i found a german hifi dealer selling a mission mechanic tonearm,it was 1590 euro's! unsurprisingly it had been on sale since feb and had not sold,i made him an offer of 800 euros and got this reply,
Hello,obvious, this is the joke of the week! Sorry, our very low prices are fixed.
to which i replied,
hi,
no it wasn't a joke it was a genuine offer,i have just bought a zeta tonearm for £800 pounds, a very similar tonearm.
you are asking nearly double the price hence why its been for sale for so long.
i assume for the price the mission tonearm comes with its original box and manual etc?

i then got this back,
obvious, you are a "non-expert" for classic hifi prices. Please note that we are worldwide market leader for used hifi since more than 20 years. Of course, it is exactly that included, what is mentioned in the decription.

at that point i phoned him up and asked why he was being rude and patronizing and yes i lost my temper and called him fritz and mentioned the war and the world cup and ending the call by saying 'anyway old chap,must go,toddle pip!

tosser!