Marketing Question: How Do You Buy?

Micah Cohen
Micah Cohen Posts: 2,022
edited March 2004 in Electronics
I'd like to know how you buy your speakers and electronic equipment. Do you:

(a) Research online; buy in a store?
(b) Research in a store; buy online?
(c) Research by catalog; buy online?
(d) Research online; buy over the phone?

When you answer, I'd like info not only on YOU, but then maybe on what you see your friends doing, and then maybe some info on how you buy OTHER products (using the choices above) like books, CDs, furniture, etc.

Also, I'd like to know if you don't do any shopping or buying or research online and are strictly a "bricks and mortar" kind of person.

Thanks!

Micah
ultramicah@yahoo.com

"There's nothing funny about a clown in the moonlight." - Lon Chaney
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  • PolkThug
    PolkThug Posts: 7,532
    edited February 2004
    What's up with the triple post??

    I do (a) and (e) research online, buy online
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  • RuSsMaN
    RuSsMaN Posts: 17,986
    edited February 2004
    All of the above.

    Research online and in-store, and buy online or in-store (usually whichever offers the best deal)
    Check your lips at the door woman. Shake your hips like battleships. Yeah, all the white girls trip when I sing at Sunday service.
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  • I-SIG
    I-SIG Posts: 2,243
    edited February 2004
    Originally posted by Micah
    When you answer, I'd like info not only on YOU, but then maybe on what you see your friends doing...

    Thanks!

    Micah

    Well, I know this one guy, I think his name start with an "h" and has a "21" in it, that keeps buying and selling and trading the same gear over and over again... :D

    Damn, what is his name...? ;)

    Wes
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  • Dennito
    Dennito Posts: 5
    edited March 2004
    A) Yes, most of the time.
    B) No
    C) Research catalog but no on-line purchases
    D) Yes

    Last 3 purchases all were researched online:
    HDTV: bought in-store
    Receiver: purchased new from installation professional
    Speakers: catalog purchase, ordered by phone.

    Why are you asking?
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  • TroyD
    TroyD Posts: 13,092
    edited March 2004
    I do virtually all my research online. Only when I've narrowed the field down considerably do I go brick and mortar to put my hands on an item (we are talking big ticket items here) then I'll buy from wherever I can get the most satisfactory deal.

    Small items, books, cd's etc....I buy almost exclusively online. No tax, usually free shipping.

    BDT
    I plan for the future. - F1Nut
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  • Dennito
    Dennito Posts: 5
    edited March 2004
    Understandable. I'm pretty much the same way. If you buy a big ticket item online and there is a problem with it, there is more trouble in getting service. Also when you look at Biz Rate, there are some horror stories there which discouraged me from buying online. With the HDTV, the local brick and motar guy had a very
    competitive price which I couldn't beat elsewhere. Online is terrific for research, however. This is a great site, I also use AVS Forum and Agoraquest (Sony only).
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  • Ron-P
    Ron-P Posts: 8,520
    edited March 2004
    A


    Peace Out~:D
    If...
    Ron dislikes a film = go out and buy it.
    Ron loves a film = don't even rent.
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  • AsSiMiLaTeD
    AsSiMiLaTeD Posts: 11,728
    edited March 2004
    A
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  • kberg
    kberg Posts: 974
    edited March 2004
    A - unless buying in a store is not possible, as with SVS.
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    Receiver: ONKYO TX-SR600
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  • amulford
    amulford Posts: 5,020
    edited March 2004
    A, B, & d here. I don't ever remember going thru a catalog to research, never enough information.
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  • jmierzur
    jmierzur Posts: 489
    edited March 2004
    A; B only if a product is not available locally (two purchases thus far; third will be LSi7 to complete system as LSi not available locally anymore).
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  • smglbrth
    smglbrth Posts: 1,481
    edited March 2004
    Ditto as Russman........
    Remember, when you're running from something, you're running to something...-me
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  • mantis
    mantis Posts: 17,201
    edited March 2004
    I do things alittle different.

    I demo in stores everywhere to find what I'm looking for.I research online to read reviews and spec's.After I narrow down a certain product,I buy wherever I find the best deal.In stores in mostly.I do little shopping online.Call me old fashion but I like to take it home when I buy.Hold it in stillness and be one with it.

    I do buy online when the deal is right.I don't however shop at any unauthorized dealers.I don't feel comfortable.
    Dan
    My personal quest is to save to world of bad audio, one thread at a time.
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