Helix pricing - WTF?

NelsonP

Massive differences in the price of a new Line 6 Helix. Why?
Also - how come Andertons and PMT have the exact same price (and nearly £400 more than another retailer)?
Have I missed something?

BAX shop £1,044
Dawsons - £1,121
Andertons, PMT Online £1,418

https://www.bax-shop.co.uk/multi-effects-pedals/line-6-helix-multi-effect-processor?gclid=Cj0KCQjw5arMBRDzARIsAAqmJeza2wP--0weDfFu1srU959DsSo2_dHrECHKKqtYp23_z4ADx6El0A8aAtV4EALw_wcB

http://www.dawsons.co.uk/line-6-helix-guitar-multi-effects-pedal?gclid=Cj0KCQjw5arMBRDzARIsAAqmJexLBi9kPDphvQrth_FuUByh69HbPWwaJlSYuzcUBlfpT1-X-kS9ePgaAn5lEALw_wcB

https://www.andertons.co.uk/p/GHELIXUK/multi-fx-units/line-6-helix-floor-multi-effects-unit

trolley

Old stock vs new?

Musicman20

If you pay £1400 for a product that was once £1000 ish and is now well established, then you have too much money. The UK market is really going to struggle from now on if this is the case.

fftc

NelsonP said:

Massive differences in the price of a new Line 6 Helix. Why?
Also - how come Andertons and PMT have the exact same price (and nearly £400 more than another retailer)?
Have I missed something?

Have you ever bought anything from bax-shop?

revsorg

fftc said:

Have you ever bought anything from bax-shop?

Is the feedback on Trustpilot indicative?

Thomann is £1,051

FarleyUK

There's been a lot of annoyance about this in the FB group as well; seems Yamaha have hiked up all UK prices for a lot of their stuff.

StefB

And yet Coda have them on special offer at £1,069, down from £1,279?  https://www.coda-music.com/specials?limit=all&manufacturer=67

Musicman20

Gear4music - £1037.00

I might even get one just to try it out before they hit £2k ahahhaha.

£400 is ridiculous.

Freebird

RIP Helix.

Bridgehouse

This is a Yamaha issue, not a Helix issue.

Go look at the prices for Yamaha amps and other music products - there's massive differences in pricing from store to store - The Yamaha THR100H head varies from £429 to £935 and a lot of points in between!!

guitarfishbay

People still buy Fenders and Gibsons.

Haven't the prices been up and down a couple of times already?

equalsql

fftc said: the

NelsonP said:

Massive differences in the price of a new Line 6 Helix. Why?
Also - how come Andertons and PMT have the exact same price (and nearly £400 more than another retailer)?
Have I missed something?

Have you ever bought anything from bax-shop?

I have used bax-shop for a fair bit of expensive studio gear with no problems at all.

equalsql

It would be fun to see if Andertons or PMT would do a price match.

CarpeDiem

I used Bax Shop for a Mesa Boogie footswitch, and the service was good. I have the impression that Andertons and PMT pricing is not as keen as it used to be, perhaps as a result of growing larger and spending more on marketing? As always, it's worth shopping around.

NelsonP

I bought a multi effects case from BAX shop - was delivered promptly, price was good.

Helix LT is the same:
GAK £751
Andertons / PMT £945

?!?!?

steveb

Im sure pmt and andertons would price match anyway!!! 

horse

Andertons & PMT both previously had the very low helix prices and I suspected they would rise back to 'normal' levels, but not this much! Andertons now have the lt for almost £200 more than I bought one from them for a few weeks ago, which is a fair old chunk

Bridgehouse

horse said:

Andertons & PMT both previously had the very low helix prices and I suspected they would rise back to 'normal' levels, but not this much! Andertons now have the lt for almost £200 more than I bought one from them for a few weeks ago, which is a fair old chunk

You got in just at the right time

peteri

Got my Helix LT from Bax - service was first rate, and the 60 day returns policy (not used) was a carrot.

I agree, Andertons seems to be a bit more expensive these days - GaK have beaten them too recently for me

Jalapeno

When I got my Mike Stern Pacifica a couple of weeks back the guy in Yamaha Music London (formerly Chappells) said there was a hefty price hike coming for all music products.  

It's odd, £ is holding (just) against $, it's the £/€ rate that's tanked.

NelsonP

So, a likely explanation is that Yamaha have whacked up the UK prices and those retailers with the fastest stock turnover are now buying at the new prices and have passed this straight on to the punter?

In which case if you are considering a Helix it might be a good time to take the plunge before all of the other retailers increase their prices too.

Headrush, Atomic etc must also be pretty happy! AA12 at £699 suddenly looks like a bargain compared to Helix LT at £945