Have you ever wondered why speaker manufactures do not consign speakers to dealers?

About fifteen years ago I had a nice in-home showroom and a distributor approached me and offered to basically fill my showroom with a complete line-up of his products, all on consignment. He was offering me roughly a hundred grand worth of really nice stuff.

I declined, because if I had accepted the offer, he would have virtually owned me. And I have absolutely no regrets about it.

Duke

dealer/manufacturer/stubbornly independent for better or for worse

@audiothesis wrote:  "I am a dealer and operate out of my home, but I have also invested heavily in product and am committed to seeing returns on those investments. This buy-in is a commitment to the manufacturers and distributors that is very much needed."

@audiotroy wrote: "The reality of what you think are nauseating markups don’t tell you half the story, if all of us brick and mortar guys were making so much money don’t you think there would be lots of audio stores not less?"

Good for you both for being able to make it work in this day and age, and finding a way to still offer a brick-and-mortar auditon experience to your customers!

"If it wasn’t for our custom installation business which is much more profitable in general we wouldn’t be here either."

Totally understand. If it wasn’t for my prosound side, I wouldn’t be here either. 

Duke