Fee for home audition

I assume the dealer is the owner of the store and or can make up whatever rules he wants to. I do not think that is a common practice.

If your retailer wants to charge 5% for a home demo, I suggest you find a new retailer.   What brand music server streamer are you looking at?  

While there is no standard, that’s a new one for me. We don’t have any hifi store around here that would bring a streamer to my house, so I can hear it on my home system and then take it back and have to sell the device as an open box and not for the new price.

No standard. But that is strange.

How much does it cost? If it is a $20K streamer or a $1K streamer… it makes a difference. One hour isn’t a long time.

My dealer brings stuff to my house for free. He leaves it there for weeks. But this is stuff in the $20K range and I have known him for twenty years.

@svenjosh 

This is the type of dealer who won't be in business for too long!! Move on, and find a dealer who wants to earn your business. As consumers, we vote with our pocketbooks.