Disklavier

I think there may some misunderstanding about how much  "discount" is 
available on a Mark IV Disklavieror any other new Yamaha piano today.  I 
know that previous DKVs added about $7,000 to the price of the piano, and I 
am certain the Mark IV costs much more.  In order to be a an official Yamaha 
dealer, you agree to sell pianos within corporate guidelines.  Also, dealer 
overhead varies from place to place.  I think rent on a store would be much 
cheaper in Oklahoma than in New York.  Besides, if you think you are saving 
money buying a piano over the internet from someplace afar, remember my 
forklift example.  Pianos are tranferred from the trucks into the warehouse 
by forklift.  Should one fall off, still in a factory crate, that is the 
first unit I would advertise on ebay!  Sell it far, far away and never have 
to deal with it!

Price is only part of the equation.  Value is another.  The availability of 
service can make a huge difference.  You need for someone else to care about 
your satisfaction that is close enough to you to provide service, advice and 
support.  The cheapest price is not always the best value.

Carol Beigel

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "rondisklavier" <setiawansr@...>
To: <disklavier@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Tuesday, September 04, 2007 9:00 AM
Subject: [disklavier] Re: How much discount you can get?


> What model is 5'6"? C3? What you need to do is to go to my list
> below, find the C3 price without disklavier and add about 4K to that
> price for the C3 disklavier version. In this case, you should pay
> around 30K. If possible use the Japanese price and add 4K as your
> referance price, but getting that price is kind of difficult. But
> you need to try. Since you live in CA, you have better bargaining
> power. John Waltrip in Arcadia is pretty competitive. Don't just go
> there and buy, you have to really play game with most piano stores.
> If you do not know the prices, you will pay way too much, because
> the MSRP is way too high.
>
>
> --- In disklavier@yahoogroups.com, Albert Edwards <acejazz@...>
> wrote:
>>
>> Hi,
>> I am looking to buy a new or used 5 foot or 6 foot Yamaha Grand
> with the Disklavire installed.
>> Where is the best place to buy and what kind of a discount can I
> expect?
>> Al Edwards
>> Los Angeles, California
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----
>> From: rondisklavier <setiawansr@...>
>> To: disklavier@yahoogroups.com
>> Sent: Saturday, September 1, 2007 5:40:46 AM
>> Subject: [disklavier] How much discount you can get?
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I wonder what is the typical discount that we usually can get from
>> Yamaha dealers in the USA. The first column is the official price
> from
>> Yamaha ad in the latest Piano Style Magazine. I converted the
> prices
>> using this rate US$ 1 = 120 YEN. The third column shows the price
>> that I could get (including sales tax + delivery). The MSRP YUS1
> (new
>> U1) is $12K and C3 is 44.5K. Based on this, in general I can get
> about
>> 40% discount of the US MSRP. We can get better price in
> California,
>> the market is much more competitive there. Please note that the
>> Japanese price shown below is just MSRP, therefore, expect
> additional
>> discount.
>>
>> MSRP in Japan Dollar Price I could get
>> YUS1 675,700 5,631 7,600
>> C1 1,365,000 11,375
>> C2 1,575,000 13,125
>> C3 1,890,000 15,750 24,000
>> C5 2,100,000 17,500
>> C6 2,520,000 21,000
>> C7 2,940,000 24,500
>>
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