Price increase question
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Price increase question
When Collings recently raised their prices, dealers also raised prices for new guitars they already had in stock. It looks to me that all the dealers whose websites I check did this. Is this up to the dealers, or does Collings require dealers to do this?
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dunno...but I know every dealer I've ever talked to say Collings is one of their MOST stringent pricing vendors......
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Collings performs audits of dealer websites and requires that they comply with pricing policies.
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I just ran into this very recently. It seems they are increasing prices on stock purchased at old costs. I know some other dealers who do this with other brands as well. You should be able to negotiate from this though.
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the plan was indeed for dealers to no longer be able to give the 10% discount, even on old stock. joe caruso's email that was shared on this forum previously did indicate that the then-current prices on in-stock instruments would only be in effect til the June 1 date (i think it was). it was a "last chance" type statement in his email.
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Are they allowed to discount older guitars, after a year or so, or at some point? I can't imagine that a 3-year-old D2H still on the shelves *must* be sold for the same price as a fresher specimen.
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A few months before the price increase, I bought an 01 that had sat at the dealer’s for almost five years. I got a very good price on it, but it was sold as new old stock, minus the warranty (it was in perfect condition, no shop wear). Since it’s a Collings, I’m not too concerned about not having the warranty, but I do take issue with this idea. I can’t imagine a new car or large appliance being sold for a deep discount but without a warranty.
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Nope - that’s their new (dumb) rule. I talked to a dealer who had an 8 year-old NOS D model for sale, and the price was now exactly the same as current models. He said I could call on the phone and they’d discount it, but it had to be listed at current prices.
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I know of one Collings guitar still being offered online as NOS with a good discount minus the warranty.
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Possibly because the dealer isn’t carrying Collings anymore, so they’re not bound by these new pricing rules. I got my CJ like that.godfreydaniel wrote: ↑Sun Jul 07, 2019 10:07 pm I know of one Collings guitar still being offered online as NOS with a good discount minus the warranty.