them in stock and would happily sell them), we used them to attract customers on big holiday sale events...