sonycentre said:
Another one bites the dust,such a shame when will it end.
when retailers with overheads find a different business model and stop trying to compete with online sales. This is a product that demands the customer be in a specific place to make the right sale, so give them the choices in one place, and not force us to drive miles / take time off works to buy even basic kit.
The manufacturers need to make sure they don't give preferential prices to the amazons of the world; eventually *blind listening* buyers will be forced to change their buying patterns after unhappy experiences (check out these forums for enough evidence), and then selling on at huge losses. You might even dispense with a glitzy showroom, find a place to store gear in a controlled temp/humidity whilst pre-burning in the kit (that the manufacturers cant be bothered to do); and buy a van and just do home demos at the weekends/evenings.
I do feel for these businesses that fail, often for justifiable reasons, but like any industry you cant simply throw your hands intoi the air and expect the rest of us to bail you out.