Yamaha Corporation of America sells products ONLY through authorized channel partners. ONLY channel partners authorized by Yamaha have committed to provide excellent pre-sale and post-sale customer service and to uphold Yamaha standards. And authorized Yamaha channel partners are the ONLY sellers that can convey to you, the consumer, the Yamaha factory warranty.

Not every seller advertising Yamaha® products has been authorized by Yamaha to advertise or sell those products. Unauthorized sellers may be selling counterfeit, used, damaged, or altered products (including products that have had serial numbers removed or altered), and often do not even have the Yamaha® products in inventory to sell. Consumers who have purchased from unauthorized sellers report problems contacting these unauthorized sellers for post-sale support, and in some instances have even experienced credit card fraud.

To avoid these problems, you should always buy from authorized Yamaha channel partners. If you have any questions regarding whether you are dealing with an authorized Yamaha channel partners you can check Yamaha's list of authorized sellers here.

To help guide you, we have compiled below a list of known unauthorized sellers. This is not a complete list as new unauthorized sellers emerge routinely, and we recommend you check the authorized dealer links above or contact us if you have any doubts. We note that unauthorized sellers may appear on a marketplace site, hosted by companies such as Amazon, eBay, Walmart, Reverb, Newegg or Facebook. While Amazon.com is an authorized dealer for some Yamaha products, some sellers on their marketplace are not, so you should always confirm that the seller is authorized by Yamaha.