Price drop Machine and Kontrol S4 (ends 31/8)

**squidot** · 07-02-2012, 06:38 PM

i just bought maschine last weekend too but at least i got guitar center to match a pro audio star deal and give me a pair of rokit 5 monitors for free so i'm still up $100. i think i'm going to go in this weekend and see if they will give me the new maschine price since they price match for 30 days after your purchase anyhow.

they would surely do it if pro audio star makes a new bundle to reflect the reduced price. i emailed them to see if they are going to drop their bundle prices since they currently have 2 packages where you would lose $150 if you purchased them.

**GI Trackt** · 07-02-2012, 07:52 PM

Originally Posted by squidot

i just bought maschine last weekend too but at least i got guitar center to match a pro audio star deal and give me a pair of rokit 5 monitors for free so i'm still up $100. i think i'm going to go in this weekend and see if they will give me the new maschine price since they price match for 30 days after your purchase anyhow.

they would surely do it if pro audio star makes a new bundle to reflect the reduced price. i emailed them to see if they are going to drop their bundle prices since they currently have 2 packages where you would lose $150 if you purchased them.

Hey squidot , just wondering, but I've always ended up buying with proaudiostar because even though Guitar Center price matches any price (+ an additional lower 10% of the difference), GC will still add tax here in California. Is that not applicable in all states? They told me that they used to match online prices out the door, but as of last year (not sure on the timing actually) they have to add on tax no matter what. So GC price will always be the price matched price + tax..

**Xonetacular** · 07-02-2012, 07:57 PM

Sounds about right, from my experience guitar center always adds sales tax and doesn't take that into account during pricematching. Which makes shopping there totally pointless unless you need it that day. And even so when places like proaudiostar will give you better deals than what they list on the site by phone/email it makes price matching mean even less.

**GI Trackt** · 07-02-2012, 08:02 PM

Originally Posted by Xonetacular

Sounds about right, from my experience guitar center always adds sales tax and doesn't take that into account during pricematching. Which makes shopping there totally pointless unless you need it that day. And even so when places like proaudiostar will give you better deals than what they list on the site by phone/email it makes price matching mean even less.

Exactly. Ebay's "make offer" option is always nice as well and works pretty well sometimes. Today PAS offered me a price even lower than what my lowest offer on ebay was, before I even told them the actual ebay offer value. For the most part, I really thing they're blowing the competition out of the water in the United States (in terms of NEW or B-stock items only obviously).

**rotebass** · 07-02-2012, 08:07 PM

Both are summer promos, got the announcement at work a few weeks ago, have since started to put away funds for a Maschine

**squidot** · 07-02-2012, 09:37 PM

Originally Posted by GI Trackt

Hey squidot , just wondering, but I've always ended up buying with proaudiostar because even though Guitar Center price matches any price (+ an additional lower 10% of the difference), GC will still add tax here in California. Is that not applicable in all states? They told me that they used to match online prices out the door, but as of last year (not sure on the timing actually) they have to add on tax no matter what. So GC price will always be the price matched price + tax..

yes, they will add tax, but the 10% of the difference will help a little. for me it depends on what gear it is and how much i want to play with it now. i know the chances of getting a lemon are low, but it does happen and it has happened to me, so the good thing about buying from them is the ability to return immediately. for instance i bought an apc40 from them a while back with price matching, took it home, and one of the faders was bent way out place. if i had ordered online, i would have waited 5+ days for shipping to me (generally if coming from ny), then i would have to send it back and wait for a return. i just wouldn't want to be without my new gear for 2-3 weeks and will generally just pay a little extra (tax) for that reason.

**squidot** · 07-03-2012, 03:56 PM

Originally Posted by squidot

i just bought maschine last weekend too but at least i got guitar center to match a pro audio star deal and give me a pair of rokit 5 monitors for free so i'm still up $100. i think i'm going to go in this weekend and see if they will give me the new maschine price since they price match for 30 days after your purchase anyhow.

they would surely do it if pro audio star makes a new bundle to reflect the reduced price. i emailed them to see if they are going to drop their bundle prices since they currently have 2 packages where you would lose $150 if you purchased them.

well, i've gotta give a +1 to guitar center on this one. i went in today and asked about their 30 day price matching since native instruments lowered the price on the maschine. no problem. they gave me $200+ refund with no questions asked, even though i got the rokit 5's free as a bundle. that's awesome!

they will also match deals from semi-shady websites that are crazy low. once i got them to match $175 audio technicas for $75! i bought 2 for the price of 1. same with a trigger finger i got for half off a long time ago. if you know what you are looking for and can find a shady online deal like that, always go to gc and i bet they will match it.