Would you pay to audition speakers

Give me a break....this is absolutely absurd to think the dealer is there to be used given what has happened in high end audio in the past 10 years.......most people on this site USE dealers to demo equipment, then come here to buy it used or from someone selling new at used prices to save some cash when they had zero intentions on buying new....hence wasting the dealers time and effectively shutting down the vast majority of the brick and mortars throughout the USA.

Then those same people have the balls to moan and complain when there are no dealers in their area to demo equipment. You CAN'T have your cake and eat it too......you people have done it to yourselves.

Arbuckle you have a point.Some will take advantage of the
audition right,knowing they will not buy,thats wrong.When
I go to the store,I just look around,if the salesman ask
me to listen to their new speakers,then I will,most of the
time I offer them lunch though but to pay them even 50 dollars,thats to stiff.

"most people on this site USE dealers to demo equipment, then come here to buy it used or from someone selling new at used prices to save some cash when they had zero intentions on buying new"

Arbuckle, How do you know this? What statistically reliable methodology did you use, in order to feel confident enough to insult the majority of audiogon's members?

I would pay $500 to audition a speaker in the 10-20K range, but that would be for an in home audition for at least a one week period.

On the whole, dealers are their own worst enemies. How many times has it been said on this forum, that putting together a system with all of its components contributing to their full potential, requires a lot more effort than just opening ones wallet. I've had enough dealings with audio retailers to think quite little of most of them. Come on guys, I'll bet we all heard some of the pretty crappy systems that resulted from people putting their faith and bank accounts in the hands of dealers who turned out to be little more than fast talking order takers. I'll bet there are many more music lovers than there are audio hobbyists, and if retailers would get their heads straight and were willing to do the kind of work necessary to establish trust and long term good will, they'd find that Audiogon and the used/discount market would have negligible impact on their business.