Robert_in_NY
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- Joined
- Aug 1, 2001
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- Silver Creek, NY
- Tractor
- Case-IH Farmall 45A, Kubota M8540 Narrow, New Holland TN 65, Bobcat 331, Ford 1920, 1952 John Deere M, Allis Chalmers B, Bombardier Traxter XT, Massey Harris 81RC and a John Deere 3300 combine, Cub Cadet GT1554
late last year I was looking to buy a narrow vineyard tractor. I had originally narrowed it down to Kubota and John Deere but was leaning towards Kubota because the cab was suppose to have more room which is what I was looking for. Room in a narrow cab is extremely hard to find because of the design of these machines.
Anyway, I was curious as to how close the prices would be between the two and figured I would build both tractors online first to see how close MSRP would be. John Deere came in almost $10k higher then a similar Kubota so I never even priced it through the dealer since it would have been way more then I would have wanted to pay.
Well because of how terribly disappointed I am with the Kubota I finally contacted the Deere salesman and asked about trading the Kubota for the Deere. Well they won't give me enough for the Kubota to make the trade happen but the price for the Deere was less then $2k more then I paid for the Kubota. If the Deere calculator had been much more reasonable with the pricing before hand I would have actually contacted the Deere salesman and not been scared away. I can't say if I would have bought the Deere or not but at least I would have gave them a strong chance. Now I am stuck with this Kubota till I can sell it outright then go with a Deere.
I don't know if any of the Deere dealers or Deere reps will see this but if its possible could someone mention it to someone higher up to see if they can adjust the calculator so that they don't lose sales like this by scaring customers away with extremely high prices (The Kubota came in around $50k MSRP and the Deere was $60k so it was a considerable increase for the same size tractor specced as closely as possible).
Anyway, I was curious as to how close the prices would be between the two and figured I would build both tractors online first to see how close MSRP would be. John Deere came in almost $10k higher then a similar Kubota so I never even priced it through the dealer since it would have been way more then I would have wanted to pay.
Well because of how terribly disappointed I am with the Kubota I finally contacted the Deere salesman and asked about trading the Kubota for the Deere. Well they won't give me enough for the Kubota to make the trade happen but the price for the Deere was less then $2k more then I paid for the Kubota. If the Deere calculator had been much more reasonable with the pricing before hand I would have actually contacted the Deere salesman and not been scared away. I can't say if I would have bought the Deere or not but at least I would have gave them a strong chance. Now I am stuck with this Kubota till I can sell it outright then go with a Deere.
I don't know if any of the Deere dealers or Deere reps will see this but if its possible could someone mention it to someone higher up to see if they can adjust the calculator so that they don't lose sales like this by scaring customers away with extremely high prices (The Kubota came in around $50k MSRP and the Deere was $60k so it was a considerable increase for the same size tractor specced as closely as possible).