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Old Apr 13, 2014 | 07:22 AM
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Big dealership = Big overheard = more $$$$ for bikes service parts that is the business !!!
 
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Old Apr 13, 2014 | 08:48 AM
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Although it would be interesting to visit such a large dealer, I'd be holding onto my wallet with both hands, but that's nothing new...i do that at all dealers. Especially in Canada. Was at the local dealer yesterday and looked at caps.....29.99 + 13% Tax for a stinking baseball cap. No sale!
Now that my Warranty expired, i don't see myself going back there anytime soon.
 

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Old Apr 13, 2014 | 09:04 AM
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I was under the impression that the MOCO insisted that the smaller dealers move out of the little shops and move into larger, more visible, more accessible stores. I didn't think the individual dealer had a choice. The shop I bought my 07 at was a small, hard to locate place, located on a highway that didn't have much traffic, with minimal bikes on the floor. They have since moved to a much larger, definitely more visible, and on a frontage road of a much more used highway. It also seems that a few of the shops around here have combined to become larger "corporations", two or three dealers combined. I was "told" if the smaller mom and pop dealers couldn't make the switch to the larger, more visible buildings, they had to sell. So maybe it's not always the dealer but the MOCO that is making these calls...
 
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