What about a product can irritate you?

I know i'll get massacred with this one, but here goes. It's the extreme high prices of some ultra-hi-end audio. Can a $10,000 unit really be that much better than say a $1500 one? Don't get me wrong, I am not critisizing the that hi-dollar stuff - it just rubs me the wrong way. I used to collect coins, but I got turned off the hobby when some coins sold at over $1 million for ONE coin. (Of course maybe I should shut up - I own a $10,000 and $8500 lawn mowers - LOL - but I am a commercial cutter.

Another one is dealers who won't Sell to you over the phone/internet. I live in Montgomery, AL where there are really no high end audio stores. I must go to Birmingham, for example, to purchase McIntosh equipment. Fortunatly there IS a place called Audiogon............ever heard of it??? ;)

A follow up on my last post - I just read an ad for someone selling some speakers that said the company "offers no discounts under any circumstances". Sure enough, I checked the company's website and it said the same thing. Well, guess what. UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES AM I DOING BUSINESS WITH THAT COMPANY. This is directed against that Company (who shall remain nameless - email me if you gotta know) and NOT the Audiogon member who is selling his used speakers from this company. Kudos to him for circumventing that companys hard-line policies.

How about when you buy a used component and its covered with Nicotine? Yuk!