Head's up, Fostex Price Increase

planet10 · 23rd January 2009, 09:10 PM

I've been chatting with Adam at Madisound, the continued weakness of the USD has had the expected effect -- prices of Fostex are going up.

The prices on the Madisound website will be going up on Monday, any orders before them of in-stock drivers will be at the current (soon to be old) pricing.

I'm told there are 127, 166, 206 (and not many of those) and probably some of the drivers that get less attention. No 126, 167 or 207.

dave

BrianGT · 23rd January 2009, 09:23 PM

Any idea of how much they are going up percentage wise?

--
Brian

serenechaos · 24th January 2009, 12:38 AM

138s are still $120 off what they were a few weeks ago.

chops · 24th January 2009, 01:02 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by serenechaos
138s are still $120 off what they were a few weeks ago.

As Dave said, the prices will be going up on Monday.

planet10 · 24th January 2009, 02:40 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by BrianGT
Any idea of how much they are going up percentage wise?

I only have a price list for OEMs, not retail... but the couple drivers i looked at indicated that the percentage is not uniform, but on a driver-to-driver basis.

Also if an unsubstantiated piece of info i got from an Oz forum is correct we could see some slight changes in some of the drivers (a slightly different whizzer on the FE167 was the mention in this particular case). If that is true, lon i'll have the mate for your single.

dave

Geek · 24th January 2009, 09:19 PM

Hopefully they don't go up too much.

Price increase + recession + collapsing currencies = economic suicide.

Hey Dave, maybe we can apply for some bailout money?

Cheers!

planet10 · 25th January 2009, 12:36 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Geek
Hopefully they don't go up too much.

My prices (on regular stocking drivers -- FE126eN/FE126eN/FF85KeN) will hold for some time -- before i started this thread i stocked up at the old price,

dave

rcdaniel · 25th January 2009, 12:50 AM

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the continued weakness of the USD has had the expected effect

And our AUD is weaker still!

Scottmoose · 25th January 2009, 09:46 AM

And I, for one, prefer not to think of the state of the UK £ these days. We're going to be paying the penalty for this idiocy for many, many years. The responsible parties should suffer for this.

Geek · 25th January 2009, 11:25 AM

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Originally posted by Scottmoose
And I, for one, prefer not to think of the state of the UK £ these days.

Crikey!

It wasn't that long ago when the GBP was $2.50 CAD. As of this post, it's a $1.68?

http://www.xe.com/

23rd January 2009, 09:10 PM	#1
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23rd January 2009, 09:23 PM	#2
BrianGT diyAudio Moderator Emeritus Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: near Atlanta, GA	Any idea of how much they are going up percentage wise? -- Brian

24th January 2009, 12:38 AM	#3
serenechaos diyAudio Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: los alamos	138s are still $120 off what they were a few weeks ago.

24th January 2009, 09:19 PM	#6
Geek diyAudio Member Join Date: Sep 2004	Hopefully they don't go up too much. Price increase + recession + collapsing currencies = economic suicide. Hey Dave, maybe we can apply for some bailout money? Cheers!

25th January 2009, 09:46 AM	#9
Scottmoose diyAudio Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: UK	And I, for one, prefer not to think of the state of the UK £ these days. We're going to be paying the penalty for this idiocy for many, many years. The responsible parties should suffer for this.