McIntosh Labs delivery issues

I recently purchased a Mac MA 352 hybrid integrated amp. While I don't agree with the naysayers who claim that McIntosh's biggest selling point is the pretty blue meters (they are pretty) but the performance is only "very respectable" but not top level. My problem, and that of my local dealer, is not only the backlog but the quality of the delivery.  Unless the dealer orders a number at once, where they are placed on a pallet and remain so when unloaded, smaller orders are shipped without due care by the truckers and are damaged on delivery. Mine arrived damaged off the truck, despite the robust packaging, but the dealer let me take it home until a new replacement one arrived, months later

Overture lists MC611s as being in stock. 

I’m going to chime in here please forgive me but McIntosh prices seem inflated. I had friends whose parents owned their equipment from the 60’s and 70’s and while they sound sweet, nowadays there’s better deals out there.

Inflated compared to what. the hundred other brands that cost way more?

Agree, the Boulder, Luxman, Pass, among others mentioned earlier, have models much more expensive than McIntosh.