Originally posted by Diki:
If you would, would you also figure out for us what the cost, roughly of making this change would be to a customer of your store, rather than an employee?
Let's say I, as a perhaps elderly arranger home player, walked into your store with a T3 under my arm (OK, I'm too old to lift it, assume a grandkid is carrying it!) and wanted to walk out with a T4... What kind of a price are you going to quote me?
And then factor that real-world figure (not the figure you are going to have to pay yourself) into whether the improvements between the two represent value for money...
Every model is ALWAYS going to be an improvement. But that improvement is going to come at a cost. When faced with paying full retail, and getting a perhaps not too generous trade in (I remind you, pretend I'm an elderly arranger player with no eBay chops and the usual willingness to pay whatever you ask 
), is the difference between the two a good decision for most of us who DON'T get gear at cost or thereabouts (and can't sell our trade-ins for top dollar)?
If that weren't a consideration, of course ANY model change is 'worth it', but factor it in and perhaps it can color your decision...Short answer......NO and I would say that before and after hearing the T4 and owning the T3..... not worth it IMO
Fran is about right.......
Rule of thumb trade in the book would be approx 20- 25% of retail depending on the Mark (ABC). and Mark it at 50% and try to get 40%. In a higher populated area they could get more because there would be a larger base of buyers. The difference would depend on how much off MAP the store is willing to go which depends on how long the stock has been there and how much.
$2200 would be an easy choice for someone already looking to spend $1750 on a 910... My boss wants me to sell mine in the store. LOL Not a chance. Too many fingers would be handling it. I will do better on Ebay at $2200 untouched by a thousand fingers. Thelast used one went for $2800 with the stand and speakers on bid.
A pawn shop would offer far less. A $4000 keyboard is not an easy sell in this market new or used because of the 9% sales tax. So we don't stock Motifs and the big Roland and Kork WS. The margins are already low. Take another 10% off and its not worth taking up the floor space and demo time. We may not even stock a Tyros 4 since we just sold the Tyros 3 we had for over a year. This is a Clavinova CVP/910 market. (although I am working on the owner to get one as they do help sell the S910s. When you see $5000 and demo a $1750 Keyboard that sounds the same.....
As you know It is never a good idea to trade musical (especially technological) gear in wholesale and buy retail. The buyer would have to come up with at least $2500-3000 plus tax to buy a Tyros 4. IMO not worth it. He can buy a Tyros 4 likely for far less than $4000 tax free from great guys like Frank, sell his Tyros 3 for $1500 and still make out better LOL... .
IN all honesty I tell my customers the Tyros is not worth 2.5x the cost of the S910 IF they don't need the physical differences and a few SA2 voices, three voice layers,a hard drive, flip up screen, VGA out, sliders,easy Mike adjustments, a couple more pedal inputs. A lot of little differences hike the cost a ton.
At the end of the day you can make some great sounding music with the 910. Now the T4 may be different because it has a larger separation between the T3 and S910 in areas one is likely to want and use.
Truthfully if I could not get mine direct and was coming in off the street to buy a Yamaha Arranger the 910 would more than suffice for me in value vs cost and my use thereof.
HOWEVER IF....I could get a USED Tyros 3 for less than $700 more than a NEW 910 there would be no contest....Tyros would go out the door with me. That's where I will be pricing mine. $500-$700 more than an S910 after tax (take out the 9% tax that brings the 910 to $1950).. and that's a phenomenal deal for any local looking for a 910. Basically $400 more and they have a pristine Tyros with a memory Upgrade!! . After a year warranties are even.
That's why I am buying the T4 before selling my T3. I will have no problems selling it for $2200 on the net or $2400 local in the store to a 910 buyer
[This message has been edited by Kingfrog (edited 10-14-2010).]
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