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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?   
tubebuffer
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lalitk
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“If I buy a car I show up driving the car on loan from a different dealer. He knows I have options.”

I laughed so hard, what kind of man pulls this sort of crap 😂
wolf_garcia
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Utterly a Borat parody...well done! 
tubebuffer OP
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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.
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wturkey
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Love this guy..... lol
tk21
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It's not realistic to expect high-end, brick-and-mortar shops to compete on price with Amazon, eBay, or Audiogon. Still, there may be few ways to get good deals from a HiFi shop. One is by purchasing lightly used demo products. Another is with trade-ins. A third is by asking them to deliver directly to you for a short in-home trial (possibly with demo gear). If they are close enough, they might deliver in a store (or personally owned) vehicle, potentially saving you on costs to ship heavy/bulky items.

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