wotnwhy Posted February 6, 2009 Share Posted February 6, 2009 as i'm sure a few of you are aware, absolute music were doing the LH500 for £185 a short while ago. the normal retail being £249. just went onto the site today to show a friend who may have been interested and i gotta say i was pretty shocked by what i saw: Absolute price - £345. Retail - £396 thats a £150 hike on the retail. what gives? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RayFW Posted February 6, 2009 Share Posted February 6, 2009 [quote name='wotnwhy' post='402158' date='Feb 6 2009, 04:42 PM']as i'm sure a few of you are aware, absolute music were doing the LH500 for £185 a short while ago. the normal retail being £249. just went onto the site today to show a friend who may have been interested and i gotta say i was pretty shocked by what i saw: Absolute price - £345. Retail - £396 thats a £150 hike on the retail. what gives? [/quote] Shurely shome mishtake? I know the pound is struggling at the moment but that is ridiculous. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tinman Posted February 6, 2009 Share Posted February 6, 2009 Unfortunately the exchange rate is the exact cause. My mate that owns a music shop was told that this would happen by the Hartke rep at the time. He also says that it's happening to all the U.S sourced stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexclaber Posted February 6, 2009 Share Posted February 6, 2009 Yep, we've moved from ~2 USD/GBP to ~1.5 USD/GBP. Some companies may have hedged so price rises won't have to happen until their hedges expire but I'd anticipate all US sourced goods to rise in price by ~30% unless GBP recovers relatively soon (unlikely IMO based on how much it was overvalued in recent years). That is likely to also affect all Far-Eastern manuafactured items (China works on USD whilst JPY is at a record high against GBP). The Euro has had two large shifts in value vs Sterling so we've already seen one wave of price hikes on Markbass et al, more to come I suspect. On the positive side, bass gear is still fantastic value compared to ten or twenty years ago. Alex Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Musky Posted February 6, 2009 Share Posted February 6, 2009 Yeah, I noticed that earlier today. A bit of searching reveals they still seem to be available for £250, though you might have to be quick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bassmansky Posted February 6, 2009 Share Posted February 6, 2009 i posted on another thread that fenders prices have gone up a hell of a lot!theres still some old stock at lower prices but its harder to find now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bass_ferret Posted February 6, 2009 Share Posted February 6, 2009 And of course retailers would never dream of selling stock they bought at the old prices for the new prices Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnylager Posted February 6, 2009 Share Posted February 6, 2009 (edited) Cripes, the LH-1000 I bought form Coda for £319 only 7 weels ago is now £599. For the first time in my life, I came out on top. [url="http://www.whatmusiciansneed.co.uk/acatalog/Bass_Guitar_Amps___Cabs.html"]Academy of Sound[/url] still have them for £365 is anyone's interested... Edited February 6, 2009 by johnnylager Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Machines Posted February 6, 2009 Share Posted February 6, 2009 Ouch ! Not such a good bargain anymore. Sounds like anyone who has one already could make a profit on selling them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buzz Posted February 6, 2009 Share Posted February 6, 2009 Pisssssss, missed out on that one. Tempted by the 500 still on GAK for £250...but it's a lot of money to pay and I've got mega bills for housing...Euugh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deksawyer Posted February 7, 2009 Share Posted February 7, 2009 Korg have taken the distribution over from Sound Tech, so could be a factor... D. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platypus Posted February 7, 2009 Share Posted February 7, 2009 [quote name='deksawyer' post='402674' date='Feb 7 2009, 10:43 AM']Korg have taken the distribution over from Sound Tech, so could be a factor... D.[/quote] Could be something in that korg seem to be jacking up there prices of late. The junior Platypus has been trying to get the money together for a Microkorg Synth thingy. They were available for about £250 until very recently, now nobody is selling them for less that £330 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merton Posted February 7, 2009 Share Posted February 7, 2009 [quote name='johnnylager' post='402316' date='Feb 6 2009, 07:48 PM']For the first time in my life, I came out on top.[/quote] Same here, precisely why I bought mine when I did, and boy am I glad I did Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwi Posted February 7, 2009 Share Posted February 7, 2009 looking at forums like this possibly gives them an idea of demand and market reaction. their websites would be able to tell them where links were clicked. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wotnwhy Posted February 7, 2009 Author Share Posted February 7, 2009 (edited) [quote name='Crazykiwi' post='402869' date='Feb 7 2009, 03:52 PM']looking at forums like this possibly gives them an idea of demand and market reaction. their websites would be able to tell them where links were clicked.[/quote] yeah, my first thought when i saw it was that they've probably seen the thread on this site and realised they could be selling it for a lot more.. ha ha! and +1 johnnylager, i think ive finally got something that makes up for selling my akai deep impact for £75 Edited February 7, 2009 by wotnwhy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Musky Posted February 9, 2009 Share Posted February 9, 2009 Academy of Sound had a new LH1000 on ebay which ended last night - 99p start. It sold for just £250 (which seems to have been the top bid by two people). You might have thought if there was really the demand for these it might have gone for a bit more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoppo75 Posted February 9, 2009 Share Posted February 9, 2009 Just found this one folks - still around cheap enough [url="http://www.e-av.co.uk/info.php?id=10095"]http://www.e-av.co.uk/info.php?id=10095[/url] No idea what they're like, but only charging £10 for shipping in UK....can't be bad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stingrayfan Posted March 24, 2009 Share Posted March 24, 2009 Anyone seen an LH500 under £300 please? Need a replacement after my Trace went bang! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peted Posted March 25, 2009 Share Posted March 25, 2009 (edited) When I looked on [url="http://www.thebassmerchant.com"]http://www.thebassmerchant.com[/url] yesterday they still had the LH500 priced at £225 IIRC. EDIT: I obviously don't remember correctly! As GreeneKing correctly points out, they are actually [b]£329[/b] at the Bass Merchant. My bad. Edited March 25, 2009 by peted Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreeneKing Posted March 25, 2009 Share Posted March 25, 2009 Odd, £329 now reduced from £399 Mine was £185 and I'm chuffed. I don't use it either as it's my back up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clockworkwar Posted March 25, 2009 Share Posted March 25, 2009 The largest rip off is the Rickenbackers, they went from £1000 to £1600 now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreeneKing Posted March 25, 2009 Share Posted March 25, 2009 The Ric MRRP hasn't been as low as £1k for many years, nearer £1.3. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Musky Posted March 25, 2009 Share Posted March 25, 2009 [quote name='stingrayfan' post='444456' date='Mar 24 2009, 10:26 PM']Anyone seen an LH500 under £300 please? Need a replacement after my Trace went bang![/quote] Thomann have got them under £300 - just! [url="http://www.thomann.de/gb/hartke_lh500.htm"]http://www.thomann.de/gb/hartke_lh500.htm[/url] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peted Posted March 25, 2009 Share Posted March 25, 2009 [quote name='Musky' post='444841' date='Mar 25 2009, 11:25 AM']Thomann have got them under £300 - just! [url="http://www.thomann.de/gb/hartke_lh500.htm"]http://www.thomann.de/gb/hartke_lh500.htm[/url][/quote] Remember that you have to buy a new power lead when purchasing from Thomann (I got caught out when I ordered my Zoom H4 ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plux_the_Duck Posted April 12, 2009 Share Posted April 12, 2009 I'm so happy I got mine when I did - but I see why they went up because they're brilliant heads - bit heavy but really nice sound Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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