ACDCRB25 Posted March 2, 2006 Share Posted March 2, 2006 I'm looking into buying a pair of RF35's from my local Klipsch Dealer (Aurora Tv&Video), as you all know they are NOW discountinued. The models I'm looking into purchasing are store displays so theres some wear and tear on them (little chips in the woodgrain MDF at the bottom of the towers and a few little nicks down there as well, mostly the corners. The guy wants to sell them to me for 895 CAD WITHOUT taxes, what price do you think I should try to get them to sell me em' for? $600.xx? (due too discontinuation and damage on the store display models... he has no more in stock). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wuzzzer Posted March 2, 2006 Share Posted March 2, 2006 What does that equal in US dollars? There are 3 new-in-box RF-35 pairs on eBay right now anywhere from $736 - $800 including shipping. I'd say knock an easy 25% off for being floor models. They could have had them set up since they came out in 2003! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steamer Posted March 2, 2006 Share Posted March 2, 2006 What is MSRP on those? Greg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ACDCRB25 Posted March 2, 2006 Author Share Posted March 2, 2006 Apparantly he was trying too sell them for 1700 for a pair at first (He asks are you from Brandon..) I respond yes, cause I am. Then he tells me the price is 1200, after that i showed him the fact that they are now dicontinued.. he said he'd give me a special price (895 without taxes). Other pictures: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v187/Syph_r4dic/scuff1.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v187/Syph_r4dic/scuff2.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v187/Syph_r4dic/scuff3.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v187/Syph_r4dic/scuff4.jpg Ebay listing price conversion 793.28 USDUnited States Dollars = 898.041 CAD Canada Dollars 1 USD = 1.13206 CAD 1 CAD = 0.883345 USD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
efzauner Posted March 2, 2006 Share Posted March 2, 2006 If msrp is really CDN$1700, then 895 is an ok price, see if you can go lower- Try $800! ... Has he got new replacements in yet? Does he need room for something new? try to judge how badly he wants to get them out. Visit him early in the week when sales are slow... As for CND vs US pricing, I have noticed that Canadians are getting a raw deal on alot of electronics. The higher Canadian prices where justified when we had a 65 cent dollar, but now with the canadian dollar at close to 87 cents US, I have not seen much of a corresponding price decrease on specialy items. On highly competitive stuff like DVD players, sure, but not on alot of other stuff. Too Bad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ACDCRB25 Posted March 2, 2006 Author Share Posted March 2, 2006 If msrp is really CDN$1700, then 895 is an ok price, see if you can go lower- Try $800! ... Has he got new replacements in yet? Does he need room for something new? try to judge how badly he wants to get them out. Visit him early in the week when sales are slow... As for CND vs US pricing, I have noticed that Canadians are getting a raw deal on alot of electronics. The higher Canadian prices where justified when we had a 65 cent dollar, but now with the canadian dollar at close to 87 cents US, I have not seen much of a corresponding price decrease on specialy items. On highly competitive stuff like DVD players, sure, but not on alot of other stuff. Too Bad. I'll take that into consideration, whats the MSRP from other stores does anyone know? Hey Klipsch.com guys what are your thoughts on this... I really want these speakers but if there overpriced i'm not gettin em. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
www.records Posted March 2, 2006 Share Posted March 2, 2006 My local dealer quoted me $650 (U.S.) for an umblemished pair of demo RF-35's a couple of weeks ago. So apparently your dealer still has some room to work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ancientdude Posted March 3, 2006 Share Posted March 3, 2006 MSRP for these in Canada is 1500 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ancientdude Posted March 3, 2006 Share Posted March 3, 2006 To figure out MSRP for Klipsch in Canada, this works well: Sad but true: x1.5ex. RC-7 = 800USD = 1200cdRF-35 = 1000usd = 1500cdHow sad is that HELLO!? AS SOMEONE POSTED ABOVE< OUR DOLLAR IS MUCH BETTER NOW, GET A GRIP CANADIAN DEALERS! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ACDCRB25 Posted March 4, 2006 Author Share Posted March 4, 2006 Talked too the dealer he won't budge in the price. Can anyoen else do me a favor and head down too the local Klipsch dealer and see what he/she sells the 35's for? Klipsch dealers please enlighten me on the present discontinued MSRP for the RF35's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mildodiferousfunk Posted March 6, 2006 Share Posted March 6, 2006 I just purchased mine from a local authorized dealer for $850 USD (including tax) new in box. Last week, I purchased another pair NIB from e-bay (from a wholesaler) for $750 including shipping. I have found you can get a decent deal from authorized dealers now, since they are brining in the RF-82's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ACDCRB25 Posted March 7, 2006 Author Share Posted March 7, 2006 That is my expectation too but when its 895 CAD for Damagaed floor/show demo models... its kinda high. ANd considering another dealer in my province (2 hours away) sell brand new ones for 100 bucks less something has gotta change. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
efzauner Posted March 9, 2006 Share Posted March 9, 2006 It is not necessarily the dealers fault. Speakers generally have 50% markup ( one of the few items along with accessories that actually make money- if a store sold every piece of electronics at full MSRP, they would not make enough profit to survive...but that is another story). You can probably blame Klipsch for keeping the price high. Borders do still exist as a barrier to trade and information. Only in highly competitive commodity markets, like DVD players, TVs, etc will Canadian prices be close to US x exchange rate. The reverse happened a few years ago with cars, because of the high exchange rate, it was cheaper to buy a car in Canada and ship it to the US. There was a huge gray market of new Silverados going south! With electronics having new models every year, you can juggle prices more often, but most retailers do not like huge price decreases. Why would a store want to cut the price on a set of speakers? It just cuts into their profit and you will have lots of customer comming back to complain and get rebates! Cutting the price by 20% will not increase their sales by 20%. The marketing term for this is elasticity of demand. The demand for speakers is inelastic: Cutting prices will not increase sales enough to compensate. I dont like it either, but it is reality. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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