Friend looking to buy, trade in boat
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as someone who did work in the auto business for years I can tell you the best chance he has
he may get lucky calling around to dealerships and find one that is hungry for business and will do the leg work for his trade
most likely they will not
what he is probably going to have to do is take his boat to several boat dealerships and get it appraised as if he was selling it to them, get that best number he can and then talk to them about wanting to trade it in at an HD dealer and have them buy it from the HD dealer for that same amount which will at least get him the sales tax savings on the purchase of the bike
he's going to have to have the HD dealer talk wtih the boat dealer so they can work out everything beforehand and maybe well MAYBE (that's a BIG maybe after a little maybe) he gets the deal done that way
at my dealership (cars) we had a time or two a bike or boat and we would get the dealer that was buying the trade wholesale from us at the dealership before doing the deal and make sure everything was AOK before moving forward because as others have said, I have yet to walk into an HD dealer and ask what boats they had for sale today.
he may get lucky calling around to dealerships and find one that is hungry for business and will do the leg work for his trade
most likely they will not
what he is probably going to have to do is take his boat to several boat dealerships and get it appraised as if he was selling it to them, get that best number he can and then talk to them about wanting to trade it in at an HD dealer and have them buy it from the HD dealer for that same amount which will at least get him the sales tax savings on the purchase of the bike
he's going to have to have the HD dealer talk wtih the boat dealer so they can work out everything beforehand and maybe well MAYBE (that's a BIG maybe after a little maybe) he gets the deal done that way
at my dealership (cars) we had a time or two a bike or boat and we would get the dealer that was buying the trade wholesale from us at the dealership before doing the deal and make sure everything was AOK before moving forward because as others have said, I have yet to walk into an HD dealer and ask what boats they had for sale today.
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Sell the boat, then shop for Harley.. The only logical way to go about it.
I would post an ad on www.thehulltruth.com there are a lot of guys there into both, h might get lucky, but they are fishing boat guys, save your time if its anything else.
I would post an ad on www.thehulltruth.com there are a lot of guys there into both, h might get lucky, but they are fishing boat guys, save your time if its anything else.