Auditioning Used Equipment - Am I crazy ?

Clearly, russbutton never ran a business...

https://forum.audiogon.com/posts/2701797

There’s no conspiracy theory about why someone’s just not going to send you, a stranger, an expensive piece of used equipment for a whole bunch of reasonable and sensible reasons. When requesting this generous offer the would be buyer describes, did he offer anything other than his 'Maybe I'll buy it, maybe I won't' prospective purchase in terms of real world assurance or ernest intention? A schmuck who just sends out a big piece of equipment to any schmuck who dangles his maybe I'll purchase it promise is a schmuck that won't be in business long.

@gents .  My request was to audition the equipment at the dealer where the unit is already located.  I am not asking for an in home audition.  I would be driving 2 hrs each way to be able to audition and purchase.  The dealer has refused to remove the unit from its box and hook up 3 cables, spend 15 minutes listening to it and put it back in the box for a $10k sale.

I’m sure you wrote that somewhere and I just missed it, that’s ridiculously ridiculous and even more reason to dig deep and send a little email reiterating your position on the proposed audition and just enjoy the satisfaction of telling him to f*ck himself- in those words. Furthermore, share that story online within his Google reviews and any place else you can write it because it absolutely deserves a little spotlight. That’s a genuine creep and how he ended up being a ’respected dealer’, who the hell knows?  There are a lot of easily pleased nincompoops in every Hobby.

Buy it or don't. This applies to other luxury items. There is not always a test drive, some labored deliberation or audition process. If it's fairly priced, someone that knows what it is and what the value is will buy it.

In other words, you're not the right buyer for this piece and that's ok.

@russbutton , the D&Ds are a great suggestion. I am seriously considering them. Thank you !