How to deal with dealer...

As with others, I think £1400 is a bit high.
I've got an 82, which cost me £1291.00 in 2002, via ebay.
(Oh, and I would never consider replacing it with a 202!)

Jack

I think you need to sort a few things out in your own mind.

What was the basis of the home dem offer? It sounds pretty open to me. More or less "If you happen to like the sound of the 82 you can have it for £1400"

Well, do you like the sound of it? do you REALLY like the sound of it. Is it worth £1400 to aqcuire this sound? Is the kit in mint condition, fully serviced and fully updated to latest spec and does it come with a two year warranty? If you answer "yes" to all of these (and probably a few more) questions, then it looks like you have found your Nirvanah. Buy it. Don't quibble over a hundred quid or so. You want to be able to work with this dealer in the future, especially if the kit fails.

If you didn't answer "yes" to all the above, then the 82 in question is probably not for you, so just tell the dealer "thanks, but no thanks"

Now start again. A little more the wiser.

Cheers

Don

I think £1400 is far too much. I paid, I recollect, £1200 to my Naim main dealer for my much newer 82. I will trade this against a 252 eventually, at the same dealer, Loud and Clear.

Having a good long term relationship with your dealer is very important and they must know that.

IMO: buy the newer one.

ADRIAN

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Ye gods! A dealer sold for me my [2000] 52 and Supercap for £2,200! One or the other is very wrong about values. I would not like to speculate which. Mine was Rodborough, so that is a thought!

Kindest regards from Fredrik

That's very cheap for a 52 / Supercap, in my opinion. I'd have expected a good few hundred more for it.

regards,

Mickey

Someone on another Forum is asking 3200 for 52/Supercap!! Arthur Daley could not have been involved could he???

Frank

I wouldn't like to say, to be honest. Was it a private sale or a trade in?

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Michael Dale
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Originally posted by Frank F:

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Originally posted by Michael Dale:

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Originally posted by Fredrik_Fiske:
Ye gods! A dealer sold for me my [2000] 52 and Supercap for £2,200! One or the other is very wrong about values. I would not like to speculate which. Mine was Rodborough, so that is a thought!

Kindest regards from Fredrik


That's very cheap for a 52 / Supercap, in my opinion. I'd have expected a good few hundred more for it.

regards,

Mickey


Someone on another Forum is asking 3200 for 52/Supercap!! Arthur Daley could not have been involved could he???

Frank


I wouldn't like to say, to be honest. Was it a private sale or a trade in?

I sold my 52/supercap, both of 2000 vintage earlier this year for £3,100 in private sales. Nobody called Arthur was involved at any stage, nor were members of the Trotter family.


Brad

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Originally posted by Michael Dale:

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Originally posted by Fredrik_Fiske:
[...]. A dealer sold for me my [2000] 52 and Supercap for £2,200! [...].

Kindest regards from Fredrik

[Further quotations].

I wouldn't like to say, to be honest. Was it a private sale or a trade in?

It is all there to read!

Kindest regards from Fredrik. [Smiley].

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Originally posted by Yeldarb:
I sold my 52/supercap, both of 2000 vintage earlier this year for £3,100 in private sales. Nobody called Arthur was involved at any stage, nor were members of the Trotter family.

That's not what Grandad said

any reason why this thread ended up in the padded cell?

+christian

IMO there is an obligation to deal with the dealer if you ask to borrow from them. Doesn't mean you must buy from them, but you would need to work through the possibilties first.

If you were offered a "surprise" loan without having a good idea of reasonable prices first, negotiation would be a fair start.

Get the service history first.

cheers, Martin

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any reason why this thread ended up in the padded cell?
+christian

Yes - it is about buying - rather than hi-fi.

E-Bay threads also migrate.

Much like many birds and some land animals, and things wot live in the sea..and rivers really.