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Help with TW Acustic Retail Prices
#1
 
Hi
 
I need help from a member in Europe or US please. 
 
Long story:
 
Late last year i acquired a TW Acustic Raven AC TT & Raven 10.5 tonearm second hand (more here: http://www.avforums.co.za/index.php/topic,48128.0.html)
 
The seller purchased the equipment from the local dealer http://www.stereomusicality.co.za
 
Living in an emerging market and watching your currency depreciate against 1st world currencies is not exactly fun. 
 
So i am in the process of my annual update of my insurance valuations and send a request to the local dealer for latest recommended retail pricing on the TT & Tonearm. I am insured for replacement cost so i need the latest pricing. 
 
Taking Hi-Fi snobbery (IMO) to a new level i get this reply:
 
"We are only able to provide this sort of valuation on original new equipment supplied by ourselves, and where a copy of the original invoice had been sent to the manufacturer
 
We will however, in the event of you having to put in a claim, provide whatever assistance we can in that regard"
 
[img=23x33]file://localhost/Users/topdog/Library/Caches/TemporaryItems/msoclip/0/clip_image002.png[/img] [img=23x33]file://localhost/Users/topdog/Library/Caches/TemporaryItems/msoclip/0/clip_image004.png[/img] [img=23x33]file://localhost/Users/topdog/Library/Caches/TemporaryItems/msoclip/0/clip_image006.png[/img] [img=23x33]file://localhost/Users/topdog/Library/Caches/TemporaryItems/msoclip/0/clip_image008.png[/img] [img=23x33]file://localhost/Users/topdog/Library/Caches/TemporaryItems/msoclip/0/clip_image010.png[/img] [img=23x33]file://localhost/Users/topdog/Library/Caches/TemporaryItems/msoclip/0/clip_image012.png[/img] [img=23x33]file://localhost/Users/topdog/Library/Caches/TemporaryItems/msoclip/0/clip_image014.png[/img] [img=23x33]file://localhost/Users/topdog/Library/Caches/TemporaryItems/msoclip/0/clip_image016.png[/img] [img=23x33]file://localhost/Users/topdog/Library/Caches/TemporaryItems/msoclip/0/clip_image018.png[/img]  - i was only asking for the latest retail price - WTF????
 
So i have done some internet research to try and establish what the retail pricing is in either Europe or the USA so that i can use that as a base to determine a replacement cost. I could only find reviews dating back many years.
 
Assistance please
 
If anybody could enlighten me as to the latest retail pricing of 
 
- TW Acustic Raven AC (single motor)
- TW Acustic Raven 10.5 tonearm 
 
That would help. 
 
Otherwise i am thinking of contacting the manufacturer but i am sure they will just direct me to the local agent - aint going near there!
 
One can be sure that if the stuff is stolen that i will not be purchasing from the dealer - but will rather hop on a plane to Europe and buy there and then ship back to South Africa.
 
Appreciation in advance!
 

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#2
(10-Feb-2016, 08:12)colonel66 Wrote:  
Hi
 
I need help from a member in Europe or US please. 
 
Long story:
 
Late last year i acquired a TW Acustic Raven AC TT & Raven 10.5 tonearm second hand (more here: http://www.avforums.co.za/index.php/topic,48128.0.html)
 
The seller purchased the equipment from the local dealer http://www.stereomusicality.co.za
 
Living in an emerging market and watching your currency depreciate against 1st world currencies is not exactly fun. 
 
So i am in the process of my annual update of my insurance valuations and send a request to the local dealer for latest recommended retail pricing on the TT & Tonearm. I am insured for replacement cost so i need the latest pricing. 
 
Taking Hi-Fi snobbery (IMO) to a new level i get this reply:
 
"We are only able to provide this sort of valuation on original new equipment supplied by ourselves, and where a copy of the original invoice had been sent to the manufacturer
 
We will however, in the event of you having to put in a claim, provide whatever assistance we can in that regard"
 
[img=23x33]file://localhost/Users/topdog/Library/Caches/TemporaryItems/msoclip/0/clip_image002.png[/img] [img=23x33]file://localhost/Users/topdog/Library/Caches/TemporaryItems/msoclip/0/clip_image004.png[/img] [img=23x33]file://localhost/Users/topdog/Library/Caches/TemporaryItems/msoclip/0/clip_image006.png[/img] [img=23x33]file://localhost/Users/topdog/Library/Caches/TemporaryItems/msoclip/0/clip_image008.png[/img] [img=23x33]file://localhost/Users/topdog/Library/Caches/TemporaryItems/msoclip/0/clip_image010.png[/img] [img=23x33]file://localhost/Users/topdog/Library/Caches/TemporaryItems/msoclip/0/clip_image012.png[/img] [img=23x33]file://localhost/Users/topdog/Library/Caches/TemporaryItems/msoclip/0/clip_image014.png[/img] [img=23x33]file://localhost/Users/topdog/Library/Caches/TemporaryItems/msoclip/0/clip_image016.png[/img] [img=23x33]file://localhost/Users/topdog/Library/Caches/TemporaryItems/msoclip/0/clip_image018.png[/img]  - i was only asking for the latest retail price - WTF????
 
So i have done some internet research to try and establish what the retail pricing is in either Europe or the USA so that i can use that as a base to determine a replacement cost. I could only find reviews dating back many years.
 
Assistance please
 
If anybody could enlighten me as to the latest retail pricing of 
 
- TW Acustic Raven AC (single motor)
- TW Acustic Raven 10.5 tonearm 
 
That would help. 
 
Otherwise i am thinking of contacting the manufacturer but i am sure they will just direct me to the local agent - aint going near there!
 
One can be sure that if the stuff is stolen that i will not be purchasing from the dealer - but will rather hop on a plane to Europe and buy there and then ship back to South Africa.
 
Appreciation in advance!
 

Hi,
I'm in the UK, but digging around online I see that the Raven TT is $13,800 and the arm is $5,500.

Hope this helps.
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#3
^^ thanks got those numbers to from reviews but they are quiet dated

hoping that someone has a price list or knows a dealer who can provide current pricing (in case of change)
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(10-Feb-2016, 15:29)colonel66 Wrote: hoping that someone has a price list or knows a dealer who can provide current pricing (in case of change)

List of current German dealers

http://www.tw-acustic.de/en/germany

... and from the first dealer on the list

Raven AC  UVP 10.900 Euro
Raven 10,5 Tonarm  UVP 4000 Euro

http://www.audiophile-musik.de/equipment.php
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#5
Ahh thanks so much.
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