I still shop for gear at my local music stores but there's a problem: They only ever seem to have one of anything, and the one they have is often dusty and used looking perhaps due to the demoing it's been thru. And often, the box for it is ratty or not even avaialable as was the case today for an item indicated to be in stock but when I got to the store to pick it up, they didn't have the box it normally comes in - I was p.o.'d and didn't bother buying the item. This seems to be the case waay too often and drives me to forget about buying local and to just buy online where I usually get a new undemo'd item in a new box.
Am I just an old curmudgeon with nothing better to complain about? My reasons seem logical to me:
- My obsession with guitar tends to result in a lot of buying amd selling and I know from experience that original packaging in good shape gets more $ when one is selling gear.
- Stuff that's been demo'd in the store has some life taken off it. Sure, the warranty starts when it's purchased, but nontheless its got miles on it and so, to me, should be sold at a "demo" price particularly for pedals /amps / pro-sound stuff (Maybe a different story for guitars as they tend to be more "personal" in a way).
Thoughts?
Curmudgeony shopper?, Stores too cheap to maintain separate demo units?, or, just the way it is?