Gammonall:

I was reminded of a message thread on AVS regarding buyer's experiences with American Theater with several people having voiced displeasure with doing business with them. But what really sticks out is someone who contacted them around the 3rd of June regarding the listing on Audiogone of the 972 for sale and was told that the unit had just been sold. After a debate between the caller and business owner on if the receiver had even been released yet, the person at American Theater said the 972 had been out for two-and-a-half months, and when the caller continued to question the truth of the information the person at American Theater became belligerent and hug up the phone. Impressive customer service, if ya ask me!


But, since you're apparently not interested in the 972, I'll guess that chances are that American Theater's claims are probably hogwash, sad to say.

Reminds me of sellers on Amazon's Market Place where a product that's not released yet someone is "selling". Sure, you can buy it from them, but you probably won't see it any earlier, if on time, and pay more than what Amazon is willing to.