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Re: [disklavier] Re: DKC-850 in the UK
2011-02-01 by athomik
athomik
On Feb 1 2011, James Fry wrote:
>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 wrote:
>
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>>
>> 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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>> >Hi James
>> >
>> >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.
>> >
>> >Regards
>> >Ken
>>
>> >
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