I was at a Weber dealer this past week, and had a similar experience. The husband and wife had just walked across the hall from the BGEs, and they were excitedly surveying a Weber MT. The salesperson was pretty busy, so when he walked away I stepped in. I did a good job of selling them on the MT, but when the husband lamented the loss of the side tables on his old gas grill, I led him right to the Performers. ;-)
It was really fun, because after looking at BGEs, everything on the Weber side looked like a tremendous bargain! By the time I was leaving they were trying to decide if they should wait the extra week for a crimson Performer... I encouraged them to do so, and suggested that they buy the MT in the meantime to get them through the critical July 4 holiday. Because as we all know, you need at least two 22s to survive.