New pre-amplifier?

I have bought many items from dealers that have been shipped direct from the manufacturer. It’s called drop shipping. I prefer that method, it saves time and the shipping cost!!

Drop shipping is a form of retail business in which the seller accepts customer orders without keeping stock on hand. Instead, in a form of supply chain management, the seller transfers the orders and their shipment details either to the manufacturer, a wholesaler, another retailer, or a fulfillment house, which then ships the goods directly to the customer.

@yyzsantabarbara 

I buy refurbished over new if given the option. I learned this from my IT buddies

Interesting. What is the rationale given by the IT advisors? Heighten scrutiny?

Charles

Normally I would say you're getting some good advice here, but how do you know we are not part of the conspiracy?

@soix Agreed. I’d go further and suspect this post as a kind of "fake concern trolling." One posts about some fabricated issue just to see if they can get weigh-in. The sort of game where you see if you can trick someone into spending their time on your fake-problem. Seems to be working.

Of course, the more pathetic alternative is that this is not a put-on, but genuine, in which case pity is the more appropriate emotion.

I like factory direct refurbished also...