I had bought my C9 on dussehra @ 1.15 lacs which was about $1575 with 3 year warranty, which I belive was pretty close to US pricing.
LG is still far better in terms of their TV pricing as compared to Samsung with their obnoxious pricing for their QLED range in India.
Agreed that LG pricing is better here than others, but Black Friday deals were 1,600-1,700$ for 65 C9 via LG authorised online retailers. Don't know about 55 C9 sale prices, but I bet they were close to 1200$.
Gotta compare peak sale pricing here to peak sale pricing there.