Was there a serious price increase from Rickenbacker

[gwangi]

Just noticed this from Wildwood Guitars:

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The pricing they are selling at is pretty high from what that normally ask for.

 

[svlilioukalani]

Sure looks that way. But there are only 2 in stock there. The law of supply and demand?

 

[Paul Boyer]

According to RIC's latest price sheet (March 12, 2021), that price is the official U.S. list price. Perhaps Wildwood has decided not to post what they will sell it for?

 

[hypercarrots]

it’s not that serious. not yahoo serious.

 

[Indiana Mike]

I’m gonna say if you call and inquire you will be offered a discount.

I think that’s List price. I’m curious as well , but I’m not looking and not gonna waste their time just to find out.

I think , therefore I could be wrong.

 

[SgtHulka]

Hey bud, don't post about price increases. There are corporate defenders here en masse!

 

[swamp2]

I've purchased 2 Ricks from Wildwood. I always had to email them to find out what the actual sales price was before buying.

 

[lowendblues]

I never pay attention to the price listed. If I find something I'm interested in, I call or email.

 

[RickyRocknRoll]

Price increase everywhere since the beginning of this pandemic. Used gear market around here is stupidly stoopid.

 

[BigBigGuy44]

I went looking for a 4003 last year and they were all around $2,000. The limited edition models were $2,400 give or take so this doesn’t seem unreasonable. But as others have said, RIC does not allow dealers to post the actual price, only MSRP so you are better off contacting the dealer.

 

[GodPlayedBass]

Yeah bro it got more expensive to buy wood because of covid, also last year guitar center stopped carrying rickenbackers which was probably a small hit. Now maybe theyre raising prices to make up for it.

 

[Relsom]

I'm surprised that they posted the price at all. That must be list or MAP. I was quoted $1449 for an "S" model last November..... when they were out of stock. That's about $150 over what I paid for the last one. But now they're adding sales tax too. At least they still ship for free.

 

[Dominic D]

I just found a price list from 1981 that has the 4003 at $880. Today that would be $2,564.27.

 

[gwangi]

I'm surprised that they posted the price at all. That must be list or MAP. I was quoted $1449 for an "S" model last November..... when they were out of stock. That's about $150 over what I paid for the last one. But now they're adding sales tax too. At least they still ship for free.

That was the reason I posted this info, Wildwood Guitars has never posted prices on Ricks before not even retail prices so I thought it was weird when they posted these prices, I thought maybe they are one-offs or something but after looking at the specs they looked like normal 4003 basses so I had to ask.

 

[user362432]

Fender does it every 6 months.

 

[sleddogn]

Send'em an email. Bruce there always responds...

 

[Wilmingtonian]

One of the big box places will sell you a 4003S for (gulp) $1799. That's the price they tell you when you "ask" - not a price listed online. They'll probably go down from there, from what I hear, but not more than 10%. That seems like... a lot for a 4003S. You can find them cheaper but I don't know how much anymore, and if the big box price (ok, no seceret, it was MF) has changed in the last year or more.

 

[smtp4me]

It's not just Rickenbacker. Before the pandemic started, I had my eyes on a Fender USA Geddy Signature Jazz that cost $1699. That same bass today, 14 months later, is now $1999.

 

[smtp4me]

That was the reason I posted this info, Wildwood Guitars has never posted prices on Ricks before not even retail prices so I thought it was weird when they posted these prices, I thought maybe they are one-offs or something but after looking at the specs they looked like normal 4003 basses so I had to ask.

Yeah... for the longest time Guitar Center did not list the prices for Rics - you had to call or email to get it.

 

[Snakeman1066]

Just noticed this from Wildwood Guitars:

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The pricing they are selling at is pretty high from what that normally ask for.

$1850.00 is what Wildwood is selling them for....that is factory list price on the website...but in case you had not noticed a lot of manufacturers have raised prices recently by at least a $100.00 to $200.00 citing an increase in the cost of raw materials...