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<blockquote data-quote="3kgtAudio" data-source="post: 8201387" data-attributes="member: 565768"><p>Its not capitalism at all,</p><p></p><p>By your logic, then whats the point of being a dealer? I shouldn't even bother trying to sell anything at all, theres nothing in it. And no the average consumer should not be able to get stuff at cost..period, and you are in no way entitled to it unless you have a tax id and you setup an account with said manufacturer. Thats the way it should work, but the market is polluted. Websites that sell at dealer cost to public are violating terms set forth by manufacturers, and if the mfg's had the balls to really enforce it, they could. So what are guys like us supposed to do, just make nothing, but be there to support your product when you come back because it fails for some manufactuer's defect or warranty? Its not a charity. Thankfully there are some companies that do regulate online sales and do require terms to be abided by, its called dealer protection. Problem is, its only a select few.</p><p></p><p>Funny thing is, you don't see this same thing in other industries. You can't buy clothes at cost online, even though there is a massive markup on every single article of clothing you see. You cant buy food at cost....good luck finding furniture or other home products at cost, so on. Go walk down the isle at wal-mart and just try to find anything cheaper online outside of the electronics department. Yep, prob not gonna find it, unless you are a DEALER of said product. Now, Imagine for a minute if tomorrow an online website called 'Everything Dealer Cost'- you could do this with all the daily products you buy and use at the prices all the stores pay, everyone would be running strait for it. Until you all realized that suddenly you and most of the people you know are either out of a job or are taking a massive pay cut, and suddenly those sweet deals don't taste so sweet.</p><p></p><p>So why do we all think that audio is different? Should shops just get screwed and all of the people out there who counted on this industry to feed their family's? Fact is, its should't happen, but it does, and its because the market got all screwed up thats why. And thats why a good chunk of people have and will always have ****** installs, they expect it all for too cheap, and veteran installers like me and some of the others that have 20+ years under their belts won't be around to help ya anymore.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="3kgtAudio, post: 8201387, member: 565768"] Its not capitalism at all, By your logic, then whats the point of being a dealer? I shouldn't even bother trying to sell anything at all, theres nothing in it. And no the average consumer should not be able to get stuff at cost..period, and you are in no way entitled to it unless you have a tax id and you setup an account with said manufacturer. Thats the way it should work, but the market is polluted. Websites that sell at dealer cost to public are violating terms set forth by manufacturers, and if the mfg's had the balls to really enforce it, they could. So what are guys like us supposed to do, just make nothing, but be there to support your product when you come back because it fails for some manufactuer's defect or warranty? Its not a charity. Thankfully there are some companies that do regulate online sales and do require terms to be abided by, its called dealer protection. Problem is, its only a select few. Funny thing is, you don't see this same thing in other industries. You can't buy clothes at cost online, even though there is a massive markup on every single article of clothing you see. You cant buy food at cost....good luck finding furniture or other home products at cost, so on. Go walk down the isle at wal-mart and just try to find anything cheaper online outside of the electronics department. Yep, prob not gonna find it, unless you are a DEALER of said product. Now, Imagine for a minute if tomorrow an online website called 'Everything Dealer Cost'- you could do this with all the daily products you buy and use at the prices all the stores pay, everyone would be running strait for it. Until you all realized that suddenly you and most of the people you know are either out of a job or are taking a massive pay cut, and suddenly those sweet deals don't taste so sweet. So why do we all think that audio is different? Should shops just get screwed and all of the people out there who counted on this industry to feed their family's? Fact is, its should't happen, but it does, and its because the market got all screwed up thats why. And thats why a good chunk of people have and will always have ****** installs, they expect it all for too cheap, and veteran installers like me and some of the others that have 20+ years under their belts won't be around to help ya anymore. [/QUOTE]
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