I just called up 6ave.com so see what their current price is for the Z1 just so see if I can get anything back for the 14-day price guarantee and they told me that it is on sale for $1499. I bought mine for $1545 so they refunded my credit card $45. Just a heads up for anyone who wants to buy a Z1 at a low price from an authorized dealer. Just to be safe though, if you buy it, do it over the phone so that it will count as a catalog order instead of an internet order.

Additionally, even though they don't show up on their website, they have all the Pioneer accessories in stock. The have the bluetooth adapter for 129.99 but they price-matched Crutchfield's 119.99 and they only charge .06 shipping. Hopes this helps someone!

I just ordered the AVIC-Z1, SIRPNR2, and 6 Year Pioneer Warranty for $1847 shipped on Wed. The AVIC-Z1 worked out to be $1547 without shipping, but since I bundled in the Sirius Tuner and Extended Warranty, they dropped the shipping altogether.

On a unrelated topic, why is it that everytime I call 6ave I get a different price for the AVIC-Z1? It was a little worrying, but I decided to order from them anyway.

Thanks for the info, I just ordered mine. Got the bluetooth adapter too with it.

UPDATE!

Re-read the first post

Just called them and they do have the BT adapter in stock, but the guy I talked to said he couldn't take my order because he's not a salesman. He said I could call back tomorrow and if I order then it will be shipped out on Tuesday. Has anyone else here ever ordered from 6ave and if so, was it a good experience? I want to make sure they're legit before I call back tomorrow and place my order.

palacios said:

I just called up 6ave.com so see what their current price is for the Z1 just so see if I can get anything back for the 14-day price guarantee and they told me that it is on sale for $1500. I bought mine for $1545 so they refunded my credit card $45. Just a heads up for anyone who wants to buy a Z1 at a low price from an authorized dealer. Just to be safe though, if you buy it, do it over the phone so that it will count as a catalog order instead of an internet order.

Additionally, even though they don't show up on their website, they have all the Pioneer accessories in stock. The have the bluetooth adapter for 129.99 but they price-matched Crutchfield's 119.99 and they only charge .06 shipping. Hopes this helps someone!

How do you figure they are an authorized dealer??

Philmatic said:

I just ordered the AVIC-Z1, SIRPNR2, and 6 Year Pioneer Warranty for $1847 shipped on Wed. The AVIC-Z1 worked out to be $1547 without shipping, but since I bundled in the Sirius Tuner and Extended Warranty, they dropped the shipping altogether.

On a unrelated topic, why is it that everytime I call 6ave I get a different price for the AVIC-Z1? It was a little worrying, but I decided to order from them anyway.

Pioneer doesn't offer extended warranty. Good luck with that.

Anonymous said:

How do you figure they are an authorized dealer??

go to their website. click on "NJ Retail Stores". Then go to Pioneer's Website and go to the page to search for dealers, NOT INTERNET DEALERS. search the first, or any zip code from their retail store list and find them. here is the search page from the first zip code:

http://www.pioneerelectronics.com/pna/l ... &category=

#3 is 6th ave.

this is why the original poster said to CALL IN THE ORDER! they can run a catalog, or in store order, then ship it. this makes it an authorized retail sale.

Great find by the way.

They just shipped my BT adapter today and the tracking # shows delivery for Friday. 8)

I'm glad I could be of help to some of you. BTW, I ordered my BT from them last Friday and I still have not received a tracking number by e-mail. Did you get yours by e-mail or did you call for it? Also, if your tracking shows delivery for Friday, I'm willing to bet that you will get it by Wednesday or Thursday at the latest. When I ordered my Z1 from them two weeks ago on a Friday, my tracking number showed delivery for the following Friday and I received it on Wednesday.

klm42 said:

They just shipped my BT adapter today and the tracking # shows delivery for Friday. 8)

Holy crap! I ordered mine before you did and mine hasn't shipped yet. I called to get the status and they told me it was in processing and it should ship before the end of the week. That sucks!

guys so does pio. offer an extended waranty? How much is it from the store? I actually got mine in but I oredered online and the reciept says "web". I called in to ask them if they can change it from web to in-store and they said no, but that I should not have any problems with the waranty claim should one arise. Any comments on this?

Also how much was the waranty from them? And is it from them or pioneer? Thanks.

Pioneer does not offer extended warranties. The extended warranty from 6th Avenue is covered by a third-party company but it picks up after your Pioneer warranty expires. The warranty cost me $250 but the guy said it was only for the promotion period. The normal price is $350 for the 5 year extended warranty. The good thing is that you're covered 100% unless your negligence caused the problem. The guy told me that if my screen got even one dead pixel, the warranty would cover the cost of a new screen. There is no deductible and they have repair centers everywhere. I looked up my area code in North Dakota expecting the nearest service center to be 500 miles away but surprisingly it was only 12 miles away. Appearantly, the service repair center personnel are trained by the manufacturers so they should know what they're doing. My contract states that if they cannot repair the problem, they will replace the whole unit and if that model is no longer available they will get you an equivalent model or a current market value refund. It sounded good to me so I went for it.

FYI--Pioneer does not even let their own authorized service centers work on navigation products, so although it may be 12 miles away, they will still have to send it to CA if it breaks in the first year. Not sure who would repair it after that but be careful since they may not have ever worked on one before

palacios said:

Pioneer does not offer extended warranties. The extended warranty from 6th Avenue is covered by a third-party company but it picks up after your Pioneer warranty expires. The warranty cost me $250 but the guy said it was only for the promotion period. The normal price is $350 for the 5 year extended warranty. The good thing is that you're covered 100% unless your negligence caused the problem. The guy told me that if my screen got even one dead pixel, the warranty would cover the cost of a new screen. There is no deductible and they have repair centers everywhere. I looked up my area code in North Dakota expecting the nearest service center to be 500 miles away but surprisingly it was only 12 miles away. Appearantly, the service repair center personnel are trained by the manufacturers so they should know what they're doing. My contract states that if they cannot repair the problem, they will replace the whole unit and if that model is no longer available they will get you an equivalent model or a current market value refund. It sounded good to me so I went for it.

I'm not too sure what I think about my experience at this point. I'm sure a web purchase would have been 100% smoother experience.

I noticed today they no longer have a price listed on their web site, just a "Call for pricing" message. I was going to order via the web last night, but thought it would be better to place the order via phone, in case there is a benefit for warranty purposes.

The guy quoted a price of $1650 for the unit, and said that the $1499 price was a promotion. After about 15 seconds of "negotation" he quickly dropped the price down to $1550. After about another 15 seconds, the price went down to $1499, but he said they are out of stock and will not ship for 2 weeks, and he would give me that price if I was willing to wait.

That's when the high pressure warranty sales pitch kicked in. I mentioned I was curious on the pricing of the BT and IPOD adapter, and he quickly quoted list ($120 and $50 respectively). Then he mentioned the 3rd party warranty option. For $299 (usually priced at $350) it would cover 5 years AFTER the first year of warranty.

I checked out the site on-line (myrepairtech.com) and read the terms and conditions. Within 30 days you can cancel the contract and request a full refund from RepairTech (no involvement with 6th Ave I believe).

They ended up dropping the price of the warranty to $250, BT adapter to $100 and threw in the ipod adapter for free. All in all, I'm not too sure I'll keep the warranty, but none the less for $1849 this is a good package price.

I just received notification that the unit shipped out today. I guess they really did have them in stock, and didn't want me to call and cancel the warranty.

Like I said, not sure what I think about them at this point....

-Jeff

If you purchased a Z1 and bluetooth adapter from 6th Ave within the past week, has it been delivered yet and did the package have the BT adapter in it? Just curious because I placed my order only for the BT adapter last Friday (probably before you guys) and have not received a shipping notification. Yesterday I called them up and they said it would ship by the end of the week. Today when I called to inquire about the last guy's post (I'm trying to drop the price on my BT and get the iPod freeby), the salesman said the BT adapters have been out of stock for the past few weeks and they will not get them till next week. I bet they have them in stock but sales are limited to store purchases. Let me know if your delivery had the BT.

jbell73 said:

They ended up dropping the price of the warranty to $250, BT adapter to $100 and threw in the ipod adapter for free. All in all, I'm not too sure I'll keep the warranty, but none the less for $1849 this is a good package price.

Hey man, I'm trying to get 6th Ave to drop the BT price and see if they will throw in the free iPod adapter. I told the guy that I've been referring people to them and he said he might me able to do it but he wants to know your name so he can look it up. He said an order number would be very helpful. If you don't mind, do you think you might be able to give me your info? You can PM it to me if you'd like to be more discrete. I'm assuming your name is Jeff Bell so let me know if this is correct and possibly give me your order number. Thanks.--Pablo

Pablo,

I would rather wait to see what I get. I did receive a confirmation email from them, and noticed they didn't exactly price the items as I was quoted. The only reason I probably got a price break on the BT and IPOD adapter was the warranty.

They actually priced the warranty at $215 (not $250), and the IPod adapter at $35 (not $0). The BT was $100.

I don't want to sabotage my deal if the sales rep wasn't supposed to cut that much.

Are you working with them including the warranty or excluding? Probably makes a big difference.

palacios said:

I'm glad I could be of help to some of you. BTW, I ordered my BT from them last Friday and I still have not received a tracking number by e-mail. Did you get yours by e-mail or did you call for it? Also, if your tracking shows delivery for Friday, I'm willing to bet that you will get it by Wednesday or Thursday at the latest. When I ordered my Z1 from them two weeks ago on a Friday, my tracking number showed delivery for the following Friday and I received it on Wednesday.

They sent me an e-mail with a link to the DHL tracking page. I checked again today and it still shows delivery slated for tomorrow. When I ordered the BT adapter on Saturday morning(by phone), the guy told me I was getting the next to last one he had in stock. He did say that they were supposed to get another shipment in either this week or next week. He was actually really cool because he said normally they don't sell the ND-BT1 separately, only if you buy the AVIC-Z1 from them which I did not do. However, he said if I agreed to consider doing future business with them he'd make an exception and sell the adapter to me outright. Pretty nice guy(his name is Roberto) and a great deal at $120 shipped.

jbell73 said:

I don't want to sabotage my deal if the sales rep wasn't supposed to cut that much.

Are you working with them including the warranty or excluding? Probably makes a big difference.

I did buy my Z1 from them for $1500. A few days later I received a call and purchased the warranty for $250. Then two days later I bought the BT adapter for $120. I spoke to the Pioneer salesman and he said he wanted your order info so he can see if my claim is valid. He was actually happy that I've referred a few people to them and is willing hook me up if I can prove that you got the same deal. I don't think it would sabotage your deal since you placed it over the phone and the conversation was probably recorded. Either way, you already have your order confirmation which they cannot mess with. Let me know if you're cool with it.

klm42 said:

Pretty nice guy(his name is Roberto) and a great deal at $120 shipped.

I bought it from him too but I bought it on Friday. He did notice that I had ordered my Z1 from them so he didn't make a big deal about it. When I talked to him he said they had them in stock. That pisses me off that I ordered first when they were in stock and you got yours shipped when they had limited stock.

I left a message for Roberto this morning and he never returned my call. :( I guess I'll have to call again first thing tomorrow morning!

Slick 6MT said:

I left a message for Roberto this morning and he never returned my call. :( I guess I'll have to call again first thing tomorrow morning!

I was dealing with him too, He is off on thursdays, he said he will be working friday from 9-5

I got a call from Roberto this morning and he said that he was going to drop the price on my BT adapter from $120 to $89 because appearanty he has been getting more phone orders than he usually gets and he is attributing it to my referrals. He told me to keep referring you guys and that he would keep hooking us up with deals. He said if you call, ask for Roberto and mention that Pablo referred you. He said the $89 was just for me but he'd probably do it for you too. He'd at least do $100. Anyway, the BT adapters are not in stock and he said they will ship out next week.

DHL just delivered the adapter and it's being installed tomorrow. Most excellent. 8)