...Am reluctant to shop at sweetwater now.

Maybe it's just me but, as a consumer of audio gear, I'm pretty reluctant to shop at sweetwater now that so many of their items are, "marked down"... or "demo savings" etc. and then there's their presence on Reverb under the guise of "GEARNUTZ" which is laughably creepy. I guess what I'm saying is, they feel more like a used gear store now, and I fear of getting someone else's returned item that's repackaged as new to me. how would I even know? anyhow, maybe it's just me?