Why are DW drums so overpriced?

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now $8208 is a little bit different.

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different type of customer there

 
But I think this one..

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is a buy at $2700
as you can always bring in some gear to trade in..


so like anything else if you want them you can find them you just have to look under every branch
 
If I can make my cheap $300 7 piece kit sound better than your $9000 DW then yes it is WAY overpriced.

Not at all. If you managed to get a $300 kit to sound like an expensive kit then that's exactly what you did. You made it sound like the better kit.
That doesn't make the them both $300 kits.

And I don't think all DWs are overpriced. The high-priced Collectors are expensive because it costs the company time and money to make all those options available. It's specifically why I bought a Performance. I have no use for any of the "extras" so I'd be paying all that money for nothing.
 
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Since this thread hasn’t been closed yet, I love the round lug. I’ve loved it ever since I saw Camco drums in the 70s.
The last time my granddaughters came to visit, we watched classic Doctor Who. The next day the girls started calling my DW floor toms "Daleks".
 
I think a reason why they get mocked hmm often? is..Not the price but a certain seeming sense I'll just say it They seem frivolous
Of course, a drum isn't frivolous no matter how many flames or skulls and dice are painted on them. But a first thought is "oh. Frivolous."

Is why I like these early Ads where a stone cold Black set seemed "serious".



When DW look like "business" they look like you may be drawn in towards them. "serious" and the next step is then- well what do they sound like. You step towards them. You are drawn in instead of stopped by graphics from investigating further....

the graphic whether it's in the wood or in the paint distracts -from taking some of them serious- it's like more "for show"

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That set - from in a 1987 ad- is serious and can be judged against every and any other make. With no distractions. Whereas with the flashy -and sometimes actual 'fishy'... graphics- distract - from- "drum"..
And as Cavemen we are (both male and female) drummers - most of us- not interior or exterior decorators. Want a little flash but not over- flash.

That set above looks like 'business" So enjoy them
and of course the stands were always too heavy when we were first introduced to them insanely heavy as in "these come with a roadie?" heavy..

I remember when they started mid early 90s to really hit the stores -and come in on trade- Waddells and Drum World- I almost fell for a Used collector series 20/10/12/14/5 all in WMP (that was peeling off) but looked fit and felt ... Serious
 
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But ARE they ?????

Frequent Flyer $1600

Design $1600

Performance $2200

Collectors $4000

Exotic $6700

Looks like the same kind of price tier system used by darn near every other company that makes and sells drums. And if you gotta go "more affordable" than $1600 ...... they have Pacific PDP.
 
"just give me the freaking drum..

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and not this "matching" chair stuff

or this

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artsy clown world stuff..."

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'or even this kitchen cabinet Game-room paneling stuff thing..."

😁 would ya.
 
DW Drums - they’re not for everybody. 🤪 💩
 
Yeah, I think it's all been covered. Next.
 
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