The way High-End should be done

not bad....I like i like....works both ways.

SWITCH-IT-ON schrieb:

Hello all, "Please call our store for an uninterrupted appointment for a demonstration. All airfares will be compansated upon purchase within reason"

A practice already in use in India.
Sound Smiths does it for Kharma & Goldmund.

If any person wants a demo, they [S.S.] flies you to HK & Back & it is on the house, if the product is purchased.

Buy an Elephant, get the tail absolutely FREE !

A very tempting offer, I must say

SDhawan schrieb:

Buy an Elephant, get the tail absolutely FREE ! A very tempting offer, I must say :Y

Ha,ha,ha

I like the idea of an uninterrupted demo; the other thing ties you down, would'nt you agree?
I am of course thinking of moderately priced gear , not the insanely priced ones-to anyone who can afford a Kharma, the airfare would be peanuts.

Kamal schrieb:

I like the idea of an uninterrupted demo; the other thing ties you down, would'nt you agree? I am of course thinking of moderately priced gear , not the insanely priced ones-to anyone who can afford a Kharma, the airfare would be peanuts.

Completely agree. That should never be the ad campaign to fly you free, when you really dont need it. Instead a holiday package / tour to a hi-fi exhibition around the world will fly better i would think.

Instead a holiday package / tour to a hi-fi exhibition around the world will fly better i would think.

A HI FI EXHIBITION !!!!

So that your customer can check out your competitor's products ???

Could WELL lose that sale.....

Amp_Nut schrieb:

Instead a holiday package / tour to a hi-fi exhibition around the world will fly better i would think. A HI FI EXHIBITION !!!! So that your customer can check out your competitor's products ??? Could WELL lose that sale..... :.

Hmm good point! maybe a factory tour of their product.

Gentlemen, your points are valid;

However, the fundamental reason why a person opens an audio store / has a demo room is to make a sale. I am sure we all agree on that.

Now, if any prospective client that does have an 'intent' to purchase & has the 'allocated budget' will surely be entertained. However, the 'dealer / distributor' is not runnning a 'dharamshala' or a 'take a tour' company. His intent is to make a sale. If making that sale involved taking a prospective [serious] client for 'lunch / dinner' or on a vacation or what ever have you is all justified, so long as a deal gets closed.

Even if the client does not buy from this particular dealer but buys gear from some one else, also a dealer in the same country, then it is good.

The case should not be of taking a demo in India & then going to HK or Singapore or Dubai & buying the gear and getting it into India [without paying any customs duty] & to top it all, ask for service & support.

The case should not be of taking a demo in India & then going to HK or Singapore or Dubai & buying the gear and getting it into India [without paying any customs duty] & to top it all, ask for service & support.

So True, SO TRUE

An UTTER, (and not Infrequent ? ) lack of ethics

Just one thought...

When you are talking about such super high end stuff...shouldn't you be going for a home demo rather than fly over to their demo room???

Low Fi = Shop Demo.
Mid Fi = Shop Demo first & then Home Demo - after short listing.
Hi Fi = Shop Demo [well done up room]
If it is front end / cables / pre or power amp then home demo should be possible, but speakers would not work.
The size + cost + weight + transport logistics would not allow for it.

Price Points :-
LF = Under 100 K
MF = Under 500 K
HF = Above 500 K

I hope that is in Indian Rupees

When you are talking about such super high end stuff...shouldn't you be going for a home demo rather than fly over to their demo room???

Let look at the fact / figures and deliverables.

We are Talking of Speakers in the Rs 20 Lakh to Rs 40 L range.

Lets take that as a Rs 20 Lakh Speaker system.

The dealer margin would be 50%. So the dealer should have actually invested in 1 demo set costing Rs 10 L.

But he does not.....

Instead he offers to pay for your Rs 50 K air Ticket to the manuafacturer IF YOU BUY the Speaker, in which he has not invested a PAISA.

Sounds like the Dealer does not invest anything, and does not loose anything either !

Ofcourse in the real world, there are overhead expenses that the dealer bears...

But the point that I am bringing out is that the free air ticket is no big deal, ESPECIALLY if the flight is NOT to the dealer's showroom.

Bhagwan69 said

Price Points :- LF = Under 100 K MF = Under 500 K HF = Above 500 K

Is that for the entire system of for any One component ( eg Speakers ?

zhopudey schrieb:

I hope that is in Indian Rupees :P

Nice One Sir !!!

100 K US $'s is Low Fi;
That would be very very interesting........would it not ???