Charge for TT setup?

I agree with the majority here who feel that the dealer is being petty, especially when it seems like you are paying full retail price for the table and arm. I could somewhat understand the dealer's price gouging if he had cut you a 20% price break on the new VPI table, but paying full retail he is just being petty about $100 fee.
I'd buy from someone else just to show him the power of the consumer.

This dealer is making over $2k profit on the table. He's being a chazer. And you knw what they say about pigs? They get slaughtered.

In the county where I live there no longer are any hifi dealers. We had one- carried excellent gear too. But he nickel and dimed customers, collected sales tax on magazines (not taxable in my state) lied to at least one customer i know who had a cd player ( bought from this store for $2k) that needed repair (he said it was not repairable) and offered to sell him another cd player (the cd payer was fixed by a tech who found one bad solder joint) and drove himself out of business. I was glad to see his store go.

Tell the dealer you think you found one for 5700.00 then wait and see if they still want the sale.

Who's the dealer? Gotta know who this guy is.

If you are paying full retail then free setup should be included. I guess i can see the logic of the dealer, he is taking the cart off your table and setting it up properly and testing will take a couple of hours.