We consumers tend to forget that both manufacturers and retailers know their business better than we do. If restocking fees are a bad idea, they'll learn it soon enough. But the fact that the practice seems to be growing suggests that they are learning the opposite lesson--that the tire-kickers cost too much and bring in too little to be worth bothering with.
If you don't like these fees, and you want to try out lots of equipment, I suggest you buy used, so you can sell what you don't like at little loss. (But I bet you find that trading like that still costs something--maybe 10 or 20 percent?)
If you don't like these fees, and you want to try out lots of equipment, I suggest you buy used, so you can sell what you don't like at little loss. (But I bet you find that trading like that still costs something--maybe 10 or 20 percent?)