DanG
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As I wrote in the Amps+Source Components forum, I was planning on purchasing a Cary CD308 this labor day weekend at Spearit Sound in Boston. However, after visiting there today and auditioning the unit I didn't buy it... not because of the sound (which was pretty good), but because the dealer wasn't flexible at all about the price.
I've read on internet forums that it's not at all unusual to expect a discount of 20% on a new CD player that doesn't have a huge cost. The list price of the CD308 is $1500, the dealer offered $1349 (10% off). When I said that that's more than I want to pay for the player, he said "We don't work on the barter system" -- as though I were offering him a dozen eggs in exchange for his sheep. I let it go at that and said "then we have nothing further to discuss" and left.
What do you guys think? Tuberoller and other dealers, was this guy being unreasonable in not even negotiating a price that would be acceptable to both parties, or is this something that I and other buyers should expect at brick-and-mortar audio stores? The whole deal left a bad taste in my mouth -- I had come there to buy the player specifically from them because they had been nice in letting me audition equipment before, and then they didn't want to negotiate at all (and they had done so with Vka when he and I went to audition the Cary 300SEI). Thanks!
I've read on internet forums that it's not at all unusual to expect a discount of 20% on a new CD player that doesn't have a huge cost. The list price of the CD308 is $1500, the dealer offered $1349 (10% off). When I said that that's more than I want to pay for the player, he said "We don't work on the barter system" -- as though I were offering him a dozen eggs in exchange for his sheep. I let it go at that and said "then we have nothing further to discuss" and left.
What do you guys think? Tuberoller and other dealers, was this guy being unreasonable in not even negotiating a price that would be acceptable to both parties, or is this something that I and other buyers should expect at brick-and-mortar audio stores? The whole deal left a bad taste in my mouth -- I had come there to buy the player specifically from them because they had been nice in letting me audition equipment before, and then they didn't want to negotiate at all (and they had done so with Vka when he and I went to audition the Cary 300SEI). Thanks!