They sound good and they are very pretty. Hard to resist.
I could see him being lured in at the store but you say he then went out bought off eBay. I think I would have come over to listen to yours first if I were going with another online option. Perhaps that dealer also was anti Axiom or he just got the fever. Can't criticize him, it happens to all of us.

With great power comes Awesome irresponsibility.