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

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.

That was low even by the lowest of standards. Even in NYC I haven't heard anything like this.

Most audio equipment store operators possess extensive experience, allowing them to smell it out real buyers through intuition or conversation. Given that HIFI audio stores typically have relatively few customers, they highly value every visitor and each potential sales opportunity.

In my point of view, its highly depends on the customers themselves. Most male customers have a very clear understanding of what they want basic on what they have at home and wallet. Its totally fine that you sit there enjoy the music even with snacks but if you keep asking to switch the speaker or audio source etc, we will began to think “you gonna buy or what” 

Some audio  stores they are annoyed on one visit  if they think you can’t afford their stuff. Quintessence audio here at Morton Groove , ILLinois , Mike who is now successful audio store, He is super nice.Even when I can’t afford his stuff. He greet you with a smile, and invite you to listen of the system you choose.

the other day I got a long speech from the salesman about buying American is the right thing, buying anything else would be un-patriotic. Well, my ears don't hear where it was made, that's how limited they are....

And I never triggered this conversation, I just asked about 2 amps side by side.