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DaveBoulden · Posted: Fri Mar 11, 2011 5:55 pm Post subject: First posted UK prices?

I do hope these guys have simply made a bad guess at the UK price:

http://www.google.co.uk/search?sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF-8&rlz=1T4GPMG_enGB360GB360&q=korg+kronos#q=korg+kronos&hl=en&rlz=1T4GPMG_enGB360GB360&prmd=ivns&source=lnms&tbs=shop:1&ei=0Fp6TZyANMLNhAf_otTrBg&sa=X&oi=mode_link&ct=mode&cd=5&ved=0CBwQ_AUoBA&fp=50407b3c749a9b02

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cello · Posted: Fri Mar 11, 2011 6:07 pm Post subject:

Nope - sounds about right to me... You just have to look at Tyros 4 prices to get a benchmark.

K is better (in my view) so K should be more... but the K-61 at £2,995 (if correct) is cheaper than my local store price for T4-61 (£3,217).

So - a bargain!
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DaveBoulden · Posted: Fri Mar 11, 2011 6:36 pm Post subject:

Sorry, but that's not a valid comparison. The T4-61 is $4999 in the US, so at current exchange rates that is £3122, so a retail price of £3217 is really damned good at only 3% more than the US price!

The US price for the K-61 is $2999 which is around £1875. A UK price of £2999 for a K-61 equates to $4800. That's an increase of 60%.

I know which pricing policy I prefer!

cello · Posted: Fri Mar 11, 2011 6:50 pm Post subject:

LOL - when you describe it that way I see your point; hadn't considered the relative US prices!

In which case (relative to US pricing) the K should be lower than that site suggests.
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DaveBoulden · Posted: Fri Mar 11, 2011 6:57 pm Post subject:

I'm certainly hoping so... I suspect that particular shop is still vainly clinging to the outdated notion that 1$=1£ Wink

dokido · Full Member Joined: 19 Jan 2011 Posts: 114

well have to wait for frankfurt prices I think
this is not cool
Im glad I havent sold my m3 yet
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ScoobyDoo555 · Posted: Fri Mar 11, 2011 9:34 pm Post subject:

My calculations (albeit VERY rough and I did them a few weeks ago, so can't remember what I did!) got the price starting at about £2500 for the 61-note, raising for around £3K for the 73 and possibly £3.7k for the 88.....

I'm looking at the 61 myself.....
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DaveBoulden · Posted: Fri Mar 11, 2011 9:52 pm Post subject:

If they can be sold in the US for $2999, then there's no real reason it shouldn't be possible to sell them for the equivalent over here plus the local VAT/Sales tax which should be nearer £2250 for the 61, £2650 for the 73 and £2850 for the 88 in the UK.

ScoobyDoo555 · Posted: Sat Mar 12, 2011 12:42 am Post subject:

Certainly hope you're right!! Very Happy

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TSUNAMI · Posted: Sat Mar 12, 2011 11:27 am Post subject:

My dealer in the UK is telling me £2800 for the 61 and £3500 for the 88 ...
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ix studio · Joined: 27 Feb 2009 Posts: 41

i wouldnt be surprised if that isnt about right.Uk taxation / retailer / shareholders margins MUST be met - its all very well wanting a fair price and around the us price but that wont happen , this is the uk.Land of the # inflated '

DaveBoulden · Posted: Mon Mar 14, 2011 12:53 pm Post subject:

But is there any valid reason for charging UK residents more "just because they can"? I know the reality, but the facts are the only differential for imported goods sold in the US or the UK should be local sales tax and duty... other than that, all costs should be more-or-less the same as each territory has had to ship and import them from Japan.

Bertotti · Posted: Mon Mar 14, 2011 12:57 pm Post subject:

DaveBoulden that is a great question one that every individual in the UK should be asking themselves and their officials. Some people over here raise a holy stink if something unfair is going on, heck over here we got nuts that raise hell if it doesn't suit their agenda! Well we just have to many nuts, and I don't mean the family jewel type!

RKfan

I have been on the market for a new synth/workstation since the beginning of the year and was just about to purchase a DSI Prophet 08 when Korg announced the Kronos.

And now I have a problem... do I go for a great analogue machine or get my hands on this beast (I would be really happy with most of the 9 synth engines especially AL-1, Mod-7, MS20). There is only one thing that is confusing me and that is all the speculation over the price.

Most people on this forum (appologies in advance if I am mistaken) appear to be passively waiting to see what Korg in Europe/UK will announce. Sorry, but aren't we the customers? Can't we suggest to Korg what we are prepared to pay rather then speculate?

I have been comparing the prices of most top workstations (and other neat synths - the Origin keyboard is £2,499 in UK and $2,999 in the US) in the US and the UK and notice that the rough price premium charged between the US (Sweetwater) and the UK (Digital Village) is about 40%-45%. So we could speculate that approx RRPs for the Kronos will be around £2,600 for the 61 keys, £3,000 for the 73 and £3,300 for the 88 key model (assumes 42% UK standard synth rip-off - sorry differential and using today's $ to £ exchange rate).

But is this too much - how much would you be prepared to pay?

Personally I would like to see a reduction in these prices by about 10% before I would beleive that the game really has changed.

dokido · Full Member Joined: 19 Jan 2011 Posts: 114

there is already eu price speculation threads in this forum
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