Just ordered some Pioneer speakers for my F150. Etronic was 50%, yes half, the price of crutchfield. Identical brand and model.

 

Good deal. ONly thing you should be concerned with ordering things online is that many websites that offer those great prices do so without factory waranty or any waranty at all. So just be careful with some out there. Waranty isn't to large a concern so much on a speaker (unless it is expensive) but watch out for the amps. In the unlikely event they do have a problem you may be hard pressed to get it repaired.

 

I recently ordered some Rockford-Fosgate 6x8 spekers from etronics. Got them in 6 days (I'm in Germany). Etronics had a price $25 lower than Crutchfield and the speakers are really great. As far as a warranty goes, well, that goes out the window as soon as a person installs the product. Etronics gave me a great price and delivered quicker than any other company I've ordered through. It's a really good company and I'll buy from them again (I know, I sound like a freakin commercial).

 

I have ordered Clarion marine speakers for my boat from Etronics, perfect transaction, and the warranty is still good.
Why pay more??

 

Don't get me wrong guys. I am not by any means ******* them. Just wanted to point out that if you plan on buying a high price item you may want to watch out for waranty issues. I am sure that they deliver a high quality product but if I was going to spend more than 150 bucks on a speaker or amp I would want ful waranty and fast replacement that you could only get from a local shop. Besides, I bet if you went to a local car audio shop they would more than likely get pretty darn close to the same price rather than you buying the same product online. A sale is a sale and if you come in waving money under their nose they 90% of the time will bite provided they are making a little money. Besides they would rather build a customer relationship with you. Now if it is the larger chain stores you are SOL because the price is the price and they could care less.

Of course most of this would only apply to people living in the U.S. of course because overseas many countries have high taxation of imports from the US and other coutries and the mail order or internet sales stuff gets around all of that.

 

And thanks to this board for posting the pix on how to get the door panels and rear panels off (without breaking them!) This board saved me $80 on the speakers and the price of an install as I was able to do it myself.