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B&O 'Play' Products 'Discounted'...
Recently I have been following the prices of some 'Play' products, such as the A2 and particularly H8 Headphones on the usual UK auction sites, and I've seen 'Buy It Now' prices of up to 30% less on products claiming to be new and in sealed packaging...
Personally I'm extremely wary of buying these without knowing where they came from, and what their guarantee status is, and in fact I intend to support my dealer when I finally decide to buy some headphones anyway. Nonetheless I'm curious as to the origin of these discounted products. Are they grey imports? refurbished products? stock from ex-dealers? Chinese-made fakes?!
I'd really like to know how these can be sold at such large discounts, as I imagine this trade must undermine the UK dealers' ability to compete on these products.
Agents/distributors buy direct off bang & olufsen. They can sell whatever price they want. There is a store in Melb/Preston that have every Play product at a reduced rate, currently the A2 is around 18% off. The S8 is only $1350~ AUD too.
full warranty is provided, it's not a grey import or surplus stock.
hopefully my stone mason will not misread discontinued and write discounted on my gravestone.....
Hi Beocat WOW Congrats. Awesome colour too. I believe the H8 are much alive and exciting sounding than the H6 which are flat - good for classical but not much use for dance/RnB. I'm with you on the dealer purchase - I'd still feel happy buying with the 20% off on beoplay.com too.
I'm looking forward to trying these maybe the next time I pop into the Apple showroom in Covent Garden. I'd like some new headphones for my surf adventure trip next year for the long flights and these look really classy and still youthful too.
Hey Michael, thanks for that buddy :) It's a 3-5month holiday so these should be ideal.
What an absolutely amazing trip. The H8s will be well used on those flights.
Do you remember Fabian ?
I used to have a house about 20 minutes drive from Bells. The surfing down the coast there is world class.
I do! He lived in NY before the move to Hawaii.
