Hello Canada!

Just a note to let you all know about the upcoming price increase in Canada. Prices will be going up 5% on September 26th to more accurately reflect current exchange rates. One week left!

Well that sucks, but luckily I already have my Axioms

Could you just lower the US prices instead?

good call Sroode!

Since I'm sure this decision is democratic, I'm voting for the lower US prices, too.

I picked up my rig at par. I could swear those M80s have been sounding better and better over the last month or so. Must be the rising value.

Luckily I just completed my Axiom setup:). I guess when I upgrade in the future, the trade up will not be going as far.

I would venture to bet that when you go to upgrade, the Amero will be the new currency (one currency for Canada, US, and Mexico) so the exchange rate obviously won't come into play.

For the folks at Axiom(James):

You might want to hold off on that price increase. Have you seen the movement of the Canadian dollar in the last several days? Oil prices skyrocketing, US economy in the tank and predictions today by some economists that the dollar will be above par before too long(again).

M80s at 500$ a pair! YES!!!!!

so moving to Canada...

I'm halfway there already...

Yeah yeah.

Hey Pmbuko

I used to live on Tomworth Ct about 7 yrs ago. NoVa is beautiful country.

why should prices go up when my dealer told me that it is a sure thing that axion speaker are made in china.Barry gets his election money from china and now we get our speakers from china. that is the future to survive.

Some speaker components are made in China.... but the speakers are designed and built in Canada. Oh, and it's AxioM, not Axion.

Right next to Balls Bluff Battlefield, eh? Yeah, we do enjoy the greenery. Now if we could stop traveling back to California so often, we'd actually explore more of our surrounding.

It is a sure thing that your dealer is telling you whatever he thinks will lead to HIM selling you spearkers. Which, by the way, also may (or not) be made in China.

Nice first post, buddy.

He was referring to his meth dealer, obviously.

Who is Barry ?

I was wondering the same thing...

Barack "Barry" Obama

Barry O'Bama, me Irrrrish friend.

He's stealing my Lucky Charms!

How is it that someone shows up to make his first post about this thread? Very odd point to make an entry...

Could have been a lurker, who knows.

He mentionned a "dealer" in general; there is no specific mention of "audio". Could be JP's patient...

If he is someone looking to buy, a price adjustment at the "wrong moment" could jolts that kind of remarks.

How much would Chinese people pay to buy back their equipment shipped back from over here?

Looks like today is the last day and the dollar just dropped again. So do I pull the trigger on my M82 system with the M60 center that I really don't need? I do have that $30 coupon after all.

Yep!! Doooooo it!!

I concur, dooo iiit!

Plus, if you find out that you really don't need something, you can just give it to me !!

Yeah, dough it!!!



Aw man, I'm so not one of the crowd. . . *kicks some rocks*

So, did the prices go up? I just ordered the M60's last night and I didn't notice any difference in the price over the last couple weeks.

It's only the Canadian price that's changing (the US price is the standard) and that was extended to today.

Great. There's another $2k gone. Now all I gotta do is get a new Rx that'll allow me to wire the 60s and 22s in parallel. I think FS has the 6160 for $500, or should I say screw it and try to find the 3808 for a halfway reasonable price up here...maybe get that 1080p projector and Bluray...




Maybe I shouldn't have bought this house.

Don't fret. If you wait long enough I'm sure the US govt will start bailing out Canadians too!

We're socialists. Our poor don't deserve bailing out and our financial institutions are too regulated to stea... er be freely enterprising until they have no capital.

No free icecream on Sundays either. Only free medicine Monday to Friday. Maan do I hate being Canadian!

I had free Canadian ice cream last Sunday.

Did it taste like Hockey?

Hmm... Its pre-season, so it must have been light of diet.

It tasted like heaven, that is, if heaven has pralines in it.

Man, with the Aussie dollar headed directly downwards, I'm happy I've already got my rig :-)

It's always to bad when prices need to go up, but for example 5% on $3000 is only $150. That's still not too bad for speakers that sound like a whole lot more.

Well Axiom should be jacking up their prices alot more than 5%, canadian dollar reached a 5 year low at 1.21 to the USD yesterday...

Never mind that - the Australian dollar has gone down 30% against the USD in the last month. The M3's I was thinking of ordering have just risen 32% overnight.

Ouch!

It's creeping back up now.

The economys all over the world are really volatile right now. I can't see the aussie dollar staying like that for too long.

Really? I hadn't heard anything about that. :-P

Its that bit of distortion you thought you heard in your Axioms the other day.

Since Axiom eliminated charging PST, prices in Ontario went down 3% even after the price incraese of 5%.

Dr. House

Can I ask why this price increase has affected the UK as well? We are undergoing an economic crash at the moment and as an example Axiom have just increased the price of the M60s from £656.00 to £792.00! That's a 20% increase, and it has affected the whole range of speakers!

Fortunately I already own a pair of M60s (which are amazing) but I was planning on buying a VP150 centre for the new year. This price increase has put an upgrade out of my budget now :-(

I don't mean to be a sourpuss but this is crazy. It's putting Axiom prices in line with distributed speaker brands. The reason I went with Axiom in the first place was the excellent value for money. Before I felt that Axiom had the price/performance ratio spot on, especially for international customers.

Who do I speak to about this?

http://www.axiomaudio.com/contact.html

Thanks EFalardeau, I have contacted customer support to ask for the reasoning behind the 20% hike and to see if this just short-term increase.

Ratticon - Welcome to the club on the economic crash!

I'm pretty sure it comes down to currency values. The British Pound is down ~15% in the last 4 months against the US dollar (see chart), and Axiom can't afford to absorb the drop in value of the Pound without some adjustment. I imagine the ~20% hike versus ~15% drop in value is to protect themselves from additional swings in value of the Pound/Dollar ratio, which isn't hard to imagine given the wild ride we've all been on in the last month or two.

Hopefully in time it will stabilize...

Jason

I hope so :-(

It's just it would have been nice if Axiom let people know in advance. When I read the 'Canadian Price Increase' thread title, strangely it didn't occur to me that the UK would be affected as well. I would have bought my new speakers there and then!



Still looking for my "UK Price Increase" thread

I'd still call them to ask. If they know you are going to purchase on a given day the risk to them is reduced given that credit card companies do the exchange on the day the transaction is done. I'm guessing you won't be able to recover the entire 20%, but maybe if they can look at rates on a given day they can agree to lower it slightly knowing exactly what they'll receive in local currency.

Having bought 2 M60v2s , a VP150m2 and 2 QS8v2s about 2 years ago ....and loving them....I was looking forward to expanding my set with 2 M80v2s, since I recently moved to a larger room, but to my shock and dismay I discovered Axiom have increased prices from 1290 to 1379 € per pair.
Although US and Canadian $ have decreased in value compared to the €, and I was expecting a subsequent decrease in price, the opposite has happened, and as a result I have decided to look elsewhere (ie : in Europe) for 2 expansion speakers,....unless Axiom agree on selling them to a poor Belgian (ex-)customer, who has recently been feeling the (US-created) financial crisis.

Give Axiom a call, you never know. I will guess some of the discrepency is in the cost of shipping.

Depends on when he bought them. There have been global price increases over the last few years or so.

Whaaaaayyy... I remember when M22s were $400! Prices go up, get used to it.

Are you guys working on doing something about the weather, too?

The US Dollar is up almost 20% against the Euro in the last 3 months. That may have something to do with it.

Just to clarify, I'm not an Axiom employee or representative.

Regarding the Euro price increase... that's only 7%... I'm trying to see things from both sides, but that's an awfully modest increase to be feeling so angry about. The cost of almost all raw materials has gone up greatly in the past year, it really does not seem that surprising to me.

Personally, I think my Axioms are worth 7% more than I paid for them anyway (Axiom, don't read this)...

Jason

Axiom has done a good job of maintaining competitive pricing over the years. Like Jason said, the cost of raw materials has gone haywire over the last 6 months and more. Copper alone just about blew up over the last few months and is finally coming down a bit. Add to that the cost of shipping, that Axiom figures into their price, has skyrocketed as well.

Yeah, it's no fun when prices go up, but up they must go if businesses want to maintain a profit.

The price in Austrlian dollars went up by 30% for the same reason The Aussie dollar chart
I wonder if they calculate prices in local currencies based on the Canadian or US dollar?

I am based in Melbourne and was about to buy a pair of M22s. Just got a nasty suprise when I checked the Australian $ prices today. While I still might buy, I will go back to the drawing board and see if I can find any better deals about. Surely there must be tens of thousands of bankers/stock market types who will be selling their speakers on E-Bay to pay for their kids education? Their misery may be my opportunity! what is the point of an economic meltdown if everything gets more expensive?

I believe all prices are based off the US dollar.

When I bought the Axioms 1€ was worth about 1,26 $. Today 1€ has a value of about 1,35 $. This is a difference of slightly over 7%, and well below inflation rates in both the USA and Belgium, so there should not be any increase in price.
Furthermore, in June and July of 2008, when the US $ exchange rate was down to about 1,6 $ for 1 € (-27%), there was no discount.
BTW : two years ago, I dealt with Axiom directly, while bargaining for a decent price (at that time they only had prices in $ and their knowledge of overseas P & P , (and import taxes)was far from perfect,and maybe a bit amateurish,...but very friendly and likeable. Now they seem to have become another Big Company. Come on Axiom, proove me wrong.

Have you in fact called them? (not that I think you have a leg to stand on)

Also, the price increases have happened across the board (read, across the world, US and Canada) since you bought.

I fail to see how you were "ripped off" when you haven't bought a product since the price increases.

While I sympathize with you on the one hand, your posts really sound like sour grapes... how many other things have increased in price 7% or more since you bought speakers?

I used to be able to buy a candy bar for a quarter and am still steaming about it!

I still maintain the high price increase for overseas was/is due to shipping costs as the price of fuel had gone through the roof over the last couple years, with fuel prices dropping I would hope Axiom would be doing price updates for their overseas sales, but this would take longer to realize as the courier companies appear to only update their fuel surcharges quarterly.

As Ken said CALL Axiom like you did the first time and see what they can do for you, complaining to us does no good. We can't change anything and we can only speculate as to why they are charging more for overseas purchases.

Jason -

I think you're right on. I have a UPS shipping account and received notification today that they are raising their rates 6% starting in the calendar year to cover their own rising costs...

I think what people forget is that Axiom includes shipping in their prices, so in this case they're barely keeping pace with the increased costs of shipping. Add in the wildly fluctuating costs of the dollar and you can see why costs are changing like they are. (not that I like it... but I can at least understand it)

Jason