Kokomo:I have seen various new B&O
parts/accessories for sale on ebay and the above makes me wonder from
where many of these parts are sourced. Some people somewhere must have
access to brand new B&O parts and I would have thought that many of
these could only be via official B&O sources. Am I correct?
Yes?
It's not a big secret that B&O dealers sell B&O parts and
accessories! There's enough margin in these inflated fleaBay prices for
anyone to do it. If you can go buy a spare normally at the dealer, list
it at double price as a "rare" item and some plank buys it, I don't see
anything "black market" in that, just regular rip off profit making
where at least half the blame is on the buyer. Some people are just too
lazy to find out what the price should be, they simply do not care
because it isn't that much money after all, they cannot just drop off at
a dealer because there isn't one around, they can't handle the idea of
transacting with a live person, or whatever. Some people may have been
left with a spare part they didn't need after all, and it's not their
fault if the auction ends at a stupid price because two equally lazy
people happen to want it.
Things would be different if these sellers were B&O employees
who get the parts for internal net prices and I'm sure Struer wouldn't
like that, which would also explain some of the reluctancy to sell any
spares.
I paid 12 euros for a Beo4 display at the dealer some
time ago. He probably would've replaced it while I waited as well if I
had brought the remote with me - but probably not if I went there every
week to buy displays and wall brackets...