Just Old
Ex Member
Ohh dear 2013 started as a disaster for me and Richer Sounds.
I have not visited any of their stores for some time but on a recent visit to Edinburgh thought I'd call in and take a look round.
The store is small and very dated, infact it bears more resemblance to pound stretcher than a high tec supplier of hifi and TV's. How anyone can ever get a decent dem and compare different systems is a complete mystery to me, as people pushed past and salesmen carried TVs round the store and music blared out form various other units.
I was assured that it would have been better to make an appointment, and that they don't usually have dems during the winter months.??? All fair points.
However when I exited the store I was questioning the strategy, if they have one, of the Richer Sound store format.
They pile it high, have enthusiastic sales men. They stock some of the best hifi brands, but it's like visiting a junk shop.....'we have it here somewhere, it's just finding it'
Despite these reservations I was told that i could take equiment home and dem it there, but wasn't told how this worked in principal, nor how many Items I could take back and swop for another brand, before they get fed up and told me to sling my hook!'
Compare this to sitting in a quiet room, where the independant retailer is set up to dem anything and everything at the flick of a switch, and you are in a different world.
I have not visited any of their stores for some time but on a recent visit to Edinburgh thought I'd call in and take a look round.
The store is small and very dated, infact it bears more resemblance to pound stretcher than a high tec supplier of hifi and TV's. How anyone can ever get a decent dem and compare different systems is a complete mystery to me, as people pushed past and salesmen carried TVs round the store and music blared out form various other units.
I was assured that it would have been better to make an appointment, and that they don't usually have dems during the winter months.??? All fair points.
However when I exited the store I was questioning the strategy, if they have one, of the Richer Sound store format.
They pile it high, have enthusiastic sales men. They stock some of the best hifi brands, but it's like visiting a junk shop.....'we have it here somewhere, it's just finding it'
Despite these reservations I was told that i could take equiment home and dem it there, but wasn't told how this worked in principal, nor how many Items I could take back and swop for another brand, before they get fed up and told me to sling my hook!'
Compare this to sitting in a quiet room, where the independant retailer is set up to dem anything and everything at the flick of a switch, and you are in a different world.