If you were a dealer is there any certainty that under the renewed ARC you would continue to be a dealer? If they really don't know the answer, then they should reduce their inventory now rather than later. And that's assuming they assume ARC will survive. This has nothing to do with how great the ARC products sound.
Why are People Dumping their Audio Research Gear and What Does it Say about them?
Title says it all. Either you like it and it sounds good or not. What does it say about dealers that are dumping their demos?