Big fan of Costco. Occasionally, the local Costco will stage a roadshow featuring some interesting product. If I don’t buy that very day, I sometimes have to find another local Costco (but further away) that will be hosting the same roadshow. It always takes me a few minutes to track down the roadshow calendar through Google. On the Costco website, roadshows are called Special Events. Pick a region to see what is coming to your local store.
I’m passively looking for a piano and spotted a Yamaha roadshow recently. Here’s the model numbers and pricing. The model numbers are indecipherable. Can someone really explain the difference between all the models in a 30 second pitch? Not sure. Had to jot everything down and look them up on the Yamaha website.
| Yamaha CLP 220 | 1,199.99 |
| Yamaha CLP 240M | 2,150.99 |
| Yamaha GB1 PE | 7,790.99 |
| Yamaha 48 U1 PE | 6,999.99 |
| Yamaha 48 T121 PE | 5,899.99 |
| Yamaha 46 T118 PE | 3,499.99 |
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1 cklam // Apr 11, 2008 at 9:38 pm
U1 is top of the line Japan Make, Taiwan Case Student Piano.
U121 is a cheaper version of U1 assembled in China
T118 is a new kid in the block resemble U1 48 but completely redesign with Cheap Material but retain the same Sound and make in China
cheapo U1
U1 have soft landing but T118 does not.
U1 is $2000 more than t118
2 kenchu2000 // Apr 14, 2008 at 10:44 pm
>> Yamaha GB1 PE 7,790.99
I just dropped by Costco in the Bay Area , California this morning and the Yamaha GB1 PE model is selling for $8399.99. I am just wondering how one could get it down to $7790.99?
3 Ken Chan // Apr 14, 2008 at 11:36 pm
Not sure about the price disparity. The price I spotted for the Yamaha GB1 PE was displayed on the piano in the Mountain View warehouse. No negotiating needed to get it down to $7,790.99. When I visited the Fremont warehouse, I noticed a different mix of pianos available. The best approach would be to speak to their salespeople and ask for the pricing to the model you are interested in. That’s how I found out that the Yamaha U1 PE could be purchased for an even lower price of $5,399.99 if you aren’t interested in the silent series features.
4 kenchu2000 // Apr 15, 2008 at 12:26 am
Thanks for the info. Yeah I was at the Livermore store today, where the $8399.99 price tag was placed right on top of the piano. I talked to the salesperson and he said even though the transaction is going through Costco, but the piano is actually sold and shipped by MusicExchange (http://www.muex.com/). He insisted that $8399.99 is the best price he could offer me on the GB1 model.
Looks like there will be another Yamaha road show @Mountain View later this month. I might go check out there. The only question is I live in the Central Valley so I am not sure if they are willing to deliver it to my home.
5 Ken Chan // Apr 15, 2008 at 1:26 am
The dealer at the Fremont store was Pianos Plus in Castro Valley, CA. The delivery fee was $125.00 for service within (I believe) a 25 mile radius of the warehouse. Even if they delivered, I would assume at some point the delivery fee would be prohibitive.
By Central Valley, I’m guessing you mean in the Stockton / Merced area. The Yamaha roadshow was in Stockton this past weekend according to the Special Events calendar.
6 Ken Chan // Apr 26, 2008 at 10:33 pm
You are right. I stopped by the Yamaha roadshow at the Mountain View Costco today and spotted the GB1 PE listed for $8,399.99.
The roadshow featured a different mix of pianos than the last one. The Yamaha 5′ 3″ Grand Piano GC1 PE was listed as $12,699.99. I didn’t see that one last time.
7 kenchu2000 // Apr 30, 2008 at 12:13 am
OK, I finally got a good deal from the Livermore Costco store couple weeks back. The sales guy gave me the $7790 price + tax on the GB1 model. The delivery cost was $225. I think the delivery cost could be better but since I was pretty happy with the final price, so I didn’t bother to negotiate any more.
The total came out ~$8707 delivered.
I received the piano last Wednesday and have been pretty happy with it so far. The only downside is the sound can be hear very clearly from my neighbors’ home across the street.
Yeah, there were a mixed of pianos at Livermore Costco store too. I also saw some higher end Yamaha Baby/Grand Pianos, but I didn’t look at them closely since they were out of my price range.
The sales guy that I dealt with is a great guy, his name is Ulysses Venci. Email me for his contact if anyone wants to buy a piano from him.
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