Store auditioning and then buying on-line from others. How do you feel about it ?

Buying audio equipment is a purely a business transaction, the dealer is out to make money, and is not your friend.......IMO.

Fixed list price...no discount...is the norm.

Equipment setups do not sound like what you get at home, and judging in store is a crap shoot.

Buy at the lowest price even if online.

Dealers simply can not service complicated equipment in house..it has to go back to the manufacturing plant.

Most dealers do not even know, or try, to do in home setup. They just sell boxes of audio equipment.

viridian

Interesting comment. Why do you hate dealers? 

oddiofyl said this:

I should say that Audio Visual Therapy in Nashua NH is excellent to deal with and while they didnt have the speakers in the finish i wanted in stock, it was more important that I got to listen to them . They spent time with different amps, putting a sub in the system , etc. Their service is top notch and guess what? It didn’t cost any more than if I ordered them on line, and that’s definitely not something I would do as they have treated me fair everytime I’ve been there.

This parallels my experience rather well with my local dealer, Duane Randleman.