Quote Originally Posted by Macca View Post
My local dealer - now long gone - would not loan equipment out, even if you offered to deposit the full asking price in cash, pick the equipment up just before he closed on Saturday and bring it back the second he opened on Monday morning. And that was back when the internet was in its infancy and the term 'social media' did not exist.

If there's no trust, then there's no business.
There was once a dealer I knew who would not sell you anything unless you had heard the item(s) in question in your own system at home. You would deposit the asking price on a Friday and take the goods away to listen to over the weekend. If you liked the item(s), all well and good, you would get a recipt and guarantee. If you didn't get on with the item(s), you would return on the Monday with them and your deposit would be refunded.

The arrangement applied to used as well as new items.