Have you ever been turned off by an Arrogant Dealer? Thoughts

I learned a valuable lesson long ago. A man walks in my office overalls with a hole in the knee driving an old truck.  Older gentleman walking slow and bent over.  Told me what he needed I said $2500. I said I will give him a payment plan. He said no need you fella. He raised his pant leg. Had a wad of cash on it. Peeled of 25 100 dollar bills smiled and walked out. That guy was the wealthiest guy in southern dallas. Owned 8 million in property alone and sn historic theater.  I learned that day that you must treat all people with respect regardless if you think they have money or not! 

I'm just saying point Blank. Just because you sell it don't mean you are the only one that knows about it and you never know when a person will splurge to pay for it 

dealers definetly make strong judgments fairly rapidly. The last dealer i went to I happened to drive my bmw m5 that day. I purposely parked it as far away as possible; i didnt see any cars in the front lot and didnt want attention so i parked in in the rear lot

Well, they saw it on camera and kept asking me about it. It’s a nice car but its not like its a McLaren. Didnt matter i was treated like a king.

I think a dealer will judge you right away by how your dressed, how serious you sound, what you drive, your age, ext

if you come in dressed like a slob and you say your "just looking" they may not like that very much and may come off to you as arrogant 

This isnt just audio dealers this applies to specialty stores of high priced items in general

If you enter and it looks like you just want to pay as little as possible the owner might come off as Arrogant.

In the early spring I went to buy a pump for my bike. Just wanted a hand pump you know, looking to spend $20-30 bucks max. This guy had nothing cheaper than $120.. and acted like he was donald Trump and that you were wasting his time. Definitely talked down a lot. I simply took my bike to the gas station and filled up there....

These small shops rely on high revenue/high margin sales and get frustrated when they think you arnt trying to spend "real" money

I was going to help a freind moving and I knew I had lots of time in front of me

so I brougt with me , my McIntosh MC8027 power Amp. ( front glass screen broken ) for repair by this dealer new to me. I parked my rusty pickup truck in front of his fancy place.( it is a heavy gear)

I was wearing ovealls and big boots. The saleman opened the door and let me in.

The first thing he asked me : Is it yours ? I said : no , I have just stolen it three blocks away, can you keep it for a while.
It took sometimes before he undestood I was joking.
He let me sit in a demo room with ,as he said , a real  good HT system..

All McIntosh gears with JBL syntethis speakers .....

I ending up pruchasing an audiophile power bar and highend Power cables.

You never know.