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Originally Posted by RedRiver
I totally understand what you are saying and I'm not trying to saying your or my opinion is right or wrong. Just stating why, in my opinion, I think the MSRP's are useless 99% of the time.
For example say a unit's MSRP is $12,400 yet the dealer is selling it for $10,000. $2,400 is a lot of room off that MSRP........while one dealer in one area might sell this unit for $10,000, another dealer might be selling it for $11,500 and another dealer might be selling it for $11,850. It's all going to depend on the dealers location as to how close or far away their pricing is to the MSRP. This is one reason I feel the MSRP is of very little use because the price depends a lot on your location.
I know for a fact that you can drive 3 hours south of us and buy the same tractor we sell for $1500-2000 more. Why? They have very little to no other Mahindra dealers in their area. They aren't having to compete with other Mahindra dealers, only the Kubota, JD, NH, Massey, etc. dealers.
To sum it up I think MSRP is more important to the window shoppers than the people actually going out and buying a tractor. In my opinion, someone who is wanting to buy a tractor will visit or at the very least call the dealers in their area for pricing and not rely solely on MSRP's. True a MSRP may give you an estimate on how the pricing of different brands compare but it also may NOT give you an accurate comparison at all.
Once again, this is only my opinion.....I am in no way saying the people who do think the MSRP should be posted are in anyway wrong. I don't care if Mahindra posts it or not, like I said noone has ever mentioned it to me in the store or on the phone. I also wish I could give you an explanation why they took it off, I have no clue and they haven't told their dealers why they did this so my guess is just as good as yours.
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Mahindra can do as they wish. But they are taking some folks out of the market. Let me ask the dealers on here, "why you are on these boards?" Is it because you have nothing else to do or could it possibly be because you get some advertisement. Some of you guys are known as dealers and I like getting advice from you all.
Some folks today do most of their shopping on ther internet. Just this morning I heard a starling fact. 80% of most large sales begin with an internet hit. If the average consumer who is internet savvy goes to the Mahindra site and see no MSRP do you think some of then will just click by and not look into the tractor? I do. Many internet buyers have no idea what a Mahindra tractor is, just look on here how many post read something like this, " Newbie many question"?
I for one searched on the internet before I bought my 3325. I saw the Mahindra, when comparing horse power to horse power, was more competitive than JD, Kubota, MF or most other brands. I then searched the tractor concerning how it was built, history of company and etc. I finally realized I wanted a Mahindra 3325. If I hadn't seen a competitive MSRP I probably wouldn't of spend that much time on buying a Mahindra.
I use the internet because I want to shop without you knowing I am shopping. Oh I know you can trace my IP address but you can't call me. I can hit the delete button in a nana second. I never fill out anything to give you details about when I am buying or why I am buying. I like to shop in the dark or kind of in the dark or at least in the dark for you.
Just my 2 cents.
Don