Do big box stores sell lesser quality items?

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Feb 2, 2005 | 01:52 PM

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MR2NR

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I worked for one and the turnover was monsterous, 72 people in one year. Manager or salesperson?

Feb 2, 2005 | 02:44 PM

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He probably meant that the Big Box employee (average) would be someone working for pocket money, as a 'job' only, while the independant dealer (generalization again) would tend to have some/more vested interest in his/her store (IE owner/operators, family biz, etc).

Career vs. job, perhaps.

Obviously there are always exceptions to every rule, but that does make sense on a basic level.

Feb 2, 2005 | 02:47 PM

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my management skills are not in question here. the fact is the chain had as hi as 250% turn over in some years. it is a fact.

Feb 2, 2005 | 06:23 PM

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i would like to know what differntiates say a deh760 from a deh7600
besides price the premier name and warranty

Feb 3, 2005 | 09:18 AM

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Premier decks have different (more) voltage on the preouts, and usually MORE (for example the Pioneer has 2 while the Premier has 3 or 4, hypothetically) preouts.

There's probably more to it but thats all I know.

Feb 3, 2005 | 01:13 PM

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It's not always the same upgrades from Pioneer to Premier models, it depends on the model.

In the case of the DEH-P760MP versus the DEH-P7600MP, the upgrades are the two year versus the one year warranty, three mode loudness versus one mode & steering wheel remote versus card remote.

If you can find a Premier model over a Pioneer model for a difference of $30 or less, go for it as the warranty alone is probably worth $40 by itself.

Feb 3, 2005 | 01:29 PM

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^ To be clear, I was not at all trying to say Pioneer would dump on quality on their 'alternate' models. I was only saying that they exist and that only select dealers get access to them.

Venture, the 4 chain stores I worked in had 10-15% annual turnover and most of it was sub-90days. Not really that bad.

And for the sake of argument - if I was looking to make Audio a career the first place I would head is a Chain store. Independents are dead ends if you don't own it.