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sodapop · Joined: 15 Mar 2011 Posts: 22 Location: seattle

Best pre-order price for Kronos 73 ?

sodapop · Joined: 15 Mar 2011 Posts: 22 Location: seattle

Nobody got a better price than $3300 from nova musik for the 73 ?

Chriskk · Senior Member Joined: 10 May 2011 Posts: 349

Wait till MF offers a 15% or $500 discount. Have them match the Nova price and get a discount.

ChrisP · Posted: Wed Jun 08, 2011 6:54 pm Post subject:

In India it costs a little over INR 200,000 (K-73) which works around USD 4,400 (inclusive of customs duty)

sodapop · Joined: 15 Mar 2011 Posts: 22 Location: seattle

I'm going to hold my breath until I hear a fantastic price for the 73 !

sodapop · Joined: 15 Mar 2011 Posts: 22 Location: seattle

What prices are people paying for their kronos 73 key ?

MartinHines · Posted: Sat Jun 11, 2011 2:09 am Post subject:

Most dealers will be selling at MAP (Minimum Advertised Pricing) which is the price you see on Internet retailer websites.

The only discount I am aware of is NovaMusik.com was/is? offering a "pre-order" discount. If you call or email them they will sell a Kronos for $200 off the MAP price.

http://www.novamusik.com/search.aspx?type=Model&keyword=10923&mid=406&lbs=50

The MAP for the Kronos 73 is $ 3,499 so Nova Musik is offering $3299.

The ways I know of getting a discount are:
1) Be a frequent customer of a specific store so they will give you a discount

2) Call all the Internet Korg Authorized retailers you can find (there is Dealer Locator on the Korg USA website) and ask them for their best price for a "brand new, never used, not a demo"

3) Wait for a major retailer to have a sale, e.g. Guitar Center sometimes has 10% or 15% off sales

4) Wait six months (so dealers will have available inventory) then call around for your best deal.

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sodapop · Joined: 15 Mar 2011 Posts: 22 Location: seattle

Thank,s for the info PinkFloydDudi . My pre-order for $3299 at Nova Musik is the best I have been able to find so far . Every store I talk to fiddles around and finally says we will match it , are you ready to change your order to us ? I,m like what's the point of that. $3000 or less would be great but I don't know who would give me that price let alone better than what I,m getting now. Waiting for after it,s release for a better deal seems like it would be a long time as in the past with hot new synths the prices can take a long time to come down. I sold my mint V-Synth , Virus Indigo 2 and a Micro Wave XT to get the funds for the K and a good deal is something I deserve but may not find. Not much time left before pre-sale advantage goes away. Oh the humanities !

videorov · Full Member Joined: 20 Jan 2011 Posts: 142

Ive been buying alot of equipment from local GC thousands so maybe
I can twist their thumb for a good deal too.
I would like to play one of those PA3X for the heck of it too.
I found a real good demo of the Kronos that showed some intresting
things on the STR-1 synth and the X-Y control.
This guy has four videos that show all 9 synths.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=krjUzLI4a_8&feature=mfu_in_order&list=UL

PinkFloydDudi · Guest

One piece of advice I would give to folks looking for the best price is to find a place that has the lowest price, and then use them for everything you need. I got my price because I'm very loyal to these guys, support them by putting their bumper stickers on some cases which are on stage when I play, etc...

If you are in a position where you play in a band or even solo in front of a good amount of people on a regular basis, there is no reason why you can't ask for a type of "sponsorship" deal with people. That is not to say that you can ask for cash each month for wearing their t-shirt...but you can for example say you will display their logo on your band website in exchange for a % discount on items.

For example my drummer always gets free sticks and drum heads whenever he wants. I get discounts on keyboards and priority when they order things I want. Sax player gets free reeds and sax tuneups, etc...

With that being said though - your chances of getting these deals are MUCH higher if you deal with a local store. Guitar Center and places like that get these requests all the time. Unless you have something special about you or your band (like you headling in front of 10,000 people every weekend), chances are they won't blink an eye at you.

But local stores will be much more likely to give you these small perks in exchange for some simple advertising benefits for them in return.