Bear123
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I've been looking for a new pair of speakers for a while. Currently I've got 2 brands/ranges on my shortlist: Kef R-series and the Revel Performa3. So I looked around if I can find a deal on either of these, but they are priced the same everywhere. Not just in The Netherlands, but all across Europe (to be fair, KEF is 10% cheaper in the UK). Everybody seems to be advertising with the MSRP. So I am guessing there is some unwritten rule by dealers to only advertise the MSRP and not some form of price fixing. Can anyone explain to me why there doesn't seem to be any form of price competition going on (apart from very popular B&W models and such)? Pick any other consumer electronics product and you will find many different offerings, but for hifi it all seems to be exactly the same? Why is that?
Should I just ask for a discount, because paying MSRP seems to be crazy? I work for a big (online) retailer were we sell some hifi speakers (not brands I'm interested in, but very well known and respected brands) and the margins on them are pretty high. Probably the highest of all the electronics we sell...
I'd ask for a substantial discount on the Revels. Things might be a bit different in Europe due to the cost of importing maybe, but I was able to get a $2000 MSRP pair of Revels for $1425 plus shipping. Adding in the $750 MSRP C25 center channel, with shipping for all three was about $1950. Could have purchased F206 for "normal" discount of $2,500, special sale of $2100. MSRP is $3500. I didn't price out any higher lines. This was from a dealer without a brick and mortar demo shop so you may not be able to get those kinds of discounts from a store with overhead. But I would think around 20% would still be feasible, maybe?