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Auditioning Used Equipment - Am I crazy ?

I reached out to a well respected dealer to see if I could audition an amp they had advertised on one of the used gear websites.  This amp sells for over $20k and they were asking around $10k.  This mfgr only has 12 dealers nationwide.  I've heard their extreme high end equipment at shows but not this particular line.  To my surprise, the dealer responded No.  The unit was already boxed up to ship (hasn't been sold yet) and they wouldn't set it up for me.  So my questions are:

Am I crazy asking to audition a component priced at $10k ?

For any dealers or dealer salespeople, is there a dollar amount where u turn auditions down at ?  What is it ?

For consumers, is there a dollar amount that you would buy a component and roll the dice without auditioning it ?

Thanks !

 

greenngoldcheesehead

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barts
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A minor anecdote:

A good buddy of mine is way into cars (I am as well just not to his degree). So he decides he wants a Dodge Viper and invites me to come along.  We drive a Ferrari Testarossa to the Dodge dealer who has the Viper on the sales floor.  He asks for a test drive and they flatly refuse.  We had just drove up in $225K car and the dealer says no! My buddy says if I damage the car I'll buy it, dealer refuses. This led to many bad words which I found hysterical.

Dealers are ______ in my book.

Regards,

barts

 

 

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