stewy
01-14-2004, 07:49 PM
I have moved to a new home with a very large living room and need to upgrade my current system (B&W CDM-7 with Marantz Electronics). I bought this system in Japan, where I lived at the time, in '96 through local mail order and have been very pleased with it. I was surprised to find that this system is much more expensive in the United States (where we generally have very good, low cost distribution of products) and am trying to understand how the high end audio sales system works here.
Can anyone explain the sales channel strategies of high end audio distributors?
What's the typical retail mark-up by product type (speakers, electronics, etc.)?
Is it impossible to buy some product through mail order or the net?
Can I get access to dealer invoice information like I can get for automobiles? (my new system will probably cost close to a new car)
I live in the San Francisco Bay Area, anyone know of a high volume, high end retailer who will discount?
What are the best bargaining strategies to get discounts from dealers?
Are there any speaker/electronics manufacturers who have a factory to customer direct, low cost business model with quality on par with B&W, Mark Levinson, etc.?
Thanks,
Stewy
Can anyone explain the sales channel strategies of high end audio distributors?
What's the typical retail mark-up by product type (speakers, electronics, etc.)?
Is it impossible to buy some product through mail order or the net?
Can I get access to dealer invoice information like I can get for automobiles? (my new system will probably cost close to a new car)
I live in the San Francisco Bay Area, anyone know of a high volume, high end retailer who will discount?
What are the best bargaining strategies to get discounts from dealers?
Are there any speaker/electronics manufacturers who have a factory to customer direct, low cost business model with quality on par with B&W, Mark Levinson, etc.?
Thanks,
Stewy