Disklavier

Hi All,

I've had a DC3A Mark III for a couple years now, and it's a great
instrument.  However, it seems to be at the end-of-life as far as any
enhancements go.

I stopped at the local store and inquired about trading it in for a
MC3M4.  The first quote from the salesguy was shocking.  While he was
willing to give me nearly what I paid as a trade-in (I paid $33K, he
was willing to offer $30K) , his quote was nearly retail (I would end
up paying another $30K + tax.)

Of course, the store has to make a profit, but I can't understand the
Mark III versus Mark IV doubling the price.

I looked through the "what I paid for my DKV" database, and the prices
vary from $27K (which is a little unrealistic) to $45K.  The $45K is a
little high, but at least it's in my ball park.

Thoughts?

Thanks,
Bob

Too bad that Yamaha has decided to provide no upgrade path for Mark 
III owners (besides total trade in).  Everytime prior to this, they 
have done this.  I personally don't understand why we can not 
purchase a new control unit which has some of the features of the 
Mark IV.  They could use this same new control unit for their 
upright pianos.   They could be collecting our monthly Internet 
Radio fees right now :)... 


--- In disklavier@yahoogroups.com, "rwberry99" <rwberry@...> wrote:
>
> Hi All,
> 
> I've had a DC3A Mark III for a couple years now, and it's a great
> instrument.  However, it seems to be at the end-of-life as far as 
any
> enhancements go.
> 
> I stopped at the local store and inquired about trading it in for a
> MC3M4.  The first quote from the salesguy was shocking.  While he 
was
> willing to give me nearly what I paid as a trade-in (I paid $33K, 
he
> was willing to offer $30K) , his quote was nearly retail (I would 
end
> up paying another $30K + tax.)
> 
> Of course, the store has to make a profit, but I can't understand 
the
> Mark III versus Mark IV doubling the price.
> 
> I looked through the "what I paid for my DKV" database, and the 
prices
> vary from $27K (which is a little unrealistic) to $45K.  The $45K 
is a

> little high, but at least it's in my ball park.
> 
> Thoughts?
> 
> Thanks,
> Bob
>