Bigaitch, you pursue this ideal so passionately that I thought for sure that you must have some skin in the game. Clicking on your moniker reveals that you do have an affiliation with LFD via your Stereo Now business. It is proper on these forums to disclose any such affiliations during the original post, so that the potential for bias may be noted by the readers.
Just to set the record straight again, once again in your post on 11-13-13 you mention in point 5 about "zero-cost extended warranties". Once again I must point out that realistically these do not exist, much like the tooth fairy and pots of gold at the end of a rainbow. You are welcome to believe whatever you want to believe, but we try to keep it real here. In the real world, all business related costs are passed on to the consumer, whether these costs are itemized out or hidden is up to each individual businessperson's marketing strategy.
Perhaps we can ask Audiogon to open up a Fantasy Forum for threads such as this. ;)
Just to set the record straight again, once again in your post on 11-13-13 you mention in point 5 about "zero-cost extended warranties". Once again I must point out that realistically these do not exist, much like the tooth fairy and pots of gold at the end of a rainbow. You are welcome to believe whatever you want to believe, but we try to keep it real here. In the real world, all business related costs are passed on to the consumer, whether these costs are itemized out or hidden is up to each individual businessperson's marketing strategy.
Perhaps we can ask Audiogon to open up a Fantasy Forum for threads such as this. ;)