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What is a reasonable discount from MSRP from a local dealer?

More specifically:
  • the type of transaction I am talking about is one-off - not a known customer or promise of repeat business, could just be by phone/website.
  • I am considering new Goldenear Triton One or One.R to replace my Triton 3+

I ask because:
  • Recently I ordered a pair of "used" Klipsch Heresy IVs online for $2,200. New ones were listed at $3,000. Immediately I was contacted and asked if I wanted to 'upgrade' to new for just 10% more! I declined, though I was (naively) surprised that they would knock $600 off the new price without me even asking. What I received appeared to be a brand new; a sequentially numbered, veneer matched pair, drop shipped from the factory. A little old fashioned bait-n-switch. Anyway, they were happy to sell me brand new speakers of a new model that does not appear to be widely discounted at 27% discount, probably because all they need to do is take my order and $$ and pass it on to the factory. Anyway, these have come and gone.
  • I just inquired about some Goldenears that were advertised as 'demos', and was offered instead a brand new pair shipped to me from the factory for 20% off list. Again, just process my credit card and send the order to the factory. Same thing happened when I bought my Triton 3+s, except I was oblivious to what was going on so I paid way more than I needed to.
For now, I would just like to place an order, and not avail myself of all that the local dealer can offer, like auditions and advice and support. So I wonder, does a dealer buy a pair of GE One.R at 50% of MSRP ($6,600)? If so, is $1900 too much to pay for taking an order? Anything important I'm missing? Your feedback appreciated :-)
lorendavis
teo_audio
2,197 posts
 
At 1/3rd off, I would not bother to sell or stock the product.

Far more trouble than it is worth, not enough in it to keep the doors open.

Seriously.

As for discounts, it varies. Seriously. One brand is not the same as the next.

One clue is that the biggest brands, that you see everywhere, in cables especially so..... usually have a big dealer margin.

That’s why the dealer has it on the shelf and in the store - Great margins.

The product is not popular.

The margin is popular.
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tomstruck
350 posts
 
Why should there be a discount do you go to the butcher and ask for a discount they both have over head but you only spend 10min
there not hours demoing and asking questions 
ebm
9,311 posts
 
30% off for cash get it ASAP.
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dweller
3,779 posts
 
I remember in the '70s and '80s that 30% off was the norm. Sure, there was a "list price" but NOBODY was charging it. This may have applied only to the mid-fi market (didn't start buying Audio Research until the '90s). These days, nobody gives "standard discounts" unless item is clearance or on-sale.
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tom6897
1,484 posts
 
I always try to buy the one in the showroom. I know it works, it has been mostly broken in and It sounds like I want it to sound allowing for differences in my space and with my equipment which presumably I have already taken into account.  Typically 40%+ off. Cash and carry.😉
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