Rick S

You posted something I was hesitant to point out. I did not want to really bring up operations such as Abes or several others who market in a similar manner. But now everyone knows the reasons for the low prices.

And Rubbersoul, contrary to what you might believe, we actually did do our homework and know who is selling this unit and for what price and why.

For the record, let's just say that we and all our fellow authorized online e-tailers of Marantz have the full backing of the company on all issues including service. There are some online operations that obtain their goods through a back door, gray market or other "unconventional" channels . Most of the issues surrounding authorized businesses is providing after market servicing of customers, including answering questions, solving problems or taking the unit back in for proper service. It also has to do with confidence in the ORIGIN ofthe goods.It is possible that some gray market goods were never destined for sale here and do not carry a US warranty.

On Outlaw's part we take our vendor relationships very seriously including taking the extra (and expensive) steps of creating totally new easy-to-understand manuals for our customers (the Outlaw Guides) We also stand behind every purchase.and are there to help and support before during and after the sale.

If the above is not important, then there are always places where one could take his chances and get some kind of deal. When we were offering the Onkyo 886, there were other venues where the customer could get a lower price. Yet we sold every one of those units we could get our hands on. There was a reason for that : The way we engage our customers and the confidence in the origin and condition of the units.

We know as a certainty that there is no online Marantz retailer that will take better care of its customers than we do. We have always had the confidence and trust from those that purchase our products and our vendors who build those same products. That is simply way we do things here.

Peter