Why not?

[Andrizzle 10+ year member]

1. To SHOP for something, NOT be SOLD something

2. Achievement

 

[Anybody Killa]

1. To Save Money

2. Refer To 1

 

[S_B 10+ year member]

1)Most the shops around here plan to pay the years rent off of one sell.

2) To not have the same cookie cutter prefab box and sub install that every other car intown has.

 

[Supergumby5000 5,000+ posts]

1. to save money

2. I like doing installs

 

[audiolife 5,000+ posts]

1. Why not buy your car audio from a retail store (not online)? I do unless I am convinced I need something that i can not find local.

2. Why not have a professional car audio retailer install your product? you do not even want to get me started here. LOL

 

[ultimate157 5,000+ posts]

1. Price.

2. The ratio of good installers to bad installers is very lopsided towards the latter. I know how to do all the work myself. Much better than paying someone to do it for me.

 

[tommyk90 5,000+ posts]

I think a big problem that some shops face is trying to make a decent profit off of the stuff they sell. Much more overhead at a shop then buying online, but shops still charge too much. Most shops need to get off the high price-low volume approach and go for the low price-high volume approach, much like walmart has. Charging $1000 for an amp that can be legitimately purchased online for $500 is not a problem that the consumer has to deal with. The consumer is going search for the best deal; this is something that happens in EVERY market, not just car audio. We shouldn't feel bad for "taking away business" from the local guys because we find better prices online. It's the shops responsibility to change with the market and offer services that we can't get anywhere else.

I've also heard of manufacturers that sell to wholesale houses and the like for cheaper than what they sell to dealers for. Therefore, even if a shop made ZERO profit on an amp or sub, they still can't beat some online prices. The only way to get around that is to have dealer protected products that only dealers sell. This would eliminate that problem. I know that memphis is like this.

But more companies are out to make as much money as possible, thus they will sell as much stuff as they can not taking into consideration what they are doing to the B&M stores.

The only real benefit to purchasing items from a shop is the warranty service they would most likely offer. If anyone has has tried to get an amp warrantied that they purchased online, then they know what a hassle it is. But even then, it would most likely still cost less for a person to buy an amp online and pay to get it repaired than if they purchased an amp from a shop.

$500 amp purchased online + $200 repair costs

 

[Jeremy M 10+ year member]

tommy nailed it on the head.

gj using walmart as an example.

 

[audiolife 5,000+ posts]

walmart sells what that is good in car audio? car audio shops dont sell groceries, towels, toys, garden equipment......

 

[Blinkrazy 10+ year member]

walmart sells what that is good in car audio? car audio shops dont sell groceries, towels, toys, garden equipment......

moron its called an example to prove a point... dont be so literal... //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/rolleyes.gif.c1fef805e9d1464d377451cd5bc18bfb.gif

 

[mtlhead 10+ year member]

walmart sells what that is good in car audio? car audio shops dont sell groceries, towels, toys, garden equipment......

audiobahns make great flower pots //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/fyi.gif.9f1f679348da7204ce960cfc74bca8e0.gif

 

[audiolife 5,000+ posts]

moron its called an example to prove a point... dont be so literal... //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/rolleyes.gif.c1fef805e9d1464d377451cd5bc18bfb.gif

moron car audio is nothing like walmart..want walmart prices get walmart service and quality..//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/laugh.gif.48439b2acf2cfca21620f01e7f77d1e4.gif

 

[Hydrastas 10+ year member]

i enjoy my walmart amp lol, at least it's got a handy high input sensor remote turn on. not sure if thats common or not.

 

[DDSC 10+ year member]

walmart sells what that is good in car audio? car audio shops dont sell groceries, towels, toys, garden equipment......

this is coming from a guy with a sony product in his sig

 

[RAM_Designs 5,000+ posts]

this is coming from a guy with a sony product in his sig

Which is one of the top 5-10 HU's ever made.

Noob.