Do you buy new, used or new or used gear?

@spenav   That makes sense because most electronics that fail do so in 90 days and gets fixed. 

I purchased a NAD M33 that was a demo unit, and it works great.  I'm looking for a cheap NAD M23 amp to go along with it, but I want to pay somewhere under $2K.

Mostly used. Heck, I used to save up to buy kits.  Anything from Heathkit to Hafler to Dynaco.

Those were the days.

Although I bought everything new, I never bought anything unless the seller guaranteed me I could return it.  I’ve left a lot of very disgruntled dealers in the lurch.  

I once returned a Mitsubishi turntable. The dealer picked up the turntable and threw it on the floor, screaming “another MitsuTurkey!”

I have a truck and trailer, took psych time off of work or adopted a baby gov gave me 3 month paid va ka. Went from cali, wow diesel costly, to east coast.picked up alot of used stuff infinity irs v,mcintosh xrt 2k ,legacy valor ect all 30 cents on $ . Fed ex runed my wilson max and evolution acoustics  mm3 with fork lift through crate. So if I can go get it I do. Got a usaid grant for speaker therapy psych treatment will publish results next month and of course it's a double blind non biased study. If you are one of the kind audiophiles I met in my travels ,thanks for the therapy. I do get open box on occasion.   I don't mind resoldering boards,recapping from digikey? And reforming measuring speakers and replacing.  Enjot the therapy.😃