$5K over MSRP on 2018 Models
#31
08-26-2017, 10:07 PM
Seasoned HDF Member
#32
08-26-2017, 10:51 PM
#33
08-26-2017, 11:32 PM
Big Kahuna HDF Member
#34
08-26-2017, 11:34 PM
Seasoned HDF Member
I don't know why people always rag on dealers. It a BUSINESS. The goal is to make as much profit as you can and nobody forces anyone to buy anything. Nobody holds a gun to anyone's head, forces them to walk into a dealer and buy a bike priced over MSRP.
If you were selling your bike and told a potential buyer, "you know, the book value of this bike is $10K but I want $15K". If they agree then they obviously want the bike. If you could get 15K for it would you stick with 10K because that is the book value and that's right thing to do? Hell no.
Dealer might as well try and see how far you can go. It's a business after all. If someone is willing to pay over MSRP because they really want a bike, then get as much as you can. The point of a business is to make a profit. Youre not stiffing anyone. They know upfront what the cost is and the bike is $5 over MSRP. If they buy it, congratulations to the dealer.
If you were selling your bike and told a potential buyer, "you know, the book value of this bike is $10K but I want $15K". If they agree then they obviously want the bike. If you could get 15K for it would you stick with 10K because that is the book value and that's right thing to do? Hell no.
Dealer might as well try and see how far you can go. It's a business after all. If someone is willing to pay over MSRP because they really want a bike, then get as much as you can. The point of a business is to make a profit. Youre not stiffing anyone. They know upfront what the cost is and the bike is $5 over MSRP. If they buy it, congratulations to the dealer.
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#35
08-26-2017, 11:39 PM
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#37
08-27-2017, 07:51 AM
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My decision would be to never set foot in that dealership again - to buy anything. There are other good dealers out there that will continue to get my money.
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#38
08-27-2017, 08:07 AM
Road Master
First off we really like the lady's there in motor cloths. My wife knows them by first name and we enjoy shopping there. We bought each other matching jackets for this winter. Right at $300.00 each, I bought a new wallet for $40.00, the wife bought a bracelet and a shirt. We had been planning on the jackets and they had the ones we wanted in stock.
As for bikes I don't think I could ever make a deal with them and based on the last experience don't plan to try!
But they are close and we like to stop in.
As for bikes I don't think I could ever make a deal with them and based on the last experience don't plan to try!
But they are close and we like to stop in.
LOL - I'd try and charge you 5K over MSRP as well if you came in buying $700 worth of HD crap, especially "matching jackets"!! LMAO!! Great advertising for a company you admit tries to rake people over the coals by overcharging them!! Too funny!
Seriously get over the MOCO, their clothes, their parts, all of it. They do NOTHING for you so why advertise for them? The only thing the MOCO has going for it are the are an American company. If Kawasaki or Honda were headquarted in the US they'd be out of business.
PT Barnum was right, there is a sucker born every minute and you sound like a whale.
#40
08-27-2017, 08:17 AM
