Preowned Wilson Audio Chicago Dealer

Could the dealer have been steering you away from a poor fit, in his opinion, with your room and/or associated gear; or did he just trash the speakers? 

I had a different dealer try and talk me out of Harbeth 30.2's saying the 30.1 were just as good. Of course, he didn't have any 30.2's but happened to have two used pairs of 30.1s in stock. Interesting.

Also, I used to work at a mid-fi audio store 30 years ago in the NYC area, and we always advertised product that we didn't actually want to sell at the advertised priced. Bait and switch is a long time practice. Very hard to prove, this guy may or may not be doing it, I've no interactions with him so no opinion on that, just talking about what I have experienced.

Yep, I used to run a hi fi chain in NY/NJ years ago - we had loss leaders (but we did really have them in stock and would happily sell them), we used them to attract customers on big holiday sale events...

1. albert portis sometimes posts on this board, perhaps he will chime in

2. retailers will often skew their sales pitch towards what is in stock... that is human nature, it takes an exceptionally high integrity retailer who is hungry for a sale to not do that

When I hear “Chicago” and “Audio” I am triggered to Albert Portis name. Every single time 😂😂🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️