Quote Originally Posted by AveoRob

No I didn't have a bad experience with them, just the fact that the poster was looking at Alpine equipment and sonic is not alpine authorized, are they? Please correct me if I am wrong. What that means is that there is no manufacturer's warranty because it is gray market. There is a lot about this out there so I won't go into detail. I am not saying don't buy it, I just said buyer beware, know what you are getting for that cheap price.

For instance you mentioned Circuit city closed, if you bought from them and they were authorized, alpine would honor the warranty.
Yeah, I see your point. I never bought alpine from them and what I did get was covered by their warranty (either through manufacturer, Sony and Infinity, or sonicelectronix, inc) plus I got an offer from them on 3 year squaretrade warranty for head unit and speakers. Viper in the original post is looking for some MB quarts and they do have those.