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<blockquote data-quote="Prowler573" data-source="post: 1424788" data-attributes="member: 561023">And I think your average consumer is well aware of that fact - to some the considerably lower cost of initial acquisition is well worth the risk of buying product without a valid warranty. When buying products from a well-established manufacturer it is probably a fairly low risk, in the long run, as you&#039;re placing your bet on the manufacturer having built a decent product that hopefully won&#039;t need any warranty service.Again - your average buyer knows this as well. But who isn&#039;t going to try and haggle a bit, eh? As eBay has taken the world quite by storm it is logical for the first bargaining point brought up would be that &quot;Well, you know I can get it on eBay for $XXX.xx less....&quot;Why should there be? You cannot change or limit the nature of competition. It is what it is. If you have product &#039;A&#039; priced at &#039;X&#039; price and someone else has product &#039;A&#039; priced at &#039;Y&#039; amount and &#039;Y&#039; is a considerably better deal than &#039;X&#039; ? All else being equal guess who&#039;s gonna get my money?!?Those consumers buying gear from eBay that comes with no warranty coverage due to being an unauthorized purchase that want to bring it to a local shop for repair when it breaks (generally from user error more often than not from what I have seen personally) I would imagine make up the minority of eBay buyers rather than the majority. I know full well when I eBay that warranty coverage most likely won&#039;t be part of the purchase - but if I choose to risk my money anyway then that&#039;s my business.I am also not naive enough to believe that authorized dealers are only making a pittance (as most of them would have you believe) per unit sold. Take my local DAT dealer for example. The D9 15&quot; sub that retails for something like $700.......do I in this universe or any other believe he&#039;s paying Diamond $600 or more for it? Hmmph...I was born at night but it wasn&#039;t last night....Try a different argument - that one&#039;s tired and done.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Prowler573, post: 1424788, member: 561023"] And I think your average consumer is well aware of that fact - to some the considerably lower cost of initial acquisition is well worth the risk of buying product without a valid warranty. When buying products from a well-established manufacturer it is probably a fairly low risk, in the long run, as you're placing your bet on the manufacturer having built a decent product that hopefully won't [I]need[/I] any warranty service. Again - your average buyer knows this as well. But who isn't going to try and haggle a bit, eh? As eBay has taken the world quite by storm it is logical for the first bargaining point brought up would be that "Well, you know I can get it on eBay for $XXX.xx less...." Why should there be? You cannot change or limit the nature of competition. It is what it is. If you have product 'A' priced at 'X' price and someone else has product 'A' priced at 'Y' amount and 'Y' is a considerably better deal than 'X' ? All else being equal guess who's gonna get [I]my[/I] money?!? Those consumers buying gear from eBay that comes with no warranty coverage due to being an unauthorized purchase that want to bring it to a local shop for repair when it breaks (generally from user error more often than not from what I have seen personally) I would imagine make up the minority of eBay buyers rather than the majority. I know full well when I eBay that warranty coverage most likely won't be part of the purchase - but if I choose to risk my money anyway then that's my business. I am also not naive enough to believe that authorized dealers are only making a pittance (as most of them would have you believe) per unit sold. Take my local DAT dealer for example. The D9 15" sub that retails for something like $700.......do I in this universe or any other believe he's paying Diamond $600 or more for it? Hmmph...I was born at night but it wasn't last night.... Try a different argument - that one's tired and done. [/QUOTE]

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