How many times can u visit a hifi store before it annoys the store if u plan on a purchase


I plan on buying a McIntosh system C12000 and 2 MC611 monoblocks in a about 3 months from this Stereo shop I have chosen. I’ve been to the store about 4 times over the past year and half to listen to various components trying diff equipment.

My question, is, what would be considered visiting the store to much before I buy a system? I plan on spending over 20k but I didn’t know what is proper etiquette.

dman777

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One day I was in his store looking for a particular record. I asked his sales guy if they had the record in stock, only to be told to get out unless I was planning on buying something that visit. I immediately asked for the owner, whom I knew well, expecting him to be a little more courteous to me. Nope, the guy was on the same page, either buy something immediately, or get out!

That's...insane. Makes me think they were antsy to clear out the store so they could, I dunno, bust out the coke! Nice to hear they got hurt in the end by their extremely poor treatment of you.