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Basic Contributor Joined : 20 Sep 2007 Posts : 15

The company that did to us was Memphis. We were always told that there was a 30 mile dealer agreement, but I see how that went. We have now picked up T3 Audio because the rep actually went out of his way to guarantee me the 30 mile radius. I always say do your homework.

No way no way, KEEP THE LINE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! AND STOCK IT TOO!!!
Push your other lines but sell the "brand X" at dealer cost (or at least offer it) to the customers as an alternative to your best lines.
It will force the shop down the road to meet those prices.
This is pretty shady to the other shop but hey, its business.
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Novice Contributor Joined : 03 Jul 2007 Posts : 53

We are selling all our remaining MTX stock at dam near cost.
Even like that, we can't give it away. DD and Clarion are selling much better than MTX ever did.

Customers are loving the DD500's and 1500's.

I am a factory rep in tx area, and I certainly feel your pain. This type of sales rep is all to common, and at any given time you have a 30 day notice to be dropped per your contract, and normally does not ever go over shared lines in a territory. This industry is going to go through cleansing of bad reps, poor manufactures, and retailers that dont have a clue in order to keep there doors open. When time are bad you hunker down and work harder, not make knee jerk reactions and oversaturate the market. I guess I am different and dont need instant gratification, knowing that I work hard and my retailers and manufactures, will continue to do business with me for the marathon, not the short sprint. So not only choose your brands wisely, but also question your reps character. I wish you the best.
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Novice Contributor Joined : 03 Jul 2007 Posts : 53

Thank you PACman.

We are cutting all ties to MTX/Mitek.
They offered no help in our situation and today we got some news that was icing on the cake.

Last week, I installed a TA5601 on 2 5515's in a crownvic...the customer did not touch the install after leaving the shop, but the amp ended up frying. It now cuts in and out. I did the customer good and exchanged the amp over the counter...we called up MTX for an RA# only to find out 'we are no longer authorized dealers'. Now the shop has the eat that amp.

Well...so long MTX/Mitek. Hope your reps learn about good business practices in the future. If not your company is in for a ride.

lol our mtx rep isnt that great either.

but hey want to sell the blown amp?
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Basic Contributor Age : 30 Joined : 03 Feb 2008 Posts : 23

I can promise you this DD will never do that to a shop. I have been dealing with DD since 1999 and they are a great company and also refer a lot of business even outside of a 30 mile radius.

Basic Contributor Joined : 28 Nov 2007 Posts : 17

We have had a similar situation happen here at our shop. We put $10 grand of product on a couple of pallets and ra'd it back to the manufacturer, always is nice to get screwed