Ex dealers that wouldn’t budge from the list price went out of business and now bitterly post online margins that would make anyone gasp.
This post has some mold on it but as these threads still show up on google for those of us interested in assembling a system at a specific price. $14k with local tax is a great price for the blade 1 nib and when in doubt I’ll go to hifi shark and see what recent models have sold for. A store owner explained to me why he was able to offer me a better discount on 1 brand over another and the answer wasn’t as straightforward as I expected. The short of it is some dealers will pay less per box if they spend more up front, so some shops can’t price match without losing money.
I paid more than your quoted new price for the used pair I bought and these sound like a bargain in comparison to the competition.
This post has some mold on it but as these threads still show up on google for those of us interested in assembling a system at a specific price. $14k with local tax is a great price for the blade 1 nib and when in doubt I’ll go to hifi shark and see what recent models have sold for. A store owner explained to me why he was able to offer me a better discount on 1 brand over another and the answer wasn’t as straightforward as I expected. The short of it is some dealers will pay less per box if they spend more up front, so some shops can’t price match without losing money.
I paid more than your quoted new price for the used pair I bought and these sound like a bargain in comparison to the competition.