I called AMS and yes the price has dropped to $1999.00 and I asked so what about the Buyers that paid $2499.00 just a few months ago.. He said sorry .. This is our Holiday present from A & H.
C’mon, guys…let’s be reasonable. It’s painful to have paid that much more, yes, but how long would you have had to own it for you to be comfortable with a price drop? How long after you drive out of a gas station do you no longer feel like you can drive back and ask for a refund since they dropped the price right after you filled up?
Personally, I hope they give us a $500 credit toward features that were promised and features that were asked for.
Kind of surprised several major retailers are holding their price. Savy shoppers should catch on. This news did not stir the discussion I expected it to.
I imagine that if they lowered the wholesale cost, those who purchased stock at the old price will want to sell them off first. Anyone know what the wholsale cost was, and what it is now?
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It would be interesting to know the reason behind the price drop. If it’s just to be more competitive in that market segment or some other reason. I doubt we would hear from A&H on this though.
The price went in the opposite direction for Australia – started at a retail of $3499, is now $3999… street price is generally around $2900 here (speaking as a dealer, that’s the pricing I keep seeing around the web), we always pay more than US due to market size etc, but it still hurts to watch the discussion 😉
Can’t wait for the next frame size up to launch though, it’ll make all that worthwhile!
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