You make Theaudiotweek's point...
Having traveled the country for THIEL as VP of Sales and Marketing, in an effort to train sales people for dealers, (to THIEL's credit, at no charge to the dealers, something I was charging $1000. per day for) I can tell you that MOST dealers have, and this will come as no surprise, mediocre staff.
I remember distinctly, role playing in one store, and my hand to God, this really happened.
I told the sales person that I wanted to hear the speakers that had been reviewed in Stereophile, showing him the cover photo, which happened to be a pair of CS6s.
He proceeded immediately to try to sell me a turntable. No efforts to switch him back to topic helped. Finally, I asked him if he had the CS6s and he said 'yes', but didn't skip a beat, on with the turntable. I was reminded of the Linn Sondek groupies who, if you came into the store to ask for a drink of water, would try to sell you a turntable, back in the day.
Finally, I went off role and said, "Why are you not demoing this speaker already, as I have asked you to do so at least 5 times?"
This is what audiophiles are up against...this is why the used market is so strong, this is why pricing is questioned with such ferocity, this...is why Circuit City is out of business...GOOD RIDDANCE!!!!! When they fired their only hope for success, the paved the road to failure.
Larry
Having traveled the country for THIEL as VP of Sales and Marketing, in an effort to train sales people for dealers, (to THIEL's credit, at no charge to the dealers, something I was charging $1000. per day for) I can tell you that MOST dealers have, and this will come as no surprise, mediocre staff.
I remember distinctly, role playing in one store, and my hand to God, this really happened.
I told the sales person that I wanted to hear the speakers that had been reviewed in Stereophile, showing him the cover photo, which happened to be a pair of CS6s.
He proceeded immediately to try to sell me a turntable. No efforts to switch him back to topic helped. Finally, I asked him if he had the CS6s and he said 'yes', but didn't skip a beat, on with the turntable. I was reminded of the Linn Sondek groupies who, if you came into the store to ask for a drink of water, would try to sell you a turntable, back in the day.
Finally, I went off role and said, "Why are you not demoing this speaker already, as I have asked you to do so at least 5 times?"
This is what audiophiles are up against...this is why the used market is so strong, this is why pricing is questioned with such ferocity, this...is why Circuit City is out of business...GOOD RIDDANCE!!!!! When they fired their only hope for success, the paved the road to failure.
Larry
