I am not authorized to sell VIA internet and will not sell on the net until I am. However I do advertise my prices, this is different I have no shopping cart, and no e-commerce! There is a lot of BULLSHIT going on on the internet, especially in the mobile electronics sector. People just don't seem to understand that without retailers there would be a lot less jobs. No matter how cheap something is on the internet, if you ain't got a job it might as well be a million bucks!!! Also, all the screwed up products and and crap I see every day. People get pissed off at me sometimes, cause they buy something for less then I can get it for, I install it, and it doesn't work. They think that they just got a good deal on some new stuff. Reality is that they just bought some stolen, refurbished, salvaged, or otherwise distressed goods. When you buy stuff like that there is always risk involved, your buddy might have got a good deal, you might get fu**ed! Also nothing is perfect manufacture's defects, damage in shipping, and other things play a factor. At least if you buy local and you have a problem there will be someone there to take care of it. You won't have to wait weeks or longer to get it taken care of. Not to mention getting charged to remove and then again to replace faulty equipment.
Words of Wisdom from Install-It
* Price may very depending on price of gas, how good of milage you get, whether you eat or not, or some other unforseen event!
** Price may very depending on terms and conditions of web site(read 'em!!!). Whether they will take it back at all. Or if they even really exist!
Look at the chart below
Install-It
Houston Flea Market
Internet
Cost of radio
Cost of trip to Houston
Cost of shipping
Install including kit & harness
$299.95
$229.95
$199.95
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$20.00*
$20.00**
$55.00
$55.00
$55.00
Dammit! Radio has defect (as electronics sometimes do) and doesn't work!
Uninstall radio
Cost of trip to Houston
Cost of shipping
Reinstall radio
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$25.00
$25.00
$25.00
$25.00
$20.00**
$20.00*
Within the warrenty period something happens and the deck doesn't work anymore!
Uninstall radio
Cost of trip to Houston
Cost of shipping
Reinstall radio
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$20.00**
$20.00*
$25.00
$25.00
$25.00***
$25.00
*** Price may vary depending on whether or not you can even get the radio warrented. Most web sites only have a 15 or thirty day return policy!
Cost of radio over 1 year
$354.95
$444.95
$414.95
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Cost of not waiting or 6 hr drives
$Priceless$
$Big Hassle$
$Weeks with no Music$
True, this is a worst case scenerio, if something happens just one time...and you'd be surprised how often that is...you lose! Your Good Deal is a costly headache!
