Hi Guys!
I don't know if I should be upset or what and that's why I need your comments, please!
For the past month, I've been wanting to replace my Yamaha PSR S900 and being on a limited retirement budget have been looking into either S970, S775 and S975.
The problem is I live in the island of Kauai, Hawaii and the music stores around here (2) don't carry a lot of keyboards because mainly they sell Ukeleles and guitars. And for sure they don't carry used keyboards, so I wound up searching the internet in what we refer to as the "Mainland" Lower 48 states.
To make a long story short the shipment of bulky and heavy items from the mainland to here can get quite expensive. The shipment on ebay can be anywhere from $250.00 and up. Hard to justify the extra cost of shipping.
Tried to purchase a PSR S775 from Guitar center and ordered from one of their chat agents, but was canceled by one of the store managers because the items was used and broken. After all the run around, I went to my local Music store.
Ordered a new Yamaha PSR S975 only to be told the following day that the Yamaha Sales rep didn't want to sell me one because the 975 has had a lot of problems and returns, and that Yamaha would not warranty the sale if I forced them to sell it to me.
I don't know if this is true or not but being stuck on an island, I was basically forced to purchase a new Yamaha PSR SX700.
I will say that I think I got a good price on it ...$1300 out the door. Amazon even with their Free shipping would have charged me $1570.00
I guess I just want some re-assurance that I will be happy with this unit, because I'm not so sure that what they're telling me about the problems with the 975 is true or not. I was also quoted a good price on the 975 New ... $1600.00.
Bottom line is, this is what I have to go through living on an island. Your comments appreciated.