To the OP.......Triton Ones were discontinued at least a year ago, doubtful you will find a new pair. As for discoiunts, every dealer is different. I bought 3 pairs of GE speakers from my local GE dealer, Triton Ones and Triton Twos. No discount on either pair. When I bought the Triton References which were $8500.00 at the time, I got 500.00 off only because I pointed out that I spent 16K on speakers from them within 2 years. I knew going in that I wasn’;t getting a discount because they just don’t or have to.
I feel it was worth paying retail to have the speakers delivered and set up in my home at no charge. That was worth more to me than a discount. I also have not seen Triton One R speakers discounted. To the poster that said you would get a 30% discount in the 70’s, it is quite doubtful. I sold audio from 1972 to 1986 and never gave a 30% discount. I gave a 10% discount if you bought a system (Receiver, speakers and turntable) and threw in the speaker wires (16 gauge zip cord) and some cheap interconnects. The only times I would give a 20 or 30% discount was if I sold the system with our house brand speakers (made by Goodwin in Great Britton). Usually the speakers had a ficticious retail of $300.00 and I would sell them for $200.00. We (the dealer) paid about $80.00 a pair for them.
I feel it was worth paying retail to have the speakers delivered and set up in my home at no charge. That was worth more to me than a discount. I also have not seen Triton One R speakers discounted. To the poster that said you would get a 30% discount in the 70’s, it is quite doubtful. I sold audio from 1972 to 1986 and never gave a 30% discount. I gave a 10% discount if you bought a system (Receiver, speakers and turntable) and threw in the speaker wires (16 gauge zip cord) and some cheap interconnects. The only times I would give a 20 or 30% discount was if I sold the system with our house brand speakers (made by Goodwin in Great Britton). Usually the speakers had a ficticious retail of $300.00 and I would sell them for $200.00. We (the dealer) paid about $80.00 a pair for them.