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occult38
Joined: 19 Nov 2010
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Location: Belgium
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 Posted: Fri Nov 19, 2010 4:02 pm Post subject: Buy EMX in europe |
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Hi everyone, i'm new here and not sure my request fit in this section but i will try it this way.
Please notice also that i tried the search tool but couldn't find an answer.
Here is the thing :
I'm living in belgium and have familly in france; i'm interested in buying a EMX1SD but there is a small problem:
On the KORG USA website the price is 500USD, a price that i can afford.
On the french/belgium dealer recommended in the buying section, i can't find a EMX cheaper than 500€, wich i can't afford.
Due to the euro/USD rate of change, you will understand that i would prefer to buy it in USD, even with delivery fee it will be cheaper.
I would like to know if someone was in that situation before and if he can explain me a way to order in USA, or recommend me a european dealer wich doesn't make 130USD bonus on each sale.
Due to this situation i checked the ebay offer and other similar website to get a second hand EMX.
Despite this is now a normal thing to buy second hand things online, i'm still sceptic and i would like to know if the korg products, more specifically electribes, survive well to time, or if you wouldn't recommand a second hand.
Last things : sorry for the grammar mistakes or else, but english is not my native language and my stupid corrector is in french only.
Thanks in advance for everyone help, have a great day  |
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cello
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Location: Glasgow, UK
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Whilst you're right to be sceptical about eBay, I bought my OASYS on eBay with no issues at all 
But I just checked on ebay.co.uk and US distributers seem able/willing to ship outside US - see here http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/KORG-ELECTRIBE-EMX1D-EMX-1D-SAMPLER-BUILT-SD-SLOT-/370433382889?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item563f8cd9e9
Item is brand new and you get the price you want. However, I think the warranty will only be valid in the US so if anything goes wrong you'll need to ship it back there.
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cooptrol
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Hey, I live in Uruguay and I ordered my ESX from USA and no problem.
I went to ebay, searched for a store with the ESX which could ship to Uruguay, looked for the cheapest shipping, and asked them to put a lower price on the package to avoid customs taxes (my ESX was "U$s 80")
It arrived in a week and I ended paying U$s 500 + U$s 55 shipping + U$s 50 taxes
Impossible to get it for less than that , unless you have a friend coming from USA who can bring it to you. |
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P-E
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Joined: 18 Apr 2010
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Location: Hong Kong (european expat)
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If you import your EMX from outside Europe, you will have to pay the VAT (around 20% percent if you're in France, I don't know about Belgium) when you receive it, which may not make it THAT interesting to buy oversea....
Bonne chance quand même! |
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occult38
Joined: 19 Nov 2010
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Location: Belgium
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Okay thanks a lot for your answers and for doing it fast, i will keep these information in mind.
Have all a great day, good bye! |
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defrag
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Location: WA
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Thomann should be excellent to deal with.
http://www.thomann.de/gb/search_dir.html?xsid=e528bb9b24bfc6526383263e4a3027a5&sw=EMX1SD&gk=&bn=&x=9&y=5
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oobs
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Location: Italy
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| Posted: Mon Nov 22, 2010 8:55 am Post subject: Re: Buy EMX in europe |
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| occult38 wrote: | | On the french/belgium dealer recommended in the buying section, i can't find a EMX cheaper than 500€, wich i can't afford. |
I'd suggest to directly ask about price to your local music store, maybe even by telephone.
I did it before buying my Korg ESX and the local store people explained me that the official listed price is much higher than the actual price you're going to pay.
EMX and ESX are pretty similar even from the price point of view.
Here (Italy), I paid my ESX-1SD 590€, while the Korg official listed price was something like 8-900€. See the difference.
Note that this was for a new (SD card) ESX model, while you could get a much lower price for the "old" model (SmartMedia card). But if you're going to get an EMX, be aware that sounds and samples are different between the SmartMedia and the SD version.
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