im gonna get killed for this but thats life,what & the hell are you guys talking about.
where on earth did anybody get the idea that an audio salesman needs to be treated any different than other salesman,PAY TO AUDITION, get a grip,i cant believe that some of you are calling an audition dishonest & even quoting scripture.
ive got a few simple questions, please explain the difference in the examples that follow & the audition process beacuse obviously im kinda slow here.
1 do you pay to test drive a new car?
2 does the car salesman ask you if you intend to buy from him before you test his product?
3 would you be offended if the car salesman even asked you such a question?
4 when you have a contractor give you an estimate for roofing, plumbing, painting,new furnace, siding, ect do you feel the need to pay them for the time it takes to write up such an estimate?
i can answer # 4, NO , you do not feel the need to pay you feel its a service that comes with the cost of doing business.
i dont get the whole idea of the starving audio salesman to begin with where everybody paints a picture of a struggling business that has to pinch every penny they get.
if anybody really thinks that the audio market as a whole is somehow being taken advantage of then they are in a bubble.
never before in hifi have sales been sooooo good & thats beacuse of the used gear market, remember that alot of people will only buy new gear after the old gear is sold.
the notion of being dishonest just beacuse you want to audition a product that the DEALERSHIP allready has is absurd to me.