Get your Moto Parts at Walmart?

SEE ARE125 wrote:

Wouldn't these people have to be an FMF distributor to get the exhausts at a wholesale price in the first place? I don't see how they...

Wouldn't these people have to be an FMF distributor to get the exhausts at a wholesale price in the first place? I don't see how they can buy them from anyone else and still make a profit at that price. Why doesn't FMF require a contract with their distributors that their items be sold no less than a certain amount? Anyone who sells it for less is in breach of the contract and are immediately terminated from their list of authorized FMF retailers. STIHL has a price lock with their outdoor power equipment. It's the same price at every dealer around. Therefore you buy on dealer service and satisfaction, instead of price.

smrscott wrote:

I believe price fixing might be illegal in some forms - not sure if they can make retailers sell for a set price. That is why...

I believe price fixing might be illegal in some forms - not sure if they can make retailers sell for a set price. That is why things say suggest retail price. If a retailer is lowballing a price for a product, the manufacture can elect to stop selling them product at wholesale but they can't make them sell for a set price. It is all about free enterprise and capitalism.

The moto shops are already having a hard enough time staying in the black, why not encourage distributors to only sell through authorized moto shops.

Support a shop that at least has retail outlet, even if they also sell online is what help keep moto strong

IWreckALot wrote:

How does Apple get away with it then?

SEE ARE125 wrote:

Oldfart just took his shirt off.

FMFRacing47 wrote:

Thanks for your concern and comments, we are aware that FMF Racing branded products have recently begun to appear on the Sears and Wal-Mart Marketplace websites...

Thanks for your concern and comments, we are aware that FMF Racing branded products have recently begun to appear on the Sears and Wal-Mart Marketplace websites - offered by a third party. This is similar to third party posts on Amazon and E-bay.

We do not agree with, nor do we endorse, this manner of advertising and selling of FMF Racing products. We are looking into this and consulting certain advisors and other professionals to resolve the matter in the best interests of loyal local dealers, nationwide wholesale distributors, and all FMF customers worldwide. Thank you.
FMF Racing

Motodork wrote:

Too bad you didn't feel this way with FMF Int. I seen FMF clothing in every mall and a ton of possers wear FMF so me...

Too bad you didn't feel this way with FMF Int. I seen FMF clothing in every mall and a ton of possers wear FMF so me and most the people I know won't wear FMF clothing, Fox did the same thing and no body wears fox any more. Good on One Industries for staying with their local dealers.

huck wrote:

Your user name is fitting!

Motodork wrote:

So not one guy in here has been in a new town and see a guy wearing an applied racing or pro taper shirt and walk...

So not one guy in here has been in a new town and see a guy wearing an applied racing or pro taper shirt and walk up to him and say hi, back in the day you could identify other moto heads by them wearing something you could only get at a shop, like extreme back in the 80s.

Motodork wrote:

So not one guy in here has been in a new town and see a guy wearing an applied racing or pro taper shirt and walk...

So not one guy in here has been in a new town and see a guy wearing an applied racing or pro taper shirt and walk up to him and say hi, back in the day you could identify other moto heads by them wearing something you could only get at a shop, like extreme back in the 80s.

Cutter wrote:

Really, your issue with this is, you end up talking to the wrong type of dudes?

peelout wrote:

i ordered a few powerbands from Wally world, it's the way of the future bro

TeamGreen wrote:

Which ones you get?

peelout wrote:

[url=http://www.walmart.com/search/search-ng.do?ic=16_0&Find=Find&search_query=power+bands&Find=Find&search_constraint=0]i got one of each color[/url] especially stoked for the green one, it looks stretched as fuck wick it up, bro Meg also got a [url=http://www.walmart.com/ip/Just-My-Size-5-Pack-Assorted-Cotton-Briefs-Style-1610W5/10855263]little...

i got one of each color

especially stoked for the green one, it looks stretched as fuck

wick it up, bro

Meg also got a little sexy walmart lovin.

Motodork wrote:

There was a day that chicks would walk up and just start talking to you, being in moto was like being a rockstar back in the...

There was a day that chicks would walk up and just start talking to you, being in moto was like being a rockstar back in the 70s and 80s, those days are long gone. I was on my way to ponca one year and we were in gallup new mexico and I started talking to this kid and before you knew it we had raced against each other a few months before at tula rosa, small word, oh and he had on a Team Green shirt.

Motodork wrote:

There was a day that chicks would walk up and just start talking to you, being in moto was like being a rockstar back in the...

There was a day that chicks would walk up and just start talking to you, being in moto was like being a rockstar back in the 70s and 80s, those days are long gone. I was on my way to ponca one year and we were in gallup new mexico and I started talking to this kid and before you knew it we had raced against each other a few months before at tula rosa, small word, oh and he had on a Team Green shirt.

TeamGreen wrote:

Who was wearing MY shirt?

Torco1 wrote:

I was at a party once where I didn't know a lot of the people there so I just hung out in a coroner for awhile...

I was at a party once where I didn't know a lot of the people there so I just hung out in a coroner for awhile to try and get a feel of the place. I finally saw someone wearing a Whitesnake "Good to be Bad" 1987 tour t-shirt, so I went over there to strike up a conversation. That dude was a giant piece of shit, turns out the mother fucker didn't even like Whitesnake. Apparently earlier that evening someone spilled a wine cooler on him and the guy that was throwing the party pulled that shirt out of his rag pile in the garage for him to wear. So I guess I can see wear Motodork his coming from.

Torco1 wrote:

I was at a party once where I didn't know a lot of the people there so I just hung out in a coroner for awhile...

I was at a party once where I didn't know a lot of the people there so I just hung out in a coroner for awhile to try and get a feel of the place. I finally saw someone wearing a Whitesnake "Good to be Bad" 1987 tour t-shirt, so I went over there to strike up a conversation. That dude was a giant piece of shit, turns out the mother fucker didn't even like Whitesnake. Apparently earlier that evening someone spilled a wine cooler on him and the guy that was throwing the party pulled that shirt out of his rag pile in the garage for him to wear. So I guess I can see wear Motodork his coming from.

GuyB wrote:

Yep, spelling matters...

"...hung out in the coroner..."

That's just creepy.

Torco1 wrote:

I was at a party once where I didn't know a lot of the people there so I just hung out in a coroner for awhile...

I was at a party once where I didn't know a lot of the people there so I just hung out in a coroner for awhile to try and get a feel of the place. I finally saw someone wearing a Whitesnake "Good to be Bad" 1987 tour t-shirt, so I went over there to strike up a conversation. That dude was a giant piece of shit, turns out the mother fucker didn't even like Whitesnake. Apparently earlier that evening someone spilled a wine cooler on him and the guy that was throwing the party pulled that shirt out of his rag pile in the garage for him to wear. So I guess I can see wear Motodork his coming from.

GuyB wrote:

Yep, spelling matters...

"...hung out in the coroner..."

That's just creepy.

JeepnMike wrote:

He likes his ladies a little stiff. Sometimes it is hard to strike up a conversation, but when the party gets rolling, look out.

FMFRacing47 wrote:

Thanks for your concern and comments, we are aware that FMF Racing branded products have recently begun to appear on the Sears and Wal-Mart Marketplace websites...

Thanks for your concern and comments, we are aware that FMF Racing branded products have recently begun to appear on the Sears and Wal-Mart Marketplace websites - offered by a third party. This is similar to third party posts on Amazon and E-bay.

We do not agree with, nor do we endorse, this manner of advertising and selling of FMF Racing products. We are looking into this and consulting certain advisors and other professionals to resolve the matter in the best interests of loyal local dealers, nationwide wholesale distributors, and all FMF customers worldwide. Thank you.
FMF Racing

Motodork wrote:

Too bad you didn't feel this way with FMF Int. I seen FMF clothing in every mall and a ton of possers wear FMF so me...

Too bad you didn't feel this way with FMF Int. I seen FMF clothing in every mall and a ton of possers wear FMF so me and most the people I know won't wear FMF clothing, Fox did the same thing and no body wears fox any more. Good on One Industries for staying with their local dealers.

TeamGreen wrote:

I've never understood this "Us-n-Them" mentality. Next thing you know, you are gonna decide who can or can't go to a Supercross, who can or can't...

I've never understood this "Us-n-Them" mentality. Next thing you know, you are gonna decide who can or can't go to a Supercross, who can or can't watch it on Fox, who can or can't ride at what track.

"posers"

Classic.

So, FMF puts a deal together with a clothing company that's been successful at getting clothing sold & that makes them the Bad-Guys?

Dude, YOU are the Poser.

"I seen"...Bwahahahahahahaa

Idiot.

motogrady wrote:

If I had a small shop, I'd put them, FMF, on the back burner. Sure, still sell their stuff, but no stock anything, or push anything...

If I had a small shop, I'd put them, FMF, on the back burner.
Sure, still sell their stuff, but no stock anything, or push anything they make.

Especially if I had a rider or 2 out there that I supported.

Why should I advertise a product that is going to be bought from someone else?

No, either I get a break in price from the distributor so I can compete with Wal Mart,
or the guy that's bleeding the pipes to Sears get's his price increased so I can compete,
FMF becomes an expensive special order from me.

Nothing personal, it's just business.

Motodork wrote:

Too bad you didn't feel this way with FMF Int. I seen FMF clothing in every mall and a ton of possers wear FMF so me...

Too bad you didn't feel this way with FMF Int. I seen FMF clothing in every mall and a ton of possers wear FMF so me and most the people I know won't wear FMF clothing, Fox did the same thing and no body wears fox any more. Good on One Industries for staying with their local dealers.

huck wrote:

Your user name is fitting!

Motodork wrote:

So not one guy in here has been in a new town and see a guy wearing an applied racing or pro taper shirt and walk...

So not one guy in here has been in a new town and see a guy wearing an applied racing or pro taper shirt and walk up to him and say hi, back in the day you could identify other moto heads by them wearing something you could only get at a shop, like extreme back in the 80s.

motogrady wrote:

If I had a small shop, I'd put them, FMF, on the back burner. Sure, still sell their stuff, but no stock anything, or push anything...

If I had a small shop, I'd put them, FMF, on the back burner.
Sure, still sell their stuff, but no stock anything, or push anything they make.

Especially if I had a rider or 2 out there that I supported.

Why should I advertise a product that is going to be bought from someone else?

No, either I get a break in price from the distributor so I can compete with Wal Mart,
or the guy that's bleeding the pipes to Sears get's his price increased so I can compete,
FMF becomes an expensive special order from me.

Nothing personal, it's just business.

disbanded wrote:

But you don't have a shop, so...

motogrady wrote:

Ha, a bike shop, no, but a heating/airconditiong/sheetmetal, shop yes. And after seeing the loyalty expressed here by a few, I never will have a bike...

Ha, a bike shop, no, but a heating/airconditiong/sheetmetal, shop yes.

And after seeing the loyalty expressed here by a few, I never will have a bike shop.

smrscott wrote:

I believe price fixing might be illegal in some forms - not sure if they can make retailers sell for a set price. That is why...

I believe price fixing might be illegal in some forms - not sure if they can make retailers sell for a set price. That is why things say suggest retail price. If a retailer is lowballing a price for a product, the manufacture can elect to stop selling them product at wholesale but they can't make them sell for a set price. It is all about free enterprise and capitalism.

The moto shops are already having a hard enough time staying in the black, why not encourage distributors to only sell through authorized moto shops.

Support a shop that at least has retail outlet, even if they also sell online is what help keep moto strong

backinthesaddleagain wrote:

I think you can get a ninja 300 through Costco. Maybe other kawis as well?

backinthesaddleagain wrote:

I think you can get a ninja 300 through Costco. Maybe other kawis as well?

Motodork wrote:

How do you think a guy that has worked as a salesman for a long time feels about this? The ones I have spoke to hate...

How do you think a guy that has worked as a salesman for a long time feels about this? The ones I have spoke to hate it and tell there customers a kawasaki ninja 650 is made in Thailand and the Yamaha FZ6R is made in Japan, so it is worth spending a little more to get a Japanese made bike. That was the dumbest thing kawasaki has ever done, most shops carry several brands and no true salesman is going to push a kawasaki product for fear of a friend or relative telling there customers about Costco. Bad dealer relations, burn the guy on the front line.