My Dealer is NUTS
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I guess it all depends on what a person is looking for. I sold my 2006 Fatboy a few months ago for 17,500. Clearly never would have gotten that on a trade, but the person who bought it loved everything that I had done to it and knew what the $$ amount would be to take a stock bike and get it to that point.
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From: Florence, MT (Bitterroot Valley)
I've noticed one thing about most of the dealers that are still in business. They want to make $$ on everything they sell. How you gonna do any business with that as the operating objective? Geez, don't those guys know we should be getting our stuff at less than wholesale?? Now I know why everyone calls em Stealers....
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Road Master
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Well...I must admit the first thing I could think of was I had to rush back to the house to tell LEOHD about it....so I might have missed that part.
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Road Master
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I've noticed one thing about most of the dealers that are still in business. They want to make $$ on everything they sell. How you gonna do any business with that as the operating objective? Geez, don't those guys know we should be getting our stuff at less than wholesale?? Now I know why everyone calls em Stealers....
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Stopped at a dealer yesterday that was putting on a BBQ.
For the hell of it asked about a trade in for my '06 road glide.The salesman said up front that I could do better selling it on Craigs list which i knew.
He said he bases the trade ins on KBB.Said he would give me a little more since it was a RG.
He said he would give 12 for it.Of course i said no.
For the hell of it asked about a trade in for my '06 road glide.The salesman said up front that I could do better selling it on Craigs list which i knew.
He said he bases the trade ins on KBB.Said he would give me a little more since it was a RG.
He said he would give 12 for it.Of course i said no.
At least he was upfront about it.
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I relize its different in some states than others but I have personally never seen deals on used bikes like there are now!
2006 RK 3000 miles just sold for $11,500 black lots of chrome sharp looking bike guy needed money now! lots of people are hurting big time alot of lay offs business closing down.
Dealers are in business to make money just like any other buisness otherwise there out of business. Some are better than others there is a dealer in my neck of the woods been treating people right for many yrs so he pretty much sells out of all bikes every year.
The dealer 20 miles or so away same state is a dick..................wouldnt buy a t-shirt from them.
2006 RK 3000 miles just sold for $11,500 black lots of chrome sharp looking bike guy needed money now! lots of people are hurting big time alot of lay offs business closing down.
Dealers are in business to make money just like any other buisness otherwise there out of business. Some are better than others there is a dealer in my neck of the woods been treating people right for many yrs so he pretty much sells out of all bikes every year.
The dealer 20 miles or so away same state is a dick..................wouldnt buy a t-shirt from them.
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Road Master
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Yeah well...we could say the same thing about politicians too right....and they're totally nuts.