cosmo, it seems you want to return to an earlier decade. costco is G R E A T and sams club too. they are backed up, and cant find fitters fast enough.
i visited a regular starkey guy today, and was impressed. until i said that was not going to buy today. he turned really pushy and then mean. not good.
i think people who pay him twice what they should probably end up ok. but broke.
when the helpless pushovers die, he’ll be out of a job, i predict.