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studebach
Total Posts: 56
Joined 10-01-2002 status: Experienced |
Greetings, Long time viewer, first time poster...I think. I own the original Motif-the classic and in about 6 months or so, I will be in the market for the XF8. I don’t need the super-duper lastest and greatest. I assume, some will tell me to wait for the next one. Anyways, I have a friend who purchases a lot of Yamaha equipment non-musical instrument stuff) for business and when I have enough money, he was advised he could get a Yamaha Motif XF8 “at cost minus 10%” Unfortunately, he doesn’t want to call and have them do the work to set the order up until I have money in hand. On the other hand, I don’t know how much money I need on hand. I’ve done some basic figures based on 20-40% markup and came up with what would possibly amount to $2400 - 2800 for the “at cost minus 10%” price. Does that sound about right to anyone else out there? And what would you think I could get for a Motif 8 Classic in excellent condition? I have the Voice and Analog boards in it and the max RAM. Thanks for any assistance and I apologize if this type of question should not go here. -Stu |
dsetto
Total Posts: 434
Joined 01-24-2014 status: Enthusiast |
I don’t know. But I’ll bump with hopes that someone who does will see. |
stoneb3
Total Posts: 851
Joined 06-05-2011 status: Guru |
Hi Stu,
Stone |
DavePolich
Total Posts: 6820
Joined 07-27-2002 status: Guru |
He obviously meant “cost PLUS 10%”. No one can get something at “cost MINUS 10%”.
Cost + 10% is a typical discount for employees of a music store. Or artists who negotiate directly with the company for an “artist discount”. But let’s get another thing straight...it isn’t
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stoneb3
Total Posts: 851
Joined 06-05-2011 status: Guru |
Depends on which definition of cost you use. I gather the latter as there was no suggestion of artist representation. It’s not uncommon to further discount a service or product when cutting deals. Perhaps the seller owes the buyer. Who knows? The best I could do was go with the information provided, which I did. This was also noted in my post. Stone |
studebach
Total Posts: 56
Joined 10-01-2002 status: Experienced |
Thanks for your reply Stone. I was guessing about that much for selling my classic. I wasn’t expecting anything above $1000 for the Classic. I guess I probably oughtta see if I can piecemeal the boards.
Thanks, Stone, for your helpful input. Colin |
stoneb3
Total Posts: 851
Joined 06-05-2011 status: Guru |
You’re welcome Colin.
Stone |
studebach
Total Posts: 56
Joined 10-01-2002 status: Experienced |
Just as a note of clarification on this, I ended up getting the board for about $2280 back in February and that’s including the Fully Loaded Anniversary deal. I don’t know if that was MINUS 10% or PLUS 10%. I just know I was shocked and now am so happy to have a new toy to play with. Thanks all who replied. It helped me get a decent idea of how much I needed to save. Now I just need to be glued to these forums for a while, while I learn all the ins and outs of the board. Thanks! |