75th Anniversary Orders taken today..however...

squirefan01 · Post by **squirefan01** » Sat Sep 02, 2006 4:11 pm

Good question about proof that dealers get orders from Ric. Would they get a PO number or something from Ric that could be tracked easily if necessary? I paid my dealer $500 down for my 4003. He faxed me my proof of order from him, but it would be great to see some proof of order form Ric too.

Anybody get any word on the cases that will ship with the 4003s?

jnbass · Post by **jnbass** » Sun Sep 03, 2006 1:58 am

I'll be in Ed Roman's shop next week.

We shall see...

lowendbob · Post by **lowendbob** » Sun Sep 03, 2006 5:30 am

Has anyone tried The Music Zoo?
They are a pretty big RIC dealer.

http://www.themusiczoo.com

johneek · Post by **johneek** » Sun Sep 03, 2006 9:55 am

The two 4003s at the Music Zoo are already spoken for.

jnbass · Post by **jnbass** » Sun Sep 03, 2006 11:38 am

hmmmmmm...might have to pay thru my

for one of these thangs...

rickfan60 · Post by **rickfan60** » Sun Sep 03, 2006 11:39 am

I think you will need a bigger and more appealing one of those though.

johnallg · Post by **johnallg** » Tue Sep 05, 2006 5:30 pm

The Ed Roman site shows one of each Anniversary model in their real-time inventory lists at this time.

morrow · Post by **morrow** » Wed Sep 06, 2006 3:13 am

He probably has them priced at some inflated pre production price too.

jnbass · Post by **jnbass** » Wed Sep 06, 2006 5:25 am

we'll see in about 1.5 hrs...

bassman · Post by **bassman** » Wed Sep 06, 2006 5:34 am

I just got word, from my dealer that,

"regrettably these instruments will not be made
available to us so unfortunately I will not be able to help you out with this."

Take me off the list Bob!

jon · Post by **jon** » Wed Sep 06, 2006 5:44 am

That is bad news Jon. Sorry to hear that.

marc61 · Post by **marc61** » Wed Sep 06, 2006 5:56 am

Can a dealer buying direct from Rickenbacker charge more than suggested retail as a new instrument?

I doubt Rickenbacker would like that.

jnbass · Post by **jnbass** » Wed Sep 06, 2006 5:59 am

Here in Vegas there's an instance of that...

Sad to say at least $2139+, possible 3x.

Que sera-sera

j_gary · Post by **j_gary** » Wed Sep 06, 2006 6:22 am

Marc, I believe Mr. Hall has stated that once he sells to a dealer, RIC has no say in how the dealer sells.

marc61 · Post by **marc61** » Wed Sep 06, 2006 8:43 am

They do have a say. They can remove the dealer from distribution.

Dealers want to buy guitars because buyers want them.If buyers are unhappy with the way dealers are selling the manufacturers instruments, the manufacturer should take notice.