Go as often as you want. If you are friendly, and don't act as a pest--meaning you don't demand immediate service, you wait patiently for other customers to be served before you ask for any work they would have to do to set you up for a trial, etc.--you are not making much of a demand on their time. Also, don't argue with them or try to prove them wrong; more than anything dealers don't like know-it-all customers. I know dealers who actually like certain customers that don' buy much but bring to their day pleasant social interaction. As mentioned above, bringing food treats helps too.
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.
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I agree with @jond during my college years I worked at a family owned hifi store, for our town some really excellent gear, Conrad Johnson, Phillips, Cary, Mission/Cyrus, Tannoy, Paradigm, Ariston, EV, NHT, NAD, Proton etc.. we had a small group that would come in in Saturday’s and make a visit. Always with some sort of doughnuts or pastry. We called the leaders of this band Siskel and Egghead. Fun guys, would buy some good stuff at times. (Like @larryi said the treats helped). Great conversations, introductions of new music and passing the time when sales were slow. My boss taught me that this was part of the gig, our local clutch of audio heads. They all have friends that they push our way with potential sales etc.. If the gawking didn’t interfere with business, no harm no foul. (He also told me that I could chop off their fingers if anyone pulled a grill cover off) |
Why do you need to wait 3 months to buy it? if you know you want it? Do you plan to go in there several more times to look at it in the next months, see if it helps make up your mind? It’s not that big a deal, just a preamp and a pair of monos that gets sold en masse around the world. It shouldn’t cause you so much anxiety and mental chatter.
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