Who is the WORST Audio Shop?

if one has an open mind, one will not prejudge an experience before it happens.

this means that if someone is mistreated by an audio dealer, it does not follow that someone else will also be mistreated.

thus, there is no "worst audio shop", because different people have different outcomes when they visit the same dealer.

different people have different outcomes when they visit the same dealer.

Sometimes that is true; but sometimes different people have the same outcome when they visit the same dealer. That's why it's not appropriate to extrapolate from a sample of 1. OR 2 OR 3.

Again, we can clearly see here a pattern of poor experiences by several people at the same dealers.

I did that after being treated rudely each time I visited AV SOUTH in Tampa. I didn't just email Linn, I called them, and thay stated that they take negative things very seriously. I also praised all of the Dealers that were very good to me too. If a dealer doesn't want someone to come into their store without making a purchase every time they visit, they can just post a sign outside their doors. Linn sent copies of my emails (bad and good) to each Dealer that I mentioned to them.

That was Audio Salon I believe. In Living Stereo in NYC told me I would have to pay $100 to audition gear which would be applied toward a purchase if I made one. This was after an interrogation by a salesman for the purpose of determining if I bought my gear on Audiogon which made me uncomfortable. If he was straightforward instead of trying to be clever, I would have told him I buy from dealers, Audiogon, and friends. I understand the overhead in Manhattan is enormous, but it is unwise to drive away potential customers. I have actually been treated much better at Sound by Singer.