Richard's hi-fi ranting 'Room 101'

[Ashley James]

Richard - if you've read other Forums you'll know that JCBrum isn't even a hi fi retailer, he's just a customer who likes our products, there are plenty of others but none so outspoken.

I think you should ignore anything relevant to specific brands and comment in a general sense of what you want to put in room 101 or whatever.

I've been thinking about your comments regarding manufacturers "killing" opposition in the past and I'm not sure they are fair either. Ivor was the driving force in those days and he contacted specialists who were being undercut by Laskeys etc and offered them an exclusive on products that the chains would not be "allowed" to sell. They didn't want them anyway and they could see an end to hi fi, VCR's were much more in demand.

Any manufacturer and Sky TV will tell you that dealers lose more business than they gain, so not surprisingly, he tied them into sales training and gave them targets, just as car manufacturers so with their dealers do today. I wish I could do something similar but I can't, I'm too smal,l just as your company always was. It's life and it sucks sometimes.