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I found it priced at a UK website at £160. (Interestingly, £25 more than the price of the gold version with same retailer).
...and £5 more than the version with the steel block (which is the higher quality and more expensive version).
It would appear that certain retailers inflate their prices for products that are out of stock elsewhere. Some unfortunate soul in a desperate hurry will then be in a position where they have to pay the excess premium.
It’s probably within the law, but it left a bad taste...
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You might not discount at times of shortage but to scalp your long term customs by inflating prices through shortages does piss them off in the long term and they go elsewhere.
Inflation is different, as in theory it's driven by global supply and demand.
However it's working for our supermarkets at the moment :-)
It's also worked for the used guitar market, small dealers buy up all the stock and then inflate the prices.
Imagine walking in to a bar and someone saying all the premium beer has been bought by that bloke over there and he's selling it for 50% more. Eventually when stock was finally available you'd never go near that guy again.
Same as price scalping.
Even then you can't compare small retailers to somewhere like Thomann with massive purchasing power
Nearly doubling the price seems an odd tactic - surely no-one will pay that much?
Customer: Can you price match with the shop down the road?
Shop owner: No I suggest you buy from the other store.
Customer: But they are out of stock.
Shop owner: Ah yes sir, we also sell them at that price when we are out of stock!
Ian
Lowering my expectations has succeeded beyond my wildest dreams.
A guitar priced at, say, £1,000, will have its price increased the more people play it.