Your item would maybe get a $200 trade in never trad in at a store , actually
craids list would be ideal that .depending how much you have to spend there are dealers that will ship on trial especially for dacs .
Posting under the influence again?
"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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We have 1 and 1/2 high end stores here. The full high end store is a bit snobby, but has always showed me anything they had. The 1/2 shop sells more HT systems and has mostly high Mid Fi, but are as friendly and proud of everything they sell. It’s funny, because Twenty five years ago I bought a couple of pieces of Audio Research stuff from them. I guess the HT systems draw more people in. Sigh. |
You live in a college town. Easy to sell that piece in that market and move on. Don’t haul it around. Portland dealers mentioned, Stereotypes Audio and Echo Audio will both provide a much richer retail experience. Plus…NO SALES TAX! Stick it to Darth Insley! Plus, you can eat and drink at Lucky Labrador. Winner winner chicken dinner. |
+1 @celtic66 |
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