Dealer selling B stock doesn't tell customers

Then there is this: I don't know if ARC still does this, but they did in the early 90's, and is what got me questioning their ethics. When the LS2 Mk.2 was discontinued, my local ARC dealer had a few "Factory Reconditioned" units available at the price of $1995 (originally $2995). The carton was stamped as such, and the dealer did not conceal the fact that they were reconditioned. All above board. However, after all the reconditioned LS2's had been sold, ARC then shipped non-reconditioned units to their dealers, pricing them at the same $1995! I felt betrayed, taken advantage of, insulted, and disgusted. ARC obviously should have offered both reconditioned and non-reconditioned simultaneously, at different price points, the non-reconditioned at $1995 and the reconditioned at perhaps $1495. Short-sighted on ARC's part, at best. And, I feel, ethically indefensible. 

Stay up nights  thinking about this .

@ebm- Threads such as this, are why man invented booze!

I know of more than one company that has created B stocks when sales are weak by opening new units .  Customers were getting new units at a reduced price and those customers that were afraid to buy B stocks were paying full price, for the same equipment.

I know of a dealer that got in trouble for that and the company took the line away from them. That was several years ago and they never recovered from that. I think they are on their last leg.