In Reply to: Dealer grabbed 60% of the retail 25k just moving it from the shelf posted by Wojciech on December 15, 2024 at 15:45:09:
...as many audiophile brands have done. There's this thing called the internet and free home trials.Deleting the 60% dealer cut [your figure] from that 25K would be a bargain 10K price to the consumer ;-)
Edits: 12/16/24
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- A good case for direct sales and dumping the dealer.... - AbeCollins 09:18:47 12/16/24 (26)
- Pass on all the savings to the customer, I think not! - 13th Duke of Wymbourne 10:48:11 12/17/24 (1)
- RE: Pass on all the savings to the customer, I think not! - AbeCollins 09:37:02 12/19/24 (0)
- Have you checked that Audio Research schematics ;?) - Wojciech 09:40:50 12/16/24 (23)
- Yes I did... - AbeCollins 10:50:23 12/16/24 (22)
- Good for you . You're all set to service ARC equipment - Wojciech 11:22:02 12/16/24 (21)
- What is your problem? - AbeCollins 12:27:52 12/16/24 (20)
- The components designations are sanded off and replaced with color codes - Wojciech 12:51:12 12/16/24 (19)
- The color codes - E-Stat 13:43:13 12/16/24 (17)
- Obviously, but the inscriptions are gone as well - Wojciech 13:58:18 12/16/24 (16)
- RE: Obviously, but the inscriptions are gone as well - kentaja 07:31:00 12/18/24 (4)
- I never said it was nefarious - Wojciech 08:16:22 12/18/24 (3)
- RE: I never said it was nefarious - kentaja 09:01:59 12/18/24 (2)
- RE: I never said it was nefarious - Wojciech 09:50:31 12/18/24 (1)
- And example - Wojciech 10:08:38 12/18/24 (0)
- It was work done for local ARC dealer's customers - Wojciech 14:43:37 12/16/24 (0)
- Cheap out as you will - E-Stat 14:08:24 12/16/24 (9)
- Right to repair is not "cheaping out" as you will - Steve O 13:35:16 12/18/24 (8)
- I'm not an ARC repairman but.... - AbeCollins 09:48:48 12/19/24 (3)
- I guess - E-Stat 18:10:15 12/21/24 (0)
- ...but you play one on TV? - 1973shovel 10:36:35 12/19/24 (1)
- ...And I slept at a Holiday Inn Express - AbeCollins 17:35:54 12/20/24 (0)
- Along with being... - E-Stat 13:52:05 12/18/24 (3)
- "No discussion of "sonic's" is necessary" - Steve O 14:55:24 12/18/24 (2)
- See you're locked into 1976 -nt - E-Stat 15:02:09 12/18/24 (1)
- No I'm not locked into 1976. I'm locked into not even considering ARC - Steve O 15:49:44 12/18/24 (0)
- Here is you right to repair crap - Wojciech 13:03:08 12/16/24 (0)