A phenomenal new CD transport-Pro-Ject CD Box RS2 transport

@riaa_award_collectors_on_facebook And then one day there will be no dealers because of tire kickers and bargin hunters. Some brands do not need to be discounted because they stand on their quility and brand.

Ridiculous. What brands are you referring to?? Only brands that you cant get a discount for or not much of one is a Ultra Boutique brand that only has 1 Distributor and single digit dealers.  All the names that everybody knows there is almost always a 40% Markup and 50-60% on Demo Gear. Plenty of room to get a good deal without much effort. Once you establish yourself as a solid customer (repeat business) you will start getting calls FROM the dealers asking you if you want X Product for a good price. Then there's always the brands that "purge" their old stock to dealers for a ridiculous price and you can steal stuff that is brand new for 50% off MSRP.  Obviously you arent getting those calls so you have no idea what Im talking about.

@charles1dad:

"Well I can see it both ways.

1, Better price  but no audition period or option to return the component. 

2,  Higher price but includes ability to home audition and return for what ever reason. 

Just depends on the buyer's personality and disposition."

Exactly!  

@jayctoy:

Years ago I bought a few footers and cables recommended by a guy at M. Direct, which, to my ears, did nothing for my system. I returned them and in response, MD informed me that should I ever buy from them again, they would levy a 20% restocking fee. I can understand such a policy when someone orders a very expensive, exotic unit and returns it but in a case such as mine, no.  

If this makes me a "tire kicker", so be it but consider that since then, I've bought a DAC, a transport, three pair of ICs, two digital cables, two power cables, a headphone amp, three sets of Symposium Rollerblock Jr+'s and three Symposium shelves. None of this gear was purchased from M. Direct. When I upgrade my speakers in January, M. Direct will not be involved. Seems to me, their focus is on one-time buyers. I prefer to maintain long-term relationships with dealers who understand that I may make a mistake now and then and return something (which occurs very infrequently) but that I will keep coming back. Audio Art Cables and The Cable Co. are stellar examples and TMR are on their way to becoming another go-to dealer for me.   

In case anyone is interested, an open box RS2T just popped up here: