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Problems with Ayre's Company???

I was disturbed today to hear that some of Ayre's long time authorized dealers are stepping down from carrying the Ayre product line. Ayre is a company that prides itself on creating some of the highest quality gear that we all know and love. It is the type of company that stands by its dealers and customers and has always been a pioneer in the industry with new discoveries and research/development guided by a great creator in Charles Hanson. I learned that recently a new head sales manager has joined the team and is forcing the hand of several Ayre dealers to sell more products in a style that is not complimentary to such an honorable company. My local dealer was basically forced out of the product line for unimaginable reasons. I think it would be wise to contact your local dealers to see if they are experiencing similar problems. We can only hope that with time this "change" in sales management will be corrected. Until then we all need to be careful because marketing to sell more and more units without supporting peripheral dealers in a company rich in tradition such as Ayre begins a "slippery slope" down which reputation suffers significantly.
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driver
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I've dealt with Ayre for several yrs as a consumer & have had three of their products. Their factory support is some of the best in the industry & I see no signs of that changing, especially since I just visited while picking up my amp after having the e upgrade & some cosmetic fixes. I believe if a company were having problems, they would manifest themselves in other areas of the company

Each dealer and manufacturer operates differently & I wouldn't read anything into a dealer dropping a line or a manufacturer dropping a dealer. That's not to say there aren't extenuating circumstances but unless you know all of the details, it's just speculation.

I would caution against suggesting there is a problem with Ayre or any other company that you are concerned about as a consumer unless you know every single detail about the business practices between said participants.

Note-I am not a representative of Ayre or any company representing Ayre products.
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driver
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Chetiar, when you begin a post with "problems with Ayre's company" in the subject line, what point are you trying to get across? If all somebody does is read the header w/o the content, they can come away from a quick visit to this site with the seed planted.

Sometimes folks scan the subject line to see what's of interest in the same fashion someone might scan the newspaper. When a quick scan remains just that, down the road the subject line might become a bit blurred & the person now only remembers there's a problem with that particular company.

It simply sounds like conjecture & the beginnings of a rumor factory when I read posts like this.

Nuff said.
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