RTi12 on sale at Fry's $399 each

ivansfo
ivansfo Posts: 145
edited July 2007 in Speakers
Was just there today at lunch to see what they have on special. Saw the RTi12s for $399 each. This prices last until Tuesday 6/5/07. I should mention there didn't appear to be many left in stock in the Sunnyvale, CA store today. So go get them!
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  • PolkFan1
    PolkFan1 Posts: 130
    edited June 2007
    It says they are like $600 u.s bucks each...?
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  • Ron Temple
    Ron Temple Posts: 3,212
    edited June 2007
    Looks like Polk is giving them permission to clean out the RTi stock...

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  • Sherardp
    Sherardp Posts: 8,038
    edited June 2007
    PolkFan1 wrote: »
    It says they are like $600 u.s bucks each...?

    Reg price is 699 each.
    Shoot the jumper.....................BALLIN.............!!!!!

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  • PolkFan1
    PolkFan1 Posts: 130
    edited June 2007
    where does it say 399 each? it says they are like 600 each
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  • sucks2beme
    sucks2beme Posts: 5,606
    edited June 2007
    PolkFan1 wrote: »
    where does it say 399 each? it says they are like 600 each

    699- 300 instant savings=399
    Typical Fry's ad. Sometimes it slips the dreaded rebate ** stars
    of death in there.
    "The legitimate powers of government extend to such acts only as are injurious to others. But it does me no injury for my neighbour to say there are twenty gods, or no god. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg." --Thomas Jefferson
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  • ivansfo
    ivansfo Posts: 145
    edited June 2007
    Ron Temple wrote: »
    Looks like Polk is giving them permission to clean out the RTi stock...

    Guess we'll be seeing the new RTi line at stores real soon!
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  • MKZ
    MKZ Posts: 1,068
    edited June 2007
    How's that sounds? too much bass?
    http://newspaperads.mercurynews.com/ROP/ads.aspx?advid=32664&adid=4596421&subid=16374867&type=
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  • Systems
    Systems Posts: 14,873
    edited June 2007
    I was just at fry's the other day and saw them but they weren't on sale.
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  • ivansfo
    ivansfo Posts: 145
    edited June 2007
    The sale is on again at Fry's bay area. $399 each. See their online ad.

    http://newspaperads.mercurynews.com/ROP/ads.aspx?advid=32664&adid=4624689&subid=16449680&type=
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  • Ron Temple
    Ron Temple Posts: 3,212
    edited June 2007
    Go get em, ivan...;)

    Combo rig:

    Onkyo NR1007 pre-pro, Carver TFM 45(fronts), Carver TFM 35 (surrounds)
    SDA 1C, CS400i, SDA 2B
    PB13Ultra RO
    BW Silvers
    Oppo BDP-83SE
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  • ivansfo
    ivansfo Posts: 145
    edited June 2007
    Ron Temple wrote: »
    Go get em, ivan...;)

    I'm actually waiting for them to put the RTi10 on sale. Two weeks ago, they had the RTi8 on slae and now RTi12. RTi10s next week? Shhhhh.....hope no one beats me to their last pair!

    Ivan
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  • bruss
    bruss Posts: 1,039
    edited June 2007
    I bought the last 2 black ones from the store in san marcos.. I live in Kansas so I had my father in law pick them up for me and ship them.. saved me a ton of money.. Thanks for posting this
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  • bernie1l
    bernie1l Posts: 9
    edited June 2007
    I was at the San Marcos store checking out the sales last night and belive I saw your Father-in-Law (he's about 5'9" or 10 greying hair in his fifties maybe early sixties) loading the 12's in a sedan (Camry?) , didn't look like they were going to fit. They are huge. I have the 10's and they are big for my room. Anyway, I hope they made it home safely.
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  • bruss
    bruss Posts: 1,039
    edited June 2007
    right on.. that was most likely him... I think he has an acura sedan. He had to have his son come get the other one.. I forgot to mention the size to him.. A minor oversight. lol
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  • bernie1l
    bernie1l Posts: 9
    edited June 2007
    Yup, an Acura. He didn't have the RTi12 kind of guy look, maybe the LSI9's on a 2 channel system look. It's a small world. Let us know how they sound for 399ea.
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  • bruss
    bruss Posts: 1,039
    edited June 2007
    SO i got my RTi12's today..

    Fed-Ex totally destroyed em.. broken feet/grills/grill pegs/ and Power Ports.. I had them insured for 700/piece... Man i am not happy
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  • Refefer
    Refefer Posts: 1,280
    edited June 2007
    Ugh, that sucks.

    On the plus side, did you make money out of it with the insurance?
    Lovin that music year after year.

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  • SolidSqual
    SolidSqual Posts: 5,218
    edited June 2007
    Take the $1400 and buy my Lsi15s 6 months old for $950. If you live within an 8Hr. driving radius of my house in 43081 I will drive them to you for free in their original packaging. Can you beat that deal? Pocket the $450 or do whatever . . .
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  • bruss
    bruss Posts: 1,039
    edited June 2007
    Fedex is coming to my house to look at them tomorrow.. Should be interesting.. Man they are nice looking speakers even all jacked up
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  • Mike Reeter
    Mike Reeter Posts: 4,315
    edited June 2007
    bruss wrote: »
    SO i got my RTi12's today..

    Fed-Ex totally destroyed em.. broken feet/grills/grill pegs/ and Power Ports.. I had them insured for 700/piece... Man i am not happy

    When we got our 12's home from Circuit City,unboxed them just to find both grills were broken...Even they could'nt handle the size and weight of these big boys.

    Fed Ex will try to pay for the costs of repairing the speakers before they just cut you a $1400. check.

    Good luck...
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  • Ron Temple
    Ron Temple Posts: 3,212
    edited June 2007
    How did they break the feet...those guys are embedded in the styrofoam endcaps. Hold firm on settlement, if the powerports toast, there's probably damage to the interior bracing.

    Combo rig:

    Onkyo NR1007 pre-pro, Carver TFM 45(fronts), Carver TFM 35 (surrounds)
    SDA 1C, CS400i, SDA 2B
    PB13Ultra RO
    BW Silvers
    Oppo BDP-83SE
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  • XJRGUY
    XJRGUY Posts: 258
    edited June 2007
    This thread is useless without pics! LOL!

    Post the pics, and perhaps someone from Polk on here will comment that they are destroyed.

    Can't get any better evidence for the shipping company than that if mama polk says they are toast.

    XJRGUY

    Sad to see messed up RTI's

    My first pair were completely demolished out of the box when I got them, and I got replacements that were perfect.
    http://www.laspeedgarage.com
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  • zingo
    zingo Posts: 11,258
    edited June 2007
    Fry's online does not have that sale, and since I am not in the Bay Area, I guess the rest of us are out of luck.
    Jake
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  • zingo
    zingo Posts: 11,258
    edited June 2007
    Fry's online does not have that sale. Go scoop them up for us abandoned souls not in the bay area.
    Jake
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  • bruss
    bruss Posts: 1,039
    edited July 2007
    well... it turns out the customer is king.. both fed ex and frys took care of me.. I ended up getting the rti12's dirt cheap.. now if they can just make it here in one piece..
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  • jimmyzen
    jimmyzen Posts: 57
    edited July 2007
    I just bought a pair of RT1 12s from a girl in Wisconsin. I got a decent price on them, about $900 for the pair vs. $1200 to $1600 everyplace else I looked. She had them packed by a UPS store which didn't do a real good job- plastic bags over the speaker, a single layer of bubble wrap over that and then the whole thing laid on a single layer of peanuts along with some soap bar sized styrofoam blocks on each end. The box had a printed depth of 8" so the top would only go down about half way and a tape wrap job a mummy would be proud of bound it all together. Both boxes were pretty beat up when they got here, corners crunched in, etc. One speaker was OK but the other has a broken grille and a thumb sized dent right on the top edge about half way down the side. There is a punture/tear right where the damage is possibly from falling over and hitting something. I have a claim in with UPS that is under review as of yesterday. At first they were going to come get it but gave me an option to take a bunch of photos of the box and the damage and email them in. I have a good enough camera I was able to comply. After hearing them I did not want to part with them! (they replaced a pair of JBL L 100s) I hope UPS will replace it with a new unit. It was insured for $900 but I guess I will have to wait and see. Polk sells a replacement cabinet for $400. Has anybody ever swapped the guts into a new cabinet? If so, how big a task is it? I have the ability and tools. Just wondering...

    My PSW 1000 :) arrived today via Fed Ex Ground and after seeing the punctures and tears in the box I was expecting the worst, but no apparent physical damage. I plan to connect it Sunday so I'll see how well it survived.
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