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Originally posted by Diki:
Is a dealer verbal 'quote', over the phone (or privately, over the internet), for a product not yet in stock legally binding?

If not, I would be leery about whether a price quote like this actually becoming reality at the end of the day...

Look, guys, it just doesn't make sense... The MSRP and the MAP have BOTH gone up from the T2, yet here is just ONE dealer managing to quote a price LESS than the T2 sold for (while all the other dealers have gone up in price). Dealer cost hasn't gone down, you can be assured (look at the exchange rates, for Pete's sake!)...

Just remember... if it looks too good to be true, it probably isn't.


The Tyros 3 quote was definitely over dealer cost so the chance of the dealer selling it for that price is plausible. When the Tyros 2 was introduced dealer cost was lower than that of the Tyros 3 but most dealers weren't discounting it and why I'm not sure. Its easy to get a great deal if you know where to look.

I do know that if the dealer lists a lower than MAP price on a web site or in a sales flyer Yamaha would be all over the dealer and threaten to pull the line from them. Most manufacturers have a MAP price and when a dealer advertises a lower price it immediately draws attention to them.

I'm sure Alto Music will have a Yamaha rep contact them after seeing the quote that was given. Granted the quote was a personal quote from an e-mail and should not have been posted on the net, but Yamaha doesn't care. Their interest is to protect their MAP price and make sure dealers sell at a specific price.