Warning: Gear prices are about to jump up

[Mastermold]

So says my Sweetwater sales rep in this morning's email. Here's a portion of the email:

"I wanted to personally let you know that we are expecting price increases on many of our brands in the coming weeks. These increases are due to shipping, production, and supply chain issues in the music retail and manufacturing industries. If there is a piece of gear you are on the fence about, now is the time to buy!"

I'm sure many of you got the same email. I guess we've been warned.

 

[Bass V]

prices already jumped and lost my business for a new bass. keep raising, keep losing.

 

[BadSanta1281]

I would guess that everyone on TB already has everything that they need...

Maybe not everything that they want, though.

 

[two fingers]

Yeah I'm going the other way. I'm going to slim down in every aspect of my life. Too many "things" hanging around my house. Y'all post those NBD and NAD threads though. It's fun to see.

 

[Bassclef46]

Yeah you and everyone else on their mail list got that email. Lol

it's called marketing. They need end of the month numbers and want you to buy now out of fear you will pay more later.

I don't understand why people think their sale rep is their best friend. Like he cares one bit about you, your dog or what is wrong with your car. All they care about is what you spend. When and only when you get that are you no longer a sucker.

 

[gln1955]

These increases are due to shipping, production, and supply chain issues in the music retail and manufacturing industries.

And those prices will go back down when things return to more normal.

 

[DJ Bebop]

Good time to list my crap

 

[HardNHeavy]

as said, i certainly don't need anymore gear. Since the price of lumber has gone up, i guess this means a types of "woods". Even the price of used gear is now up...Does it ever really come back down to benefit the consumer?....hardly.

 

[arbiterusa]

They should go up. A lot. They should have gone up years ago.

In 1985 my music store was selling Squier strats for the (at the time) unheard of price of $199. Dirt cheap and superb quality.

In 2020, I can get a Squier strat of almost equal quality for $199 - or less if I'm savvy.

35 years. 35 years of no increased cash flow. Does electricity cost what it did in 1985? A store clerk? By God, you all bitch about the quality of service at Guitar Center. How the stores are understaffed, worked by idiots. Did a one of you ever stop to wonder why that might be?

And people wonder why music stores went out of business. If y'all want to have any stores or manufacturers left at all, you should welcome such increases. Because if these folks can't make money building you instruments and amps....they'll stop building them.

 

[BadSanta1281]

Creating a sense of urgency is what they teach you in Salesmanship 101.

 

[dalkowski]

They need end of the month numbers

This.

 

[Mastermold]

Creating a sense of urgency is what they teach you in Salesmanship 101.

"Now is the time to buy!"

 

[DJ Bebop]

Creating a sense of urgency is what they teach you in Salesmanship 101.

 

[mexicant]

Prices are already up,I'm sure we're just seeing the beginning of this trend. .....I had my eye on another Sire bass,but the new prices are ridiculous!

 

[SLPimp]

Hmm. But ammo and lumber are dropping.

 

[Hounddog409]

They should go up. A lot. They should have gone up years ago.

In 1985 my music store was selling Squier strats for the (at the time) unheard of price of $199. Dirt cheap and superb quality.

In 2020, I can get a Squier strat of almost equal quality for $199 - or less if I'm savvy.

35 years. 35 years of no increased cash flow. Does electricity cost what it did in 1985? A store clerk? By God, you all bitch about the quality of service at Guitar Center. How the stores are understaffed, worked by idiots. Did a one of you ever stop to wonder why that might be?

And people wonder why music stores went out of business. If y'all want to have any stores or manufacturers left at all, you should welcome such increases. Because if these folks can't make money building you instruments and amps....they'll stop building them.

Yup. A bunch of folks have no idea how business and the economy work.
Everyone expects a raise every year, but bitch when prices go up.

 

[RyanSaranich]

They should go up. A lot. They should have gone up years ago.

In 1985 my music store was selling Squier strats for the (at the time) unheard of price of $199. Dirt cheap and superb quality.

In 2020, I can get a Squier strat of almost equal quality for $199 - or less if I'm savvy.

35 years. 35 years of no increased cash flow. Does electricity cost what it did in 1985? A store clerk? By God, you all bitch about the quality of service at Guitar Center. How the stores are understaffed, worked by idiots. Did a one of you ever stop to wonder why that might be?

And people wonder why music stores went out of business. If y'all want to have any stores or manufacturers left at all, you should welcome such increases. Because if these folks can't make money building you instruments and amps....they'll stop building them.

Fully agree with this. The biggest problem though? The money that gigs that are paying are still basically what it's been for the last 30 years too lol.

 

[Ronzo]

Fully agree with this. The biggest problem though? The money that gigs that are paying are still basically what it's been for the last 30 years too lol.

Less, actually. Much less, in US$ adjusted for inflation.

"A hundred dollars per man." - a typical rate in 1966, wishful thinking in 2021.

 

[Liam Wald]

It is true that pretty much eveything is going to go up in price due to inflation caused by low supply and high demand.
It is also true that lesson #1 in salesmanship is to create urgency. Urgency typically is created by convincing the prospect that they will either pay more if they delay or that supply will run out and acquisition will be denied.

 

[mrjim123]

Yeah you and everyone else on their mail list got that email. Lol

it's called marketing. They need end of the month numbers and want you to buy now out of fear you will pay more later.

I don't understand why people think their sale rep is their best friend. Like he cares one bit about you, your dog or what is wrong with your car. All they care about is what you spend. When and only when you get that are you no longer a sucker.

And yet, the sales rep has a reputation to maintain. If prices do NOT go up as he predicted then it eventually makes him look like a liar. So, I trust him on this one. Sure, he's making a sales pitch, but take it for what it is - information that might be useful to someone who might otherwise consider putting off their next purchase.