VOS prices have gone up a notch here in europe

[Gibsonclassic2001]

This is really strange!

Thomann in Germany raised their prices on VOS R8 plain top from 3400$ to 4250$!!!
And the R9 went from 5300$ to 6650$.
So they lost their status being cheaper alternative to Luthman Scandinavia.

And luthman droped their prices 30% so they are now sold at the same price as thomanns guitars.

1 year ago Thomann sold the VOS appetite guitars 2000$ cheaper then the Swedish stores.

How did this happend?
Its a over night turnaround!

 

[Nirvana33]

This is really strange!

Thomann in Germany raised their prices on VOS R8 plain top from 3400$ to 4250$!!!
And the R9 went from 5300$ to 6650$.
So they lost their status being cheaper alternative to Luthman Scandinavia.

And luthman droped their prices 30% so they are now sold at the same price as thomanns guitars.

1 year ago Thomann sold the VOS appetite guitars 2000$ cheaper then the Swedish stores.

How did this happend?
Its a over night turnaround!

Prices are going to rise on everything soon. Just a matter of time. Guess they heard they won't be getting 2012 r9's.

 

[Tim Plains]

Just a guess - could have something to do with the US/Euro exchange rate.

 

[Louie]

This is really strange!

Thomann in Germany raised their prices on VOS R8 plain top from 3400$ to 4250$!!!
And the R9 went from 5300$ to 6650$.
So they lost their status being cheaper alternative to Luthman Scandinavia.

And luthman droped their prices 30% so they are now sold at the same price as thomanns guitars.

1 year ago Thomann sold the VOS appetite guitars 2000$ cheaper then the Swedish stores.

How did this happend?
Its a over night turnaround!

Are you sure? I just checked Thomnann's page and the R4-R8 range is still at €3199.

EDIT: when looking at the Swedish page on Thomann's website, the price is €3444 (30005.66 SEK). That's probably due to a different VAT between Sweden and Holland.

Just a guess - could have something to do with the US/Euro exchange rate.

Doubtfull, it hasn't changed with 30%.

 

[Gibsonclassic2001]

Checked a 12 month index for dollar vs euro vs kronor and its almost the same as last year this month.

A couple of weeks ago the R8´s were 24000skr and they are now over 30000
I got my R8 with a not so plain top for 21000skr/3000$ 10 months ago!

The Dirty lemon R9 I wanted to buy was 37000skr/5285$ and similar guitars are now 46400skr/6628$:!wow:


I need to import my stuff from US if this doesent change soon.


Btw the Celestion Greenbacks are now 20% cheaper in my local store that used to be expensive as hell compared to Thomann.

 

[Gibsonclassic2001]

WTF!

German version of the page

GIBSON DON FELDER 1959 LES PAULSIGNED 10990Euro/14820$

Swedish version of the page

GIBSON DON FELDER 1959 LES PAULSIGNED 11222euro/15133$

313$ difference just by changing the login country!

 

[Louie]

How much is VAT in Sweden? Another factor could be the SEK/EUR rate, is it fixed or floating?

 

[Backstage]

Maybe Thomann looses his price domination monopol .

 

[Brek]

This thread is funny for all the wrong reasons.

 

[markguitar]

ALL Gibson prices went up a few months ago. So dealer cost is now higher. The dealer cost and MAP pricing had been the same for about the last 4-5 years.

 

[JMP]

ALL Gibson prices went up a few months ago. So dealer cost is now higher. The dealer cost and MAP pricing had been the same for about the last 4-5 years.

The funny part is that the thread is 10+ years old!

 

[ARandall]

And got bumped for all the wrong reasons

 

[goldtop0]

US prices went up 15% on average in November.