Yep, sounds right.
That and something to do with the fluctuating dollar...I bought a non-powered toaster last month from L&M and it was $2299..
Did they give you an ETA on the power head?
The huge increase in Canada must be for reasons outside of Kemper's control. The increase is nothing like that over here (Norway).
I ordered an unpowered toaster in October last year for $1799 and it arrived a few weeks ago. Because I put cash on it at the time they honored the original price -- a big "savings". When I asked why the price went up so much they said their suppliers were charging more. I also noticed that the Canadian prices were pretty much uniform at about $2300, so that may support the claim about the suppliers. I haven't worked the numbers but ordering from the States is probably not going to save you any money after taxes, the exchange rate, and border fees.
I had a regular rack on order but the wait was greater than 90 days so I pulled my deposit on it. I then asked my bud who works at one of the locations to see if he could check on the availability of the powered rack version and he found one that wasn't on the inventory list but was sitting at head office. If I had have found it a week before it would have been several hundred cheaper but with the price increase I had to bite the bullet and pay the 2950. Thankfully, I had traded quite a bit of gear which offset the cost by 95%. Still a big price increase for sure. It seems the distributor and the retailer are trying to pass the increase off as each others issue. Frustrating regardless bit it is there to stay.
No, the Power Head/Rack hasn't increased by one cent from Kempers side.
Fluctuating exchange rates have nothing to do with pricing from Kemper.
This. Some sellers (be them final sellers or distributors) just increase prices as long as demand doesn't drop. It's the Market, honey X)
Honestly, if I were an exclusive distributor, I'd probably do the same.
OTOH, this hints at the great momentum the Profiler is having all around.
For the longest time, Canadian retailers had a price that was under the US price, as you mentioned about $1799 for the toaster, compared to about $2100 in the US. (For some reason Marshall amp prices where the same way).
Come January, I think something happened in the distribution chain, because things like the Kemper and Marshall amps not only jumped in price equal to what they were selling in the US, but also factoring in the tanking dollar, so that's why the toaster now here is $2299 CAN :((((
I'm lucky in that I snagged a used one locally for $1600 just before the price increase. I even splurged out $150 for the tote bag.
I can confirm, that this is driven by exchange rates. We are considering both Canadian dollar in relation to US as well as Euro.
I snagged an new unpowered rack last month for $1688! Prices jumped a week or so later!
$600 increase is more than exchange rate ! Glad I bought mine way before !!
its not just the exchange rate! i got mine for 1850 in the us one and a half years ago , its now 2133
non power amp version
glad i got it early i guess 300 dollars difference , its good thats its going up in value though
I got my Lunchbox when they were first released up here for 1600. That was a great deal back then! Not so much for my powered rack.
