And just like Amazon, dealers contact supportive distributor, who provides expertise in the product, but then actually purchases said product from less expensive disty, ie Snap.

No different than wasting the sales guy's time demo'ing products at a high end stereo shop, and then buying the product on Amazon, or another online big box.

So, your good distributor goes out of business, because you don't support them because they are a few dollars more expensive. Feel free to use their services, and buy from someone else.

I support the distributors that support me back, and that's not Snap.