Local shops are worthless!!!

[Sir Swish 10+ year member]

Anyone agree? A guy just tried to charge me 350 dollars before taxes for a type r 15. I walked out laughing.

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[Kevinn 10+ year member]

Gotta make money somehow. You gotta expect inflated prices as some audio places.

 

[vitveet 10+ year member]

they probably laughed at you laughing b/c I'm sure they probabl sell double digits of them a month....some shops even a week! Local shops and their prices aren't for us/everyone but there are plenty of people who will pay it simply b/c they "don't know any better"!

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[4OZGLOVES 10+ year member]

they probably laughed at you laughing b/c I'm sure they probabl sell double digits of them a month....some shops even a week! Local shops and their prices aren't for us/everyone but there are plenty of people who will pay it simply b/c they "don't know any better"!
V.

This is true, there is alot of suckers out there.

 

[Kevinn 10+ year member]

They ain't necessarily suckers, they are just too **** lazy to research and do it themself. Lazy is the only thing I can call them.

 

[Bad4health 10+ year member]

true locals ****. but i sure as hell tried to apply at them. they said no so i take their customers weekly //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

 

[pieper88 10+ year member]

Worthless, NO. Overpriced YES. There are times when I need some install accessories quick and don't have time to order and wait for shipping. So they even have their place for internet guys.

 

[fasfocus00 5,000+ posts]

Wow, this is the problem with American Jobs. All y'all want to buy stuff at cost but want to make more than minimum wage. Ever wondered why you don't get a raise? it's b/c too many clowns like you get your products through the backdoor. Ever wondered why an audio shop treats it's customers like $Hit, it's b/c clowns like you that don't pay retail go and complain that everything cost too much. if everyone paid retail for products, working in retail would actually pay good and more "mom and pop" stores would prosper. You think the audio shop is bad now, wait a couple more years when they become extinct and Walmart and Best Buy are the only places that sell car audio besides online stores. Not sure what you do for a living but if you work selling something, imagine what you would make if all the products were sold at cost.

 

[misfit138 5,000+ posts]

Worthless, NO. Overpriced YES. There are times when I need some install accessories quick and don't have time to order and wait for shipping. So they even have their place for internet guys.

This. I bought 10' of 8 awg wire at the local shop yesterday. $1 per foot. The price was retarded, but who wants to wait 4 days for 10' of wire?

 

[pieper88 10+ year member]

This. I bought 10' of 8 awg wire at the local shop yesterday. $1 per foot. The price was retarded, but who wants to wait 4 days for 10' of wire?

With shipping you probably wouldn't have saved much anyways. and If you're not a douche bag shops won't treat you like one. My local shop knows that I will never buy subs or amps from them but when I come in to grab 10 feet of wire or some RCAs they still treat well cus I don't baulk at their prices. Your post basically shows you have no sense of what it takes to run a business. They have overhead to pay for and don't sell near the number of units as internet stores.

 

[Hoodlum007 10+ year member]

Its tough because i have tried to support local shops but they refuse to work with you at all, my buddy was looking for a JL 1000/1 and all the local shops wanted a grand or more for it. He asked for a bit of a break and they almost broke his face for asking. He went online got a brand new JL amp for under $600, so while supporting local shops seems to be a good idea it can be bad for your wallet. When your saving 400 to 500 bucks on a single amp it only makes sense to buy online authorized or unauthorized IMO.

Local shops need to learn to work with customers, some people have the money to spend at full retail while others just do not have the money. When they refuse to offer any kind of discount off retail is when customers have no choice but to go online and supporting unauthorized dealers.

 

[CRXBMPN 5,000+ posts]

i agree, i get alot of my little diddies at a local shop that myself and my father have done business with for nearly 20 years. I give them the respect of my business and they give me the respect of the best prices they can "afford", on their bottom line.

 

[Bad4health 10+ year member]

store by me charged .75 a ft for 8. they have since went up...i payed 2 a foor for some 4gauge kicker hyperflex silly me

 

[pieper88 10+ year member]

store by me charged .75 a ft for 8. they have since went up...i payed 2 a foor for some 4gauge kicker hyperflex silly me

you can't compare internet to local store prices. Its a completely different market and a different demographic they appeal too. You can't compare apples to oranges in this case.

 

[bubbagumper6 5,000+ posts]

With shipping you probably wouldn't have saved much anyways. and If you're not a douche bag shops won't treat you like one. My local shop knows that I will never buy subs or amps from them but when I come in to grab 10 feet of wire or some RCAs they still treat well cus I don't baulk at their prices. Your post basically shows you have no sense of what it takes to run a business. They have overhead to pay for and don't sell near the number of units as internet stores.

this!

Wow, this is the problem with American Jobs. All y'all want to buy stuff at cost but want to make more than minimum wage. Ever wondered why you don't get a raise? it's b/c too many clowns like you get your products through the backdoor. Ever wondered why an audio shop treats it's customers like $Hit, it's b/c clowns like you that don't pay retail go and complain that everything cost too much. if everyone paid retail for products, working in retail would actually pay good and more "mom and pop" stores would prosper. You think the audio shop is bad now, wait a couple more years when they become extinct and Walmart and Best Buy are the only places that sell car audio besides online stores. Not sure what you do for a living but if you work selling something, imagine what you would make if all the products were sold at cost.

And definitely this. Specifically to the bold part, I've been trying to tell people that for ages. Everyone demands that we buy everything "American" it has to be made in the USA to be good. But at the same time, they don't want to pay for it, they want everything to be as cheap as the made in china stuff. But then they also demand to make good money at their various jobs (automotive industry anyone?). It's not my fault that I can buy a brand new import car for 1/2 the price of an American made car, maybe if the labor unions didn't demand high wages and benefits they could sell the cars for a little cheaper?