So they can gauge how much you can afford before they tell you the price? Puts me off even phoning them. Another gripe is dealers who leave all their sold stuff listed and put "sold" next to it. Why, just to pad out their sales list? Do they think we are idiots?
In the '70s/early '80s many Hi-Fi Retailers' premium equipment ( eg. Quad, Rogers, etc. ) was advertised POA. The 'everyday' ( mainly Japanese ) kit was shown as retail and 'Our Price'. It appears these days you are expected to pay top whack for desirable equipment, eg. Audio Research. The 'Garrard SP 25 ' market sector seems to have disappeared. I well recall pages & pages of Advertisers offering 'Their Price' ( complete with plinth & lid !) on this popular model. Some products you will never get at a lower price. Harbeth speakers, for example.
Julian
The sad thing about the British Hifi industry is that the manufacturers are inovative, hard working and are generally decent people.
The dealers who sell the stuff have no sales skills at all and generally put people off buying. Just go into a hifi shop and expect to be treated like an idiot and then they wonder why customers walk to box shifters.
They are still living in the 1970s when it comes to selling techniques. They let the industry down big time.
Mick
The dealers who sell the stuff have no sales skills at all and generally put people off buying.
I'd imagine the shitty audio dealers have long gone out of business, what with the invisible hand of the marketplace doing what it does so well during a nasty recession.The dealers who sell the stuff have no sales skills at all and generally put people off buying. Just go into a hifi shop and expect to be treated like an idiot and then they wonder why customers walk to box shifters.
They are still living in the 1970s when it comes to selling techniques. They let the industry down big time.
Mick,
I'd imagine the shitty audio dealers have long gone out of business, what with the invisible hand of the marketplace doing what it does so well during a nasty recession.
Joe