Looking at those serial numbers, the guitars are probably from 2004 or earlier which places them before the last two price increases. Some new pricing rules were implemented since then as well, so no dealer that doesn't already have a new Further that's been sitting in stock for a couple years could match the price.
While the $5K they are currently asking for those guitars may seem like a good price, they also quote list as $9690. According to the Alembic site, list is $7900 today, and I don't know what it would have been two years ago. $7000, maybe? I don't know much about the Further to say what is optional there, but they look pretty stock to me.
If I were interested, I would get a very detailed condition report before committing to a purchase. If they've been sitting in Roman's shop for a couple years, they may have picked up a little play wear.
(Message edited by bsee on April 17, 2006)