[net.audio] Audio/stereo discounters - esp. Boston area

richn@tekecs.UUCP (Richard Nute) (06/04/84)

   
   
1.  Are there any good audio/stereo discounters in the Boston area?

    (There are none here in the Northwest, and I'll be in Boston later
    this month so I thought I'd do some shopping for a Sony TC-K555
    cassette deck.  Best price in the Portland (Oregon) area is $390;  
    Illinois Audio in Chicago sells it for $280... by mail.)

    Any comments on Trolley Stereo in Waltham?

2.  In April, Sony told the audio/stereo mail-order discount houses 
    that they could not sell Sony audio/stereo equipment (other than
    Walkman) to anyone more than 150 miles from the store.  Does anyone
    know what the fair-trade laws say about this?

    (I've bought some good Sony equipment this way, and have saved a 
    bundle, but, alas.... no longer.  There aren't any mail-order 
    discount houses within 150 miles of Portland.  The mail-order 
    discount houses say they can ship to a friend within the 150-mile
    radius, and he can forward to you... IF you have a friend in the 
    area.) 

Thanks in advance for suggestions and comments.

Rich Nute                                   P.O. Box 1000
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