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[orpheus2006]

I did a quick x-check comparing Motif prices in the US and Europe, and here the rate is:
1$ = 0.95€ which also does not match the official 0.75€, but much better than 1.1€.

@ 0.95€, we should see pre-order prices around 3400€-3450€ for a Kronos 88, and my hope is that the prices will drop below 3000€ for the Kronos 88 in 2012.
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[vEddY]

[orpheus2006]

I cannot really reconstruct this huge price difference.
So I tried to find some resaons:

1 - Due to the high demand in the US, the US is serverd first. The real Europe sales starts not before 2012.
2 - The Kronos will be sold a 100-thousands times in the US vs a few hundreds in Europe. That justifies the high pricing in Europe.
3 - Europe market is dominated by other genius synth manufacturers such as Access, Doepfer, Waldorf and many more. Korg doesn't see a fair chance to mix up that market.
4 - European customers pay any price because they want one.
5 - European customers don't realize the price difference at all.
6 - European customers are nagger. They deserve some punishment.
7 - European Korg distributors believe most of the above mentioned resaons are facts.

Did I miss one?
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[EvilDragon]

All your assumptions are incorrect. The difference in price has several real reasons:

1. Currency conversion sucks.
2. VAT sucks.
3. Transportation costs suck.
4. Music retailers suck.

[orpheus2006]

[ldascanio]

[orpheus2006]

[mrteclas]

It's not that bad, if you earn your salary in dollars. I get it in Pesos, about $1240 Pesos a month.
So, $3700 Dollars = $14800 Pesos / $1240 Pesos = Saving for more than a year.

There it sucks
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[orpheus2006]

That sucks (a big one), indeed.

At least you could afford a M50 which is also a nice sounding and versatile instrument (if I interpret your signature correctly)?! Remember: it's not the instrument that makes the music, it's you. You can achieve better results with your M50 than others could with a Kronos.
Cheer up, mate!
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[robinkle]

[orpheus2006]

robinkle, these are US prices. Just ignore it if you don't want to frustrate yourself. And let's hope for acceptable retail prices in Europe.
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[mrteclas]

[Goldcrest]

In regards to the price of the KRONOS in the UK - this is why I did not buy an OASYS:-

In the UK, the price of the OASYS appeared to be fixed at a high amount across ALL retailers from the start. It did not drop in price by a single GB pound during its entire product life.

Correct me if I am wrong, but there were never any special offers for a new OASYS from any UK retailer at any point in the products life.

Just to rub it in - you could look around the internet to see other places where the OASYS was cheaper or was on special offer.

As someone who is never an early adopter, I waited and waited for a deal or offer on the OASYS - but it never came.

In the end, they updated the M3 and bundled it with other options - and I bought this. (and am very happy with it).

The fact that there were offers on the M3 - and not on the OASYS led me to believe it was not the retailers that were fixing prices - but probably Korg itself).

The high price and the apparent price fixing and the fact that other places in the world could sell the OASYS cheaper - and presumably still make a profit were THE ONLY reasons I did not buy an OASYS.

This is a global marketplace now. The world can see the price of anything across the world - to see if they are getting a good deal. In these early days of the Kronos lets hope that Korg learn from the OASYS - and have a fair GLOBAL price for the Kronos from the start - and also allow retailers to discount. (Lets hope the prices quoted in the link above to that Glasgow store are just an aberration).

I am really hoping to purchase a shiny (matt?) new Kronos - at a fair price - in about a years time.

[MartinHines]

The U.S. is a bigger market for nearly all electronic products than Europe. This also holds true for keyboards (with the exception of arranger keyboards).

[robinkle]