Gear purchase nightmares

[Quarryking]

Am looking at picking up a Motif 6 for my studio. I'm based in India and so there are some hurdles with regard to gear procurement.

In terms of price there is a great difference subject to where you buy it from.

 

- For e.g., the local dealer here in chennai (Madras) has quoted around US$ 2555 for the Motif 6.

- On the gray market, that is without any bill it works out to US$ 2000.

- And the same keyboard works out to round US$ 1500 on sites likes Sweetwater and Musiciansfriend.com And these guys offer free shipping as well. The hassle is if I were to buy from one of the above-mentioned sites, shipping it to India from the states would work real expensive. And then the Customs boys would definitely slap a duty of around US$ 400 on the keyboard.

 

Have some projects in hand, but am facing a small situation here. Any ideas..??

[mildbill]

if you just need it for a few projects, maybe you could rent one?

or borrow one?

if you want it long-term, it sounds like even with shipping and duty tax, you'd still come out ahead buying one from the US and having it shipped.

[Quarryking]

Originally posted by mildbill:

if you just need it for a few projects, maybe you could rent one?

or borrow one?

if you want it long-term, it sounds like even with shipping and duty tax, you'd still come out ahead buying one from the US and having it shipped.

No one rents out motifs here in India. getting a slightly used one also seems like a good option as it might not attract that much of duty as well.