Disklavier

I agree 100%, I'd rather pay more and have good support. But, of 
course, not like $10,000 more than the market price.

RS


--- In disklavier@yahoogroups.com, "Carol Beigel" <thecarolb@...> 
wrote:
>
> 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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