Negotiate good price


I went to a dealer last week and listen to some really sweet pieces.  I was ready to throw down some coin but am confused about the dealers approach.  He comes in the room and says how is everyhting.  I say it is amazing this is just the sound I am looking for.  He says okay and leaves.  Comes back in 10 minutes and I am ready for hardball.  I sit back with my hands above my head in an inviting posture and say- can you beat prices that I see on Audiogon?  He says he will be right back- great i think he knows- I know my stuff.  Another guy comes in and says he needs to use the room for a client.  I say where is the other guy and he says he's on the phone.  So I wait in the lobby for 20 minutes and don't see anyone. I left my name on a paper and put it on the desk and ask him to call me with the best he can do on the system because I can buy some of it on AUdiomart.  I asked my wife and she thinks that's too hardball- maybe i should have lied and said I'm shopping around for best price.
Any info on how to speed pitch softballs?   
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Mr Pgaulkie, I believe the other man with wife probably not not want me to be in the room with his wife.  Sometimes I am simply too much man. I think she want time to stay around for while with those eyes.
Tyray, please a compliment to Mr Schroeder is compliment to me.  He is fine man with me.  Please enjoy your audio reproduction system and perhaps you and yours make another.
Oh yes, the Maggie.  Big and flat like my first wife, except with big sweet voice, and clear purpose.  I just like all of the kind advice and positive feedback.  This the most positive group of people I’ve ever met in a audio forum.  I pay full price for the Maggie and got a great deal on a powerful demo amplifier NAD and some good cable to rig it all together.
i very satisfied with the system and the  speaker mate well with my old B&W subwoofer.  The only thing now is my wife complain that the speaker block and she can’t watch me bench press while she run on the treadmill. I now looking to staple them up on side walls to get out of the way.  
Thank you I enjoy good feedback and straight criticism of this process.  Perhaps I am not as skill as some of you gentlemen in this area.  Perhaps I am just too much man for some of these hobbies.  My wife says I should put small speakers in the gym, but I have a fondness for the Maggie speaker sound. From the sound of tones, some of you don’t negotiate on these goods, and others have tried and been filled with shame and fear.  I get it. It sounds like a few know how to lay down the law.If I want to buy a house I tell the salesperson that the neighbors house is not kept up as it could be.  I sight the crime statistics if it helps build my case for better price for me.  They do the same to me but the other way.  If I buy a car I show up driving the car on loan from a different  dealer.  He knows I have options.
I told this audio guy that there is plenty of great gear in Audiogon but I like his system too. I will go back and tell that guy I am not paying more than I think is fair.  As miller said I will not continue to be the bird in the bush, but will spread my wings and become the bird in his hand.  Then he and I can make small talk and I will get my price by seeing how he does in his own ring.
Thank you all for being in this process with me.
I again thank the group for the energy and the appreciation you have for me to improve in this transaction. Dshrieder if we line all these men up you would be close to the leader of this group. Some others are close but some I can see fear and lack of manhood. They poke like children without direction and post all day and don’t work. They fail to try to realize that courage is hidden between failure and enthusiasm and the ability to be free from fear and go back again with a humble attitude. 
I learned last night from my wife tells me to slow down because the audio is a feminine pursuit. She says this not in a bad way but to chase something like a sound and create something in the home is like a woman would do.  I tell her that I am a modern man and by the end of the conversation she is very much happy with me.
i will soften my approach like I am in the kitchen at a party without Covid.  I will connect in a kind and enthusiastic way over his system and pay him compliments and the glory of the biggest Maggie speaker will be mine.  I will pay him a fair price for combination and not ask him to ship it to my house at his expense but instead will take them home myself. 
I will drive them with big NAD. I prefer tube sound but they won’t work as the Maggie is hungry for power. I will go back Thursday thank you for support in this communication.
The eve of the night to be the kindest most respectful customer to get a good price on my Maggie system has arrived. I want to thank many of you again for being a positive influence on my process and others for being true to yourselves even if hateful.  If I line you all up I bet those most endowed would be those that most helpful and those little peanut nubbin call me monster troll.  I am big and handsome not big and ugly troll.
i have choices identified for demonstration with my wife tomorrow.  My pick is Stan Getz and João Gilberto Girl from Ipanema. My wife favorite song with excellent midrange presence is Indian Girl by the Slick Rick.  One we both like to listen while my wife admire me in the gym is Iron Maiden Run for the Hills.  Do you recommend any other picks to demo my Maggie?
I take my damage Maggie’s back today and the dealer strike up a great conversation that ultimately really help me out.  He traded me in the damage set for a new pair after I decide to go with McIntosh rig for the speakers.  I was going to go with the big NAD’s like some of you like but for better sound I go with the McIntosh instead.  Only other update is that the dealer wife tells me she wants to come look at my setup to consider better placement and treatments.