Margin on speaker sales by high end dealer

The post is about margin, not operating costs below this line.
Further it helps to understand this as a way to further understand credits offered for returning product when upgrading.
As a consumer upgrading can be very costly, and negotiating a return credit can be a challenge. This is part of the business model and a dealer making profits from returned goods can be lucrative.
Getting good deals is part of a buyers process while respecting a sellers ability to receive a fair profit.

Asked and answered many times over in the thread below and other similar threads

https://forum.audiogon.com/discussions/mattresses-not-stereos-is-where-the-money-is/post?highlight=margin&postid=1831963#1831963

So you spend 10k on a pair of speakers. Seems very simple to do by a high end dealer. And most often done without an Instore visit.

Why do you assume that? Where’s your evidence for saying “most often done without an in-store visit?” I’ve never bought an audio component from a dealer without listening to it, or at least some other stuff, in their store. What about the many customers who come in and listen, ask questions, and take up valuable time and resources and buy nothing and/or just buy the item online? Seems like you’re trying to imply dealers make a high margin for doing very little work. That may happen sometimes, but probably not nearly enough from a dealer’s perspective. If that was the case there’d be a lot more high-end audio dealers rather than them unfortunately being a dying breed. I’d invite you to open up an audio dealership and see just how easy it is these days.

Or for that matter, any other type of business!