albert had a listing of a nice passlabs amp
on the phone he told me its junk and that hes a luxman dealer and can offer me the 900u for $11k new. He was helpful on the phone but yes he tried too hard to redirect my purchase and thats what lost him the sale
I live in the area and honestly thought about it but passed.
There is a vivid/gryphon dealer nearby and i wanted a particular gryphon amp. A foreign guy who is a penny pincher.. he was irate that i wanted to use a credit card even though i offered to pay 1% of the 2% fee. No discount at all on amp or cables and he was a big baby. made fun of my demo music as well apparently hes a classic pianist and my selection of certain songs he made sure to show his displeasure
Wasnt pleasant to deal honestly would rather have done business with albert but at least i got the amp i wanted