Local dealer cuts store in half says audio is dead

Whoa, tvad...what does introversion have to do with 'intractability'? What does it have to do with success or lack thereof in selling, or dealing with customers? I have administered the meyer briggs temperament sorter to hundreds of sales people, and the incidence of introversion has nothing to do with, sales success predictability. Now, we're not talking about pathological shyness, or a dibilitating inability to deal with people, just introversion, right?
There are so many myths and misunderstandings about intro versus extroversion, and to apply intractability as a trait to someone because of this one personality characteristic, is simply wrong.
The dealer in question was, in my view, and this is based solely on the comments of the customer who 'didn't buy from him', and it's his version, to be sure; this dealer was certainly not very good at creating a long term relationship with a customer and this is certainly a failing to be sure. It would be interesting to hear the dealer's version of this.
Also, how do we decide emperically that many hobbiests are introverts, then become dealers? By a very large percentage, most people are extroverts, so the chances of this being the case are very slim.

I think we should not be so quick to apply cavalier lables based on incorrect assumptions.

You're the expert, Larry.

However, I am doubtful that people who prefer to spend large portions of their free time alone in a room would be tested as extroverts.

My ability to edit my posts has been eliminated. Had I been able to delete my previous post, I would have done so. The introvert/extrovert discussion is of little value in these threads.

tvad,

Quibble:
Dealers are all or mostly introverts...
Proof, or supporting information, none.

Dealers, because they are introverts, are intractable...
Proof, none, and no supporting thoughts.

Both of these statements one supposedly supporting the other, are without any foundation. Making one proclaimation, without any supporting information, then declaring that this makes them the other, rings of silliness.

Are a great deal of dealers who are introverts, POSSIBLY. Does being an introvert, necessarily make anyone intractable? Where'd that come from?

The dealer in question, if this post was correct, didn't do anyone any favors in not being willing to proplerly demo his wares.
Also, I disagree with bar81, stating something to the effect, that "I don't know any dealer who allows in home demos of loudspeakers."
That is not accurate, and moreover, I made a living doing exactly that, for more than a dozen years. Not only could customers demo in home...I delivered the speakers!

Finally, Tvad, by your measure of introverts, you'd make the blanket statement, if I read this correctly the A'goners on this site are overwhelmingly introverts. That is one of the most misunderstood personality traits.
In the MB Personality Sorter, they claim that a woman was trying to 'fix up' her daughter with a potential gentleman caller. She stated, "She's an introvert, BUT a really nice girl," as if introversion implied some larger darker thing.
In general terms it only means that introverts, "Internalize, rather than externalize thoughts." Vague and arguable, to some who haven't read it in context, but accurate within context.
Intractable? Don't think so, at least not by necessity.

Larry, I already wrote that I regret opening the introvert/extrovert sub-topic.

Debating you might be fun, but I'm not interested to do so.

Let it go.