'In Home Dealers' are the future?

"Not fair to the dealer network"

What dealer network, brick and mortar dealers? I din't know there were enuf left for the manufacturer/distributor to bother with that hassle. I guess that for really expensive stuff we could get on a plane and fly into NY/LA etc to audition really expensive highest end stuff, but for moderate priced stuff that makes little sense at all. I'll take my chances with a 25% discounted item after I've done due dilligence.

FWIW.

Dealers need to be at 40% off retail to make a deal.

Retail is a BIG joke.

The local Audio Dealer just closed his retail store, forever, after a gradual and painful decline in sales for several years in a row. Defiant in the belief that it would "turn-around", he is now selling audio equipment from his Home. Presumably his relationships with manufacturers and distributors continues unabated. After all, what difference does it make if he operates from a retail store-front or in the comfort of his living room? Since high-end audio equipment retail prices are declining rapidly, guess any sale under any circumstance is OK with the manufacturer/distributorship network.