I wasn't expecting to find anywhere with it in stock, but I did expect to be quoted a price and an approximate lead time. I certainly did not expect to be told to go elsewhere - especially as when I bought the piano they bragged about their aftersales service and the history of updates to the system!
Mickelburgh are attempting to find out if they can obtain a unit for me. I've since found a Japanese site that will ship one to me in the UK for approximately 700 pounds. I am expecting the official price in the UK to be closer to three times that!
On Tue, Feb 1, 2011 at 3:19 PM, athomik <mangez@freenetname.co.uk> wrote:
I'm not sure exactly how it works in Australia, but Yamaha Australia (a bona fide subsidiary of Yamaha Corporation of Japan) would quote the official Yamaha price (in the UK it used to be called "Recommended Retail Price" - RRP). It's up to individual dealers to work out what price they are willing to sell a product for (within certain constraints). See if you can locate an authorised Disklavier dealer and see what price they could get it for (being quite new and a bit of a specialist product, it's not surprising that few dealers have them stock - but they should be able to order one for you)
athomik
On Feb 1 2011, kenmortgages wrote:
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>For what it's worth, I have a MkIIXG as well, and have been thinking of upgrading for some time now. Most authorised Yamaha dealers in Australia - and I live in Sydney - won't carry the item and referred me to Yamaha Australia (which is not a Yamaha company I understand, but a distributorship). Their price is AUD2,990. This doesn't compare well with US prices, which appear about USD1,600. Even if I allow for shipping and tax, it would be much cheaper to import one from the USA - I estimate it will cost less than AUD2,000. Not keen on Yamaha's pricing and support in the antipodes.
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