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- From: "Raymond P. Pichulo" <PICHULOR@v9.hanscom.af.mil>
- Newsgroups: rec.audio.high-end
- Subject: RE: Mail Order
- Date: 21 Jan 93 09:35:00 EST
- Organization: University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee
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- >I agree 100%! Besides what could be more unethical than retail
- >capitalism in the first place!! Anyway, I think it is very important to
- >give your local dealer a chance to match prices with mailorder. As Gary
- >points out, mail order dealers are still making a profit and many times
- >your local dealer will come close (or even beat) the mail order price --
- >especially when you consider how much you will spend on shipping..
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- Don't compare apples and oranges. The mail order dealer doesn't have the
- overhead of maintaining demos, loaners, a showroom, etc. that your retail
- dealer has, so you can't honestly expect him to match the mail order price.
- You've got to give the retail dealer some allowance for this.
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