- Feb 20, 2005
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Mesas US policies have always driven me crazy; there has to be a minimum distance between dealers, and more annoyingly, NO RETAILER is allowed to post prices or even advertise them online (check out the amp section on the website of my local music store, who are a Mesa dealer - notice in the bottom right of the table at the bottom they say "And other companies we can't mention online" give me a fucking BREAK). Bogner, Diezel, Orange, VHT, Engl - I've seen them all online, most with prices, as well as pretty much every other high-end amp company, but stupid Mesa seems to have this elitist attitude. Oh, and Mesa doesn't let their dealers negotiate prices either.
And I'd always heard about how Europeans get fucked with the prices, but I was perusing Thomann today (which apparently is allowed to sell Mesa stuff online and list prices) and really had the ridiculousness hammered home - 1200 Euros for a Rectifier slant cab, compared with 690 for a Marshall 1960A?!?!?! Here they're both $950. I guess their business plan works if they're still so popular, but goddamn does it reek of elitism...
And I'd always heard about how Europeans get fucked with the prices, but I was perusing Thomann today (which apparently is allowed to sell Mesa stuff online and list prices) and really had the ridiculousness hammered home - 1200 Euros for a Rectifier slant cab, compared with 690 for a Marshall 1960A?!?!?! Here they're both $950. I guess their business plan works if they're still so popular, but goddamn does it reek of elitism...