I want to buy new speakers for 50,000 and see it used for 30,000, what should I do?

And we wonder why so many dealers have gone out of business in the last decade.

"I demand 20% off or I'm walking!" 

"Buh-bye."

@emergingsoul do you like saving money? Buy used from a trusted seller and you should have no issue

@emergingsoul ​​​​​,

What brand speakers are you agonizing over. 

@helomech "I happen to know where I could go get a pair of Acora SRC-2s for at least 30% off."

Good disclose where.

You keep acting like you’ve made this 25% off deal in store so give the facts on your deal - brand, model, dealer. Post your system with pictures while you’re act it so we have the proof. Dealers make 20-30% deals on lines they are moving out of and on demos. Reading adds isn’t making chest puff deals.

BTW those Acora's aren’t $50K speakers - $37K

Good disclose where.

You keep acting like you’ve made this 25% off deal in store so give the facts on your deal - brand, model, dealer. Post your system with pictures while you’re act it so we have the proof. Dealers make 20-30% deals on lines they are moving out of and on demos. Reading adds isn’t making chest puff deals.

BTW those Acora's aren’t $50K speakers - $37K

Actually the MSRP on those Acoras is currently $48K depending on finish, close enough. They just happened to be the first example that came to mind since it was relatively recent.

I’m not going to potentially throw the dealer under the bus by exposing him, even though he’s resorting to the same sort of deal making I’ve encountered throughout my time in this hobby. I won’t risk him losing the line since it might create animosity with Acora dealers an adjacent regions. 

And you’re wrong on the margins— dealers usually make more than 20-30% on demos because in most cases they acquired their inventory for half or little over half of MSRP. If they were to sell them for MSRP, that would be 100%. That’s common consumer pricing structure BTW. The reason outlets like Crutchfield don’t offer similar deals is because they have a generally ignorant and loyal customer base. Any independent, single-store, brick & mortar dealer would be out of business in no time if they were only offering discounts between 10 and 15%, especially dealers in the high end market. 

Again, don’t take my word for it, call around to some of them and ask what kind of deal they might be willing to make you on that Magico/Wilson/YG etc. Just because you didn’t get as good a deal doesn’t mean there are not good deals to be had. And yeah, early on in my time I was just as ignorant and bought more than one pair of speakers for full retail. Some dealers will only give good price breaks to repeat customers. But many if not most are willing to do so if you merely ask. Again, call around and ask. If they refuse to budge over 10-20% it’s because they likely think you’re flush and/or already smitten with the product.