Marantz pre/pro 8805 just dropped to $3349...

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HSWJR

Audioholic Intern
Marantz pre/pro 8805 just dropped to $3349... delaying my "almost decided upon" purchase of a Yamaha cx-a5200 at $2700 that much harder. Does the insanity ever end???? Thrill of the hunt maybe?
 
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Bernie Williams

Junior Audioholic
What retailer? Not seeing it on Marantz website or BBY/Crutchfield. I would consider one at that price
 
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HSWJR

Audioholic Intern
I was set on the yamaha 5200 until I saw that... waiting on teh masters to chime in on another thread... if they are sick of me by now lol
 
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HSWJR

Audioholic Intern
Wow a bit of digging and I found this:
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Be warned about the websites HDVisionWorks... and HDVisionMax, if they ever reactivate that one.

Like many others, I saw their website, the great prices and the huge number of positive reviews, and considered ordering from them, especially since the projector I was looking to buy was $500(!) cheaper from them. But while $500 cheaper would be a great deal, it also raised a red flag. So, I decided to research, and here is what I've found.

The phone number listed for HDVisionWorks has not been answered any time I have called during the listed business hours on their website.

The street address listed on the company's website, 263 S Lincoln Ave, Oakhurst, NJ, does not exist. Yes, there is a South Lincoln Avenue - it is a residential neighborhood - but "263" would actually fall between two existing homes on that street, there is no structure at 263.

The bottom of each page on their website shows various seals of verification/approval from organizations such as Bizrate, PayPal, ShopperApproved, and PriceGrabber... however, if you hover over these seals, you will notice that ALL of them redirect to just the ShopperApproved website. ShopperApproved is a social response aggregator subscription service available to businesses - meaning, whoever owns HDVisionWorks is PAYING for this service, so of course, they'll get their "seal of approval." They are misrepresenting the approval of the other organizations by displaying their logos.

Further digging turned-up another website that was operated by the same individual(s) or group: HDVisionMax.com. On this website (just like HDVisionWorks), they also included an address that didn't correspond to their business, and also had the fake Bizrate, PayPal and PriceGrabber seals of approval. The HDVisionMax website went dark earlier this year and is no longer accessible.

All registration info for both of these websites has been made private. This, also, is a red flag, as reputable merchants have no need to hide their website's ownership information.

So there you have it: all signs point to DANGER in attempting to place an order with this company. And since their naming pattern of late seems to be "HDVision[something]", maybe watch out for another new site popping-up with that naming convention in the near future as well. "


Almost makes me glad... back to the 5200
 
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Trebdp83

Audioholic Spartan
If it sounds too good to be true... Always a good idea to check everybody's price. If one outfit has a really low price, they are probably really big crooks.
 
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Gmoney

Audioholic Ninja
Marantz pre/pro 8805 just dropped to $3349... delaying my "almost decided upon" purchase of a Yamaha cx-a5200 at $2700 that much harder. Does the insanity ever end???? Thrill of the hunt maybe?
Hey Bro!, Want to save a bunch of money? Check with @AcuDefTechGuy aka ADTG aka Andrew, he is a Audio/video dealer and a dam good one to! Shoot him a inbox message, He sells both of those units and more. He has saved many AH members Lots of cash!
 
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