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I get a 15% discount from my local dealer. Often ends up being less than online, and they drop ship to my house.
Life is good... let's moto!
The Shop
So aftermarket
Ebc- map policy
Fmf- map policy
All balls- map policy
Motion pro- map policy
The list goes on. And that’s awesome you took your son to the dealership I wish we had more of that today. There are a lot of people on this forum that probably have those memories of going to shops on Saturday’s. That’s pretty much what I’m saying, i wish we could get back to that and not get so caught up in the internet. I understand there is a convenience to it. But these shops need our help and it starts with us communicating to them what they should stock. These shops what to service you, we just need to give them a chance.
My closest Yamaha and Suzuki dealer? 45-60 minutes away. Again, I can’t get there when they are open. So unfortunately, I’m not able to support my friend who owns a shop and I have no choice but to order online because I can have it shipped directly to my place of work and take it home with me.
I do price comparisons regularly. However, I also have friends that work at Motosport. Regardless of having friends there, aside from Rocky Mountain their prices are the cheapest. I know dealerships are owned a lot of times by people barely getting by. I myself depending on my workload “just get by”. To address your comment, as far as people trying to get me to come down on a price for plumbing, it’s contract work. A legal agreement. Plumbers getting beat down on pricing are service guys. Big difference between a commercially licensed plumber who installs pipes in commercial buildings, medical gas in a hospital, deals with liquid oxygen and cryogenics, and the guy with his snake in back of a truck unclogging a line. Hey, you learned something.
Back to the topic. If prices were comparable to online I would be back in the dealerships. But, they’re not.
The other issues I encountered were dealing with people who only worked there cause it’s a job. Not because they were interested in the sport or were involved in it. Total lack of knowledge, screwing up orders, ordering the wrong part and as others have mentioned wanting a restocking fee.
I have no reason to try negotiating prices. That’s what they charge. In most cases, why waste my time? If local dealerships close, OEM parts online through a dealership are retail, what’s the point of favoring a shop that people seem to think its on us consumers to continually support them while they’re charging us up the ass? MOST of my parts I stock up on are OEM. Cables, hardware, clutch plates, brake pads, plastics, etc. Is it really worthwhile to set up two separate orders from a online store for OEM pieces, then set up another cart for aftermarket from a dealership? I’m not paying two separate shipping charges. Maybe that’s selfish in some people’s eyes. I honestly don’t care. They are not signing my checks or paying my bills and neither are you! Once again you’ve eluded the question which remains unanswered. Where did this person state aftermarket? Is it so hard to admit you don’t know what your talking about? You made a simple statement. Where’s the simple answer?
If a dealer did not have those stuff in stock in Sweden I am quite sure they would go out of business...
Pit Row
Does not pay to even drive to the dealership when almost everything I ever order is in stock.
To the guy that paid $50 on a hold to get a seat bolt.....man, go to ACE hardware grab you a $1 stainless bolt and washer and your good to go. All that hassle for a seat bolt?
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