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[RC-IA]

I wonder why the Earthquake and the yen exchange rate would affect europe and others regions and not USA?

[StephenKay]

[ozy]

well, the whole thing doesn't make any economical sense.

since the earthquake, the yen value has been falling both againt the us$ dollar and the euro and the pound

which means that both in Europe and in USA, Korg is earning more yen [their currency] now,

then it was before the earthquake.

Which means that they'd have no problem leaving BOTH prices unchanged, and still earn MORE money.

OR they could give incentives to the wholesalers.

The earthquake has probably to do with unavailable compoents (it's happening with cars). Not to mention energy, shipping disruption, etc.

The earthquake may account for the DELIVERY delay,

but IMHO has nothing to do with PRICE announcements.

[StephenKay]

[StephenKay]

[McHale]

I'd be OK if they shipped it now and billed me later....
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[michelkeijzers]

Two dutch sites:

http://www.oostendorp-muziek.nl/Korg_Kronos_61_25260.html

Dutch:
De prijs van de Korg Kronos wordt waarschijnlijk de laatste week van juni 2011 bekend gemaakt. Er is weer vertraging opgetreden door de problemen in Japan. U kunt ons een email sturen dan houden we u op de hoogte hiervan: info@oostendorp-muziek.nl. De eerste Korg Kronos wordt naar verwachting voor het eerst uitgeleverd in juli/augustus. Wij blijven nauw in contact met onze leverancier om u zoveel mogelijk up-to-date te houden.

My English translation:
The price of the Korg Kronos 61 will be revealed probably in the lsat week of June 2011. There has been another delay due to the problems in Japan. You can send us a mail for keeping you informed about this: info@oostendor-muziek.nl. The first Korg Kronos is expected to be delived in July/August. We have narrow contacts with our supplieri to have you updated as much as possible.


Another shop:
http://www.bax-shop.nl/workstation/korg-kronos-61-synthesizer-workstation/product-details.html

Expected in 11 weeks

i.e.: Same as last week(s).
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[RC-IA]

[StephenKay]

[RC-IA]

Conspiracy is an american tradition



I know you are not laughing

[jimknopf]

No conspiracy and no tragedy for customers.
It's just about buying or not buying a device.

But IMHO bad marketing towards Europeans since January anyway:
- no equal treatment of Europeans at Namm announcements
- no quality videos from otherwise fine Musikmesse demo shows
- no price announcements until end of June (!!!)
- no delivery dates, not even corrected estimated ones

In big German musician forums there's meanwhile more talk and hype around the JP80 than around the Kronos. Was that the intention?

All in all:
- big strategy (making exactly which sense???)?
- weird?
- amateurish?

Whatever: nothing essential, but not making much sense either from my view. And my first growing bad Korg experience as potential customer, after very good experiences with the presence of Dan and Rich in here.

[Bertotti]

You guys won't be so upset once they come and tell us they are raising our prices 1500 or so because of the economy and disasters and oil and well everything.

[Pepperpotty]

Remember, "Prepare to be amazed". Well I've been prepared for 3 months now! All the speculating over what the "9" on the Korg site meant. Here's me thinking it stood for the 9 synth engines when all along it stood for 9 months until release. Since it was first posted in January, that means the Kronos should be released in October! Amazing!

[nowtime]

[robinkle]