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JoeyL · Posted: Tue Jun 20, 2017 12:57 am Post subject: K2 88 for church: Best Deals?

My church wants to buy their first keyboard. Anybody know of any great deals in the US. It must be new and a Kronos2 88. thanks

19naia · Platinum Member Joined: 29 Nov 2012 Posts: 1216

For Brand new gear and customer support such as with returns and warranty issues, it is hard to beat any of the main dealers like Guitar Centre with guaranties such as meeting or beating any price you show them from another dealer offering it cheaper.
Kraftmusic.com and Sweetwater.com are also major dealers with best prices on new items with full factory warranty. Musician's friend is another online dealer to check out.

They may not have the best price absolutely, but why i rather go to guitar center is that they have a store location in every major city, match prices with other major dealers nation wide, and are available for exchanges within a certain period if the item is not all together, like broken during shipment or needing warranty work.
$3699 is still what i see on their web sites but they bundle in Cheap accesories if you ask about bundle deals. The cheap sustain pedals i got bundled in, were useful but a misdirection from what Kronos really had in it if i had the right pedal to tap into it. Shallow sustain and short life span from the cheap pedals. Will be buying better pedals when i get back to my Kronos.

I read comments before about Kronos 2 prices showing lower than $3000 but not sure the details of the Kronos being sold. Used? Demo model? Slight scratch and stains?
Like i said, i like places that have a physical location, competitive pricing and liberal return policy. So Guitar center it is for me on big important pieces like an 88 key digital keyboard or workstations. I got a Yamaha digital piano there once at a discount and it came out of the box with more than an octave of keys flopping out of place. Took it back the next day after fixing what keys i could and got full exchange value for it towards whatever replacement i wanted. So i stopped fooling around and got Kronos 2.
I could have found cheaper else where but not a better deal in terms of all factors involved in a deal.
It is a gamble to find that rare one time deal of a hardly used perfect condition Kronos that is being sold off for cheap because the owner had a major turn in life.
with the way churches are, anything is possible Shocked

4GodnWV · Posted: Tue Jun 20, 2017 2:33 am Post subject:

I bought mine through "Sweetwater Sound" - emailed founder and CEO Chuck Surack personally and he helped our church get a great package and a great deal. Really wonderful people. Highly recommend them.

GregC · Posted: Tue Jun 20, 2017 2:50 am Post subject:

JoeyL · Posted: Tue Jun 20, 2017 2:59 am Post subject:

I got mine from musicians friend for I think it was 3000 but that was nearly 6 years ago. I know pro audiostar has them for around that but it seems when its time to buy nobody has a sale going. I have bought a lot of stuff from sweetwater I guess I could call them. The nearest Guitar Center is 2.5 hours away. Thanks but I thought maybe someone knew of a sale going on somewhere.

Bertotti · Posted: Tue Jun 20, 2017 3:00 am Post subject:

GC its good and I have also gotten good deals from ZZounds and Sweetwater.

GregC · Posted: Tue Jun 20, 2017 3:23 am Post subject:

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Snoggin · Joined: 28 May 2017 Posts: 3

I just got a Kronos 2 88 brand new for $2600! I think the guy that made the offer got in trouble about it because he screwed up but they honored it.

Think I got pretty lucky
Not sure I should mention the dealer

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GregC · Posted: Tue Jun 20, 2017 5:09 pm Post subject:

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GregC · Posted: Tue Jun 20, 2017 5:23 pm Post subject:

Snoggin · Joined: 28 May 2017 Posts: 3

Yes shipped to ca from ny

That's a clue lol. Pas.