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8/6/2021 8:03pm
Walked into a dealership with 10k cash and walked out with 10k Cash. Such a shame we are where we are. I've been lucky enough to get a new 450 each year from the same dealership for the above amount for 7 years in a row now and apparently loyalty means nothing. I know they can get much more selling a bike to anyone else in these times but I thought it would carry some weight that I've been very loyal to this dealership year after year and made sure I had their back in times when it wasn't so easy to sell bikes and now when they finally have the upper hand that loyalty means nothing. I don't even want to name the dealership and single them out because I'm confident they are all the same. Such a shame. I feel confident at that price they are making money and I can, at the end of the year, not completely lose my ass selling it. Are there any good dealerships left that care about relationships? Sorry guys just had to vent.
If we're you, just go to the manufacturer web site, put in your zip and start calling asking for otd price. You'll snag something if yoh do the work. Cash should nearly always be king... unless they wanna make money from finance, then just go that route and pay it off
The Shop
I mean its not like i haven't bought 2 bikes cash gotten almost all of my maintenance parts and supplys there. Sold 3 bikes 2 450's and a 250 for good money for them. Got a buddy to let them sell his boat so they made 5% on 40k. got them at last count just over another 3 k in parts from people. Even better the lady i always work with called me 5 months later. "Bike just sold for 400 more then you offered. They lost all your business to gain 400." And she's right will never go there again even if it means riding or not.
Speaking with your wallet means purchasing a two stroke
You had a dealer that sold you a 450 for $10K every year for the last 7 years, and you don’t ever think that the price may eventually increase?
Assuming that you’ve sold your past 5 or 6 of those, have you not increased your selling price of them to reflect actual market value?
Shitty time to buy a bike. Everything is sold before it gets to the dealership.
I’d start looking out of state first just to save on state tax if you’re not planning on titling it.
Years worth of loyalty should count for a little bit but right now they also have zero reason to negotiate. They could charge 15k for a new bike, someone desperate for a bike will buy it with how limited stocks are.
I also don't know if I would view buying a few bikes they may have had sitting as being loyal to them either. Maybe they were more loyal to you in those years by giving you a better deal then most?? and now you feel entitled. In the end, if you want a deal, what value do you bring to them that may offset the reduced profit? Its still just business and loyalty doesn't keep the lights on by giving profit away.
Lots of threads lately whining about prices of bikes. Don't like it, don't buy. But don't expect a business to make poor financial decisions just because you think you deserve it.
However, if you paid 10k 7 years ago, you weren't getting a deal then either.
Pit Row
2018 KTM 150sx purchased in August 2019, 6,000 OTD, showroom full of bikes. Great deal
2022 KTM 250 XCF Purchased last week, ordered 6 weeks ago to make sure we could get one, 10, 945 OTD. Showroom had a handful of bikes, only a few of them were adult dirt bikes. They were only getting 2 of this model for this year.
Times have changed, they did what they could for me imo.
Would you guys sell a bike a 1000 dollars cheaper if you only had one to sell? Or, just because you knew the guy? They took care of you when they could, now it's your turn to help them, that is how "relationships" work.
It sucks and I 100% get the frustration, but it's weird times man, don't think they had anything against you.
Go to Wal Mart, ring up all your shit and then call the manager over and tell him/her you believe you should get a discount and see how well that works.
Understand that businesses are there to make money. The only reason anyone who works at that dealership gets up in the morning and gets dressed is to make money. If times are good for them and they're feeling great and secure about their business and they want to throw a loyal customer a little bit of a deal then that's awesome. That is their decision and should be initiated by them without you asking. You have no idea what their finances and fears are with the fucked up year and a half we've all been through, especially being in California. Maybe they're foreseeing another lockdown or stay at home order with all the Delta stuff. Being deemed a "non-essential" business puts their ability to make money in the hands of the governor, which in California's case, is terrifying.
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