protected car audo lines

[CHEMMINS 10+ year member]

DD is big on the B&M stores.

 

[d77543020 10+ year member]

DD is big on the B&M stores.

I agree I rarely see their stuff anywhere online

 

[Beatin' 10+ year member]

any car audio company that "protects" the living crap out of their products obviously doesn't want to make money.

 

[LosIsATool 5,000+ posts]

Memphis use to be good for big box up until a few years ago. Basically anything big box is everywhere.

 

[fasfocus00 5,000+ posts]

Diamond Audio does a great job

 

[nu2spl 10+ year member]

Memphis use to be good for big box up until a few years ago. Basically anything big box is everywhere.

yea but memphis is very protected and they WILL NOT warranty anything bought on line at all.in store only

 

[dbeez 5,000+ posts]

I find the dcaudio comment very funny.

 

[trumpet 5,000+ posts]

any car audio company that "protects" the living crap out of their products obviously doesn't want to make money.

Actively working to maintain the value of the product, as well as standing behind dealer networks, is the best thing for the industry and for consumers. If you haven't been bitten by an online store selling B-stock, refurbished, returned or counterfeit product as new, genuine product, there's someone out there like you who has been ripped off.

Take a look at any of the recent influx of cookie cutter speakers, amplifiers, and subwoofers and tell me what they're doing to better the industry. You have to have more than just "good enough" product to persist, especially when many online shoppers will jump ship to the next cheaper brand that claims to offer more for less money.

 

[Beatin' 10+ year member]

It makes car audio manufacturers more money to be able to sell products directly to the customer rather than have two middle men (distributor and retailer) raise the prices considerably to make a profit. Products at retail stores sit there longer because of that, which means the manufacturer can't sell enough because they aren't moving well enough at retail prices.

But if the retailer is taken out of the picture, maybe even the distributor (like Obsidian), then the manufacturer can sell more units directly to the customer for the same price they sell to distributors and make a crap load of money due to low prices.

Car audio has been growing in popularity because the majority of people can actually AFFORD it now.

I just ordered a PPI black ice monoblock. You think Precision Power would ever get my money had I not been able to get the amp at such a low price? Hell no.......I probably wouldn't be into car audio for long to ever consider it, given the insane retail prices out there.

 

[dbeez 5,000+ posts]

Once all retailer's are gone consumers will then be wanting us back. Alll I know is those of us that are honest and try and actually help will soon be gone everything that is good about audio is out the window its about the cheapest you can buy something nothing else. Its ******* frustratin

 

[naughtyca 10+ year member]

Phoenix gold

 

[akadj 10+ year member]

im ×2 with Digital Designs not allowing internet dealers.. as well as Atomic Loudspeakers. . I use to be an Atomic dealer when I worked in a shop and they have a strict policy that even if you run a shop and sell in store they don't allow you to sell their products online or they said they would revoke my dealer agreement with them.

 

[trumpet 5,000+ posts]

You're focusing on one business model only: sell 'em cheap and sell a lot of units. This is not the only successful business model. It's just the one you prefer.

I can tell you aren't old enough to know anything but Internet sales and how it changed everything. Yes, there have been good things resulting from this new way to purchase things, but it's come with downsides.

It makes car audio manufacturers more money to be able to sell products directly to the customer rather than have two middle men (distributor and retailer) raise the prices considerably to make a profit. Products at retail stores sit there longer because of that' date=' which means the manufacturer can't sell enough because they aren't moving well enough at retail prices.
But if the retailer is taken out of the picture, maybe even the distributor (like Obsidian), then the manufacturer can sell more units directly to the customer for the same price they sell to distributors and make a crap load of money due to low prices.

Car audio has been growing in popularity because the majority of people can actually AFFORD it now.

I just ordered a PPI black ice monoblock. You think Precision Power would ever get my money had I not been able to get the amp at such a low price? Hell no.......I probably wouldn't be into car audio for long to ever consider it, given the insane retail prices out there.[/quote']

 

[d77543020 10+ year member]

I think the w h o r e of the Internet is maxxsonics you can buy them anywhere anytime you would have to be insane to be a dealer

 

[Bettr n' Revrse 5,000+ posts]

DD for sure but they limit things so bad they are losing dealers as well