blubliss Posted March 24, 2011 Report Posted March 24, 2011 Thanks Andy. I will call Jack Wu and Todd and see if they would be interested in matching or beating those prices. Todd doesn't advertise Stax any more, so I am not sure of his status with them. I will post something up. Great Al, the place i am trying to get 15% from is needle doctor.
monsieurguzel Posted March 24, 2011 Report Posted March 24, 2011 Thanks for all your hard work Blubliss...4750 does seem more reasonable that 5250 from Jack Woo at the moment...plus it helps that it is from a U.S. distributor in case of defects (not that is means much considering Yama's inc is useless). I'm curious how much lower we could get them as a group buy from a Japanese distributor...
Asr Posted March 24, 2011 Report Posted March 24, 2011 It turns out I lack sufficient funds at the moment to be in on a group buy, ah well. Well unless I decide to sell my BHSE (or potentially a few other items) before the order-in, not sure how likely that is though.
screaming oranges Posted March 24, 2011 Report Posted March 24, 2011 Hopefully this plays out well. Thanks to all those trying to make this happen!
monsieurguzel Posted March 24, 2011 Report Posted March 24, 2011 I'm trying to get in touch with PriceJapan to see what their price will be and if they are willing to have a group buy of sorts. They are a good reseller who has quite reasonable prices for all their other Stax products.
justin Posted March 25, 2011 Report Posted March 25, 2011 i would GUESS that dealer price is around 3700, in the U.S. but that guess comes from old information
monsieurguzel Posted March 25, 2011 Report Posted March 25, 2011 No luck with PriceJapan...here's what they wrote: "Thanks for inquiry. Because our fee is too thin, we are keeping ONE PRICE policy for any customer. NO discount request will be accepted, sorry. We have not been notifified about SR-009 price. We will list SR-009 when we get its dealer price. Kaneda www.pricejapan.com"
jgazal Posted March 25, 2011 Report Posted March 25, 2011 EIFL is located in Fukushima, Japan. Are they operating?
aardvark baguette Posted March 25, 2011 Report Posted March 25, 2011 http://www.audiocubes2.com/brand/Stax/product/Stax_SR-009_Electrostatic_Earspeakers.html Price: $4,999.99
blubliss Posted March 25, 2011 Report Posted March 25, 2011 I called them today and they didn't even know about the phones yet.
Wmcmanus Posted March 25, 2011 Report Posted March 25, 2011 I'd be interested in participating in the group buy, at whatever is considered the best deal, once all of that is settled. Thanks for doing the legwork, guys.
justin Posted March 25, 2011 Report Posted March 25, 2011 i would GUESS that dealer price is around 3700, in the U.S. but that guess comes from old information ok, i think the exchange rate was about 20% different at that time. so, that could be a factor -- either in higher U.S. MSRPs, or smaller dealer margins
deepak Posted March 25, 2011 Report Posted March 25, 2011 I called them today and they didn't even know about the phones yet. lol so typical of AudioCubes
blubliss Posted March 25, 2011 Report Posted March 25, 2011 Yeah, I am thinking a group buy from them is a no go, didn't feel real comfortable after speaking with them and this is a lot of money.
Deadneddz Posted March 25, 2011 Report Posted March 25, 2011 Sorry I can't go in on the group buy for this right now, good luck Milos/Andy on your guy's search. And Elephas, if you happen to read this.....where are you?
Voltron Posted March 25, 2011 Report Posted March 25, 2011 Todd is willing to work on the group buy but he is not going to be able to work out the details and figure what he can do for another 7-10 days. That may be too long for people, so let me know. How many people do we have who are actually going to do this?
n3rdling Posted March 25, 2011 Report Posted March 25, 2011 n3rdling, blubliss, voltron, screaming oranges, monsieurguzel, wmcmanus, and EphemeralHope (a local over here) by my count.
blubliss Posted March 25, 2011 Report Posted March 25, 2011 I think it would be good to wait if he can give us close to 15% off retail. Did he give any indication Al?
Voltron Posted March 25, 2011 Report Posted March 25, 2011 No indication so far, but I will tell him 7 is our minimum.
blubliss Posted March 25, 2011 Report Posted March 25, 2011 (edited) I am still waiting for NeedleDoctor to respond too, but it would be nice to give the business to Todd. I wonder if waiting we miss out on the first shipment, which may be a consideration? I am inclined to wait a bit since our only offer is $4725 from Elusive Disc. What do others think? Edited March 25, 2011 by blubliss
Torpedo Posted March 25, 2011 Report Posted March 25, 2011 Todd is willing to work on the group buy but he is not going to be able to work out the details and figure what he can do for another 7-10 days. That may be too long for people, so let me know. How many people do we have who are actually going to do this? I can wait if the price is really interesting. As a matter of fact I will wait nonetheless
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