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FYI guys. Guitar center is running A 15% off sale (max $500) until July 4. You still end up paying tax in most places, but you still end up getting a nice savings. I have the Kronos 88 to my door at $3600.

Please let us know how you get on with it...

And if you'd like to do a little more finagling, you can price match that price someplace else where they won't charge you sales tax (though you're still legally supposed to pay it).

Sweetwater won't price match GCs price on the Kronos if you are looking to get $3300 out the door. If you can get $3300 out the door anywhere, grab it while you can.

They are selling fast... Here is a direct quote from one of the mail order companies that is selling a boat load of these keyboards (Kronos 88 included):

I guess about a month ago we did get a large shipment of the Kronos,' but as they were all pre-ordered, they weren't here for long.

I cannot guarantee that we will have them available until September. We are currently 90 deep on pre-orders.

Trying to be an Optimist: Maybe these boards "are" game-changers? One can only hope.

Musicians Friend has the same sale going on right now.

The guy I deal with might be behind the curve in getting the 88/73 but his prices are much better then MF, GC, SW, etc.

Yeah. You seem to get ridiculously low prices. You probably rarely lose out on resale. I always take a bath on my keyboards. I need to learn a little patience and get in touch with your guy.

I'm think it might be an excluded item. It says restricted item and if you go online and try the code it says $0.00 discount for the Kronos.

Most places won't match the $3300, but will get you to the door around $3600.

You have to call but id bet they would. Im sure its on GC's excluded list too because Korg wont allow them to advertise it

It's not on GCs excluded list. If you go to their website you can put it in your cart and apply the discount code. Thus far, nobody on the Korg forum has been able to get any of the online retailers to go down to $3300 to the door. Most of them will do around $3600 to the door.

Actually, they are on the GC excluded list for in store and online

http://www.guitarcenter.com/GC-Coupon-Details-g25685t0.gc

Guitar Center, Musicians Friend and Music123 are all the same company.

Yes, but On the GC website you can place your order and apply the discount and it works. On the MF website it doesn't. When you call or go into GC they will honor the discount. When you call in, MF won't give you $3,300. I'm not sure why, but this is definitely what is going on. I got mine from GC. Several people have tried MF and they wont do it at $3300 out the door. Doesn't really make sense to me since GC isn't keeping the tax anyway.

As I followed the GC link, a pop up came out advising that NOW they ship to Italy! It sounds very interesting. Flat rate shipping looks very low.

It's an oversight on their Website. Korg doesn't want it to be discounted which is why they (and any other company) is on that list. If you can show them that the GC website will sell it for 3300 then they should price match. The other thing I've noticed (from buying guitars and equipment) is that Music123 is much more likely to price match. They even have a 110% price match guarantee, so if you can have them go add it to their cart for $500 off, they should sell it to you for $550 off.

Here's the music123 price match

http://www.music123.com/staticPages/beatAnyPrice.jsp

My suggestion is to call them instead of using their form. There have been a lot of people who used the form and they'd wait until a sale like this expired and then respond back that their price was the same. If you call and tell them where you can get it for 3300, they'll Either have to match it or come up with a reason why they're going to break their policy.

I'm already set, but many people on the Korg forum have tried this and they aren't matching at $3300 at MF. They will only get near $3600.

Hi Hideki,
I was just wondering if you got a chance to have a good play of the Kronos pianos? I am dying to hear what you make of them and how they stack up against the competition...
Peace,
N

Arrives today. Will report back.