My kontrol s4 just shipped!

My kontrol s4 just shipped!
Posted on: 09.10.2010 by Evita Stuckman
ordered from pro audio star to avoid taxes .. sorry ean..

just got shipped email and tracking..

Carrier: FedEx
Tracking #: 4647#########
You can click on the following link to track your package:


=============================== Items ===============================
Item name: Native Instruments Kontrol S4 - FEDEX 2 DAY!!!!!
Item number:
Quantity: 1
Treva Carinio
09.11.2010
Originally Posted by Stacks the Genius
That was actually the moral of my story. The price of the S4 is higher because of the inflation in your country. I was just in Australia where the minium wage is $15-20 an hour.

Housing costs were on par but food, drinks, gas, all cost twice as much as in the states. I was in the UK 5 years ago when the it cost $2 to buy one pound, with everything costing the same price in pounds as dollars.

Prices are higher elsewhere due to inflation. If the US raised minimum wage to $15-20 you can bet the price of everything doubles.
I was on some sort of a roadtrip through CA, NV, UT & AZ last July and I was really surprised to see the prices of various things there. Stupid things like going to McD's was like 40-50% cheaper compared to Belgium. Alhtough stuff like Cigarettes is a bit crazy, it depends a lot on where you buy em apparently (although that can not be caused only by state-tax). Overhere a pack of Marlboro costs 4.70€ (that's 6.5$), it's a fixed price by the government. Overthere I paid 4$ for a pack somewhere in San Francisco & 13$ for the same pack in Las Vegas, that's just crazy

Now, I believe you're right though. If minimum wage would be raised in the US, things would be a lot more expensive. We notice the difference very strongly when we visit.
Eneida Veloz
08.11.2010
Originally Posted by EanGolden
What kind of a fat discount did they give you? and why?

TechTools would never tease you with a fake fed ex tracking #
They simply won't ever send you one!!! Lol

Only teasing! It is now the 8th of November! Hope we get to see those promised tracking numbers today!!
Antonetta Wikel
13.10.2010
Originally Posted by silversx
basically our dollar isn't worth shiet

and your euro products aren't worth shiet

so we're even.. trading shiet for shiet
Careful there, the US doesn't even make products anymore, we farmed out most of our production. So I wouldn't go comparing our products to theirs. Ahem BMW, errr Mercedes, Volvo...
Amos Tarlow
12.10.2010
Sales tax is not included in US prices! And They call Americans ignorant.

Tack on an extra 9%, forget about the short-term exchange rate for $ to
Evita Stuckman
11.10.2010
Originally Posted by fullenglishpint
Check you out, man got contacts...
check you out.. man got sarcasm

you dont need contacts.. you just need sales@#######.com
Nedra Fresneda
09.11.2010
cigs cost $1,7 here. at least they give us something to ease the pain of the wait
Leeanna Ayla
08.11.2010
Everytime I'm in line behind someone at the store that's buying cigarettes I'm reminded how glad I am I quit smoke 15 years ago. :eek:
Treva Carinio
09.11.2010
Originally Posted by Stacks the Genius
That was actually the moral of my story. The price of the S4 is higher because of the inflation in your country. I was just in Australia where the minium wage is $15-20 an hour.

Housing costs were on par but food, drinks, gas, all cost twice as much as in the states. I was in the UK 5 years ago when the it cost $2 to buy one pound, with everything costing the same price in pounds as dollars.

Prices are higher elsewhere due to inflation. If the US raised minimum wage to $15-20 you can bet the price of everything doubles.
I was on some sort of a roadtrip through CA, NV, UT & AZ last July and I was really surprised to see the prices of various things there. Stupid things like going to McD's was like 40-50% cheaper compared to Belgium. Alhtough stuff like Cigarettes is a bit crazy, it depends a lot on where you buy em apparently (although that can not be caused only by state-tax). Overhere a pack of Marlboro costs 4.70€ (that's 6.5$), it's a fixed price by the government. Overthere I paid 4$ for a pack somewhere in San Francisco & 13$ for the same pack in Las Vegas, that's just crazy

Now, I believe you're right though. If minimum wage would be raised in the US, things would be a lot more expensive. We notice the difference very strongly when we visit.
Nedra Fresneda
09.11.2010
$1790 (1271 EUR) on this side of the world, now THAT is inflation.
Eneida Veloz
08.11.2010
Originally Posted by EanGolden
What kind of a fat discount did they give you? and why?

TechTools would never tease you with a fake fed ex tracking #
They simply won't ever send you one!!! Lol

Only teasing! It is now the 8th of November! Hope we get to see those promised tracking numbers today!!
Julissa Serrone
14.10.2010
799.00 for a product that has 999.00 MSRP is dirt cheap.

Yikes.
Antonetta Wikel
13.10.2010
Originally Posted by silversx
basically our dollar isn't worth shiet

and your euro products aren't worth shiet

so we're even.. trading shiet for shiet
Careful there, the US doesn't even make products anymore, we farmed out most of our production. So I wouldn't go comparing our products to theirs. Ahem BMW, errr Mercedes, Volvo...
Evita Stuckman
12.10.2010
basically our dollar isn't worth shiet

and your euro products aren't worth shiet

so we're even.. trading shiet for shiet
Amos Tarlow
12.10.2010
Anyone outside the US (especially the UK) does get bent over the barrel on Apple products thought.
Amos Tarlow
12.10.2010
That was actually the moral of my story. The price of the S4 is higher because of the inflation in your country. I was just in Australia where the minium wage is $15-20 an hour.

Housing costs were on par but food, drinks, gas, all cost twice as much as in the states. I was in the UK 5 years ago when the it cost $2 to buy one pound, with everything costing the same price in pounds as dollars.

Prices are higher elsewhere due to inflation. If the US raised minimum wage to $15-20 you can bet the price of everything doubles.
Fleta Fergusen
12.10.2010
20 days, 6 hours, 23 mins and 47...46...45...44...43 seconds till it ships!!! :-)
Leeanna Ayla
12.10.2010
Whatever, I still can't afford one.
Cleo Basket
12.10.2010
@Stacks the Genius

First, you can't compare US and Ireland (or any european country) wage average...
US is so much bigger so for sure the wage average will be lower than any European country because of number of people....there is always more poor people than rich in a country...so the average will be lower in a bigger country

Second, life is more expensive in Europe than in the us, so we need more money a month to live, so it's not good to compare how much money you still have a month after buying the s4....everything is more expensive, food, clothes, gas..... and big mac !

Finally, USA is the world number one economic power...this is the ONLY way to compare countries and the level of life...........the economic of a country:
The gross domestic product>>>> GDP
Amos Tarlow
12.10.2010
Sales tax is not included in US prices! And They call Americans ignorant.

Tack on an extra 9%, forget about the short-term exchange rate for $ to
Cleo Basket
12.10.2010
799 $ ???
799 $ = 578,883 euros

Here in Europe, we must pay 899 euros for the s4 !! the best price we can expect is 875 euros.....

Can't believe there is so much difference........

Do you have 0000000 tax in USA ?????
ok here we have tax, 19.6% in France for example...but the price is anormal...

even i compare official us price, i mean 899 $ = 650,856 euros

650,856 (1+19.6%) = 778.42 euros

so we should pay 778 euros and not 875 euros......(we pay 1208,77 $ !!!!!!)

the worst, Ni is a German compagnie....
are we richer here or are we paying for usa market ??
i really don't understand
Evita Stuckman
11.10.2010
Originally Posted by fullenglishpint
Check you out, man got contacts...
check you out.. man got sarcasm

you dont need contacts.. you just need sales@#######.com
Tatum Ansaldo
11.10.2010
Originally Posted by silversx
if you guys have bought enough gear.. you would know that prices listed on websites are NOT the lowest price..

if you have good relationship and past deals with the dealer.. you will pay less than website price.. you just have to ask...

i buy all my gear through email dealings not through sites... this applies to proaudiostar.. pssl.. perhaps ean too? you just gotta ask
Check you out, man got contacts...
Evita Stuckman
11.10.2010
another thing is that i had the s4 in my cart at ranking s and even my billing filled out when it came to me that hey maybe others sell it too..

i was always under the impression that ranking s was getting it before everyone else because ean help design it.. but it turns out it ships nov. 1st everywhere.. some dealers may get more reserved some may get less... i then found out that there are plenty of 1st batch s4 reservations still available.. so i had to go with the 799 no tax no shippin

but to be fair im sure ean will provide great great service if anything is wrong with your unit .. most likely it will since all first batch first gen gear have some bs waiting to happen.. but thats the price we pay for lack of patience
Evita Stuckman
11.10.2010
Originally Posted by natebehe
just from the short time ive been a part of this community , i feel confident in saying that I am SURE ean has thrown us the cheapest price possible, and then some by spending the time and energy to make us a dvd tutorial for each and every s4 purchased. show some respect dude, the man is the father of controllerism lol

edit: oh by the way, i checked your pro audio website...yeah, you got the S4 for the same price, so enjoy your S4 without the dvd...OH SNAP lol
if you guys have bought enough gear.. you would know that prices listed on websites are NOT the lowest price..

if you have good relationship and past deals with the dealer.. you will pay less than website price.. you just have to ask...

i buy all my gear through email dealings not through sites... this applies to proaudiostar.. pssl.. perhaps ean too? you just gotta ask
Tatum Ansaldo
11.10.2010
Originally Posted by natebehe
just from the short time ive been a part of this community , i feel confident in saying that I am SURE ean has thrown us the cheapest price possible, and then some by spending the time and energy to make us a dvd tutorial for each and every s4 purchased. show some respect dude, the man is the father of controllerism lol
+1
Fleta Fergusen
11.10.2010
Originally Posted by silversx
yup almost had a heart attack.. i hit f5 on my browser every 2 minutes to see shipping update.. i even got fedex to send sms updates to me .. omg im so so so excited!!

btw ean.. i prefer 100 discount over your tutorial dvd.. how bout hooking up all these fanboys of yours with a benjamin instead of a talking manual

post your tutorial on ranking s for everyone.. but then again.. its all about the money after all.. i don't blame ya
just from the short time ive been a part of this community , i feel confident in saying that I am SURE ean has thrown us the cheapest price possible, and then some by spending the time and energy to make us a dvd tutorial for each and every s4 purchased. show some respect dude, the man is the father of controllerism lol

edit: oh by the way, i checked your pro audio website...yeah, you got the S4 for the same price, so enjoy your S4 without the dvd...OH SNAP lol
Dana Ordinario
10.10.2010
Umm I'm pretty sure TechTools has the same price everyone else does. If you can find it for 799+ No Shipping and Tax free that's a deal but I would honestly bet that the DVD is worth close to a benjamin as it is I am sure much more than a talking manual.
Evita Stuckman
10.10.2010
yup almost had a heart attack.. i hit f5 on my browser every 2 minutes to see shipping update.. i even got fedex to send sms updates to me .. omg im so so so excited!!

btw ean.. i prefer 100 discount over your tutorial dvd.. how bout hooking up all these fanboys of yours with a benjamin instead of a talking manual

post your tutorial on ranking s for everyone.. but then again.. its all about the money after all.. i don't blame ya
nayit ruiz jaramillo
10.10.2010
CALM DOWN.

To the O.P. its great that you have shipping number, its a nice start to the final stage of getting an S4 but dude, for your mental healths sake do not start checking the Tracking Number every hour every day from now (i know thats what id be doing if i were you).

Nothing has left Berlin yet... seriously... calm down, few deep breaths maybe a valium.

Give it 2 weeks and you will have it im sure but your gonna burst a blood vessel getting so wound up each day that it doesnt arrive...



Originally Posted by EanGolden
TechTools would never tease you with a fake fed ex tracking #
I bet the guy nearly had a heart attack !!!

10.10.2010
What kind of a fat discount did they give you? and why?

TechTools would never tease you with a fake fed ex tracking #
Evita Stuckman
10.10.2010
according to some guy at proaudiostar.. only tracking #.. not shipped yet..

bummer.. sorry for the false alarm.. all you haters can smile now

i woulda ordered from ean.. but dam the CA tax is killer.. and proaudio gave me a fat discount so i can't complaint.. sigh
Dana Ordinario
09.10.2010
Yeah a lot of times someone at fed ex oks it to ship only to have the company halt it either in transit or before it even lands on the truck happened with my Iphone 3G although, a lot of people were reporting on blogs that there phones were being listed as shipped so keep it quite until it gets to your doorstep. :P
Fleta Fergusen
09.10.2010
conversation i had with a pro audio star rep:

>Native Instruments Kontrol S4 has already started shipping??

rob : not yet as far as i know

>guy on a community is claiming he got a shipping tracking # from you guys. not supposed to be shipped till nov 1st earliest last i heard

rob : he prob on our pre order lsit

rob : list*

rob : we generate tracking numbers automatically

>even before shipping?

rob : yes so that the customer has tracking info from them beginning
Latoria Kavulich
09.10.2010
pics or it didn't happen mate
Leeanna Ayla
09.10.2010
I personally would have waited until it was at least on the truck for delivery to say anything. If it is to early there's a chance NI could halt it.
Evita Stuckman
09.10.2010
yes time will tell.. should be here on wednesday.. will post pics and impressions..

i wasn't expecting it to ship til november as that's what all dealers are quoting..

they really hooked me up on the price.. and now with this early shipping.. icing on the cake if it really is an S4 they shipped me and not a casio keyboard by mistake..
Omar Nila
09.10.2010
time will tell!
Tatum Ansaldo
09.10.2010
Nice one! very jealous.
Julissa Serrone
09.10.2010
WTF!!!!

Oct 9th???

Now THAT's early. Sweet. Post pics the moment you get it.
Leeanna Ayla
09.10.2010
Wonder if that was an accident you lucky dog!!

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