Well if I had the choice of buying from a local shop for MSRP, and tax, or buying from a website for MSRP and shipping.... I'd definitely go with the shop.... and yet again the dealer networks get screwed.
Who told you that? Pretty sure that isn't the case, maybe the dealer just doesn't want to stock products and doesn't feel that product at full price won't be "profitable" enough once they factor in paying for shipping. Or the dealer is lazy and wants to sell the customer something non-JL.one thing that crutchfield might have over B&M's is that they'll probably have the item in stock!! At least the JL dealers i know of rarely have anything highend in stock because JL just won't ship one or two subs or an amp...the dealer must make a large order all at once.
Dealers have to hit numbers for each quarter I believe, but thats not the problem. The higher end items don't sell as well as the lower end.
Why should a dealer order a couple grand worth of W7's and sit on them for months?
If they dont sell, they don't need to keep them in stock. W1v2's sell, those are in stock. A1400D's sell, those are in stock.
My shop would love to stock every item, we just can't afford to.