Disklavier

Strange that you should ask AFTER you've completed a deal.  If you and your wife
are happy, and the dealer obviously is, it's time to look forward, not backward.

Yamaha dealers outside your sales area are not allowed to approach you, but you
may approach ANY dealer.  The plan of attack I would suggest to others is

1)  Decide what you want.

2)  Get ball park figures from several dealers.  They will all try to amaze you
at the thousands they will knock off of the suggested retail price.  Given what
you'll be spending, and hopefully saving, you can afford to make some trips
around the country to visit dealers and check out the instruments.

3)  Let each dealer know what your best offers are.  Don't get in a hurry.  You
will probably be getting calls from the better sales people if you haven't
immediately whipped out your checkbook.  Yamaha America sometimes offers special
deals to dealers on their stock that hasn't moved.  Dealers also compete for
sales volume awards.

4)  Call for best and final offers on a package (including shipping and set up,
and perhaps a real artists adjustable bench and some PianoSoft disks).  Deal
with the best offeror ethically and let the others know what happened.

Note that

1) Transporting pianos around the country (even to Alaska) is not a big deal. 
The dealers know the cheapest way to do it.

2) Don't worry about support.  A reputable dealer will support you at a distance
and Yamaha will back them.

3) Many dealers rely on independent RTPs and movers for setup and periodic
tuning.  If you live 1000 miles from where you bought the instrument, you will
hire a technician of your choice and be reimbursed for the services promised in
your deal.  You'll probably even get to keep the packing crate in case you
should move someday.

Happy shopping!



Dirk Leas wrote:
> 
> Bought yesterday in Phoenix, AZ (there's only 1 Yamaha dealer here).
> MSRP was a hair over $32K. They also gave me $2K USD for a 7 year old
> Clavinova (so our final price was $26K).
> 
> Is this a fair deal? Don't want anyone to miss a meal on this deal,
> just want fair for everyone... Thoughts?
> 
> I'll post it in the "price paid" database after I take delivery (just
> in case).
> 
> TIA,
> D
> 
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