Usually dealers are a franchise. It doesn't matter if it's a Subway or car dealers, they all have to abide by the corporate rules regardless of if they're indepednantly owned; or else they lose their contract to associate, advertise and sell the brand.
What is always (99% of the time) part of that contract is having to maintain uniformity across the corporation's dealer network. If you bought a F-150 50 miles away because you got a better deal, the ford dealer 5 miles away can't refuse service to you, ESPECIALLY warrantied service. Because the warranty is contractually obligated to be fufilled by the dealer network.
So most likely either your local dealer provides you with service, or else the local dealership breaches their contract and loses the ability to even sell Deere.
If I were you I would email
John Deere Executives
Max A. Guinn
Senior Vice President,
Human Resources, Communications,
Public Affairs, and Labor Relations
Laurie S. Simpson
Vice President and
Chief Compliance Officer
Deere & Company
Mary K. W. Jones
Senior Vice President and
General Counsel
Deere & Company
You will have to try different combinations to figure out their email, but it is usually
LastName.FirstName@deere.com or
LastName.MiddleInitial.FirstName@deere.com
If you do, make sure to CC all of them, if they know others got the same email they're more likely to pay attention.
The sale of a John Deere dealership is privately negotiated between the current owner and the prospective buyer. However, dealers do have a contract with either Deere & Company (for agricultural and commercial & consumer equipment dealerships) or John Deere Construction & Forestry Division (for construction and forestry equipment dealerships) to sell its products. Therefore, the issuance of a dealer contract is subject to approval by John Deere. This ensures that the prospective buyer will have sufficient resources and will adequately represent the John Deere brand and product in the marketplace.
http://www.deere.com/en_US/docs/Cor...porategovernance/code_of_business_conduct.pdf
You should also send a letter to their compliance helpline about what happened.
https://www.compliance-helpline.com/JohnDeere.jsp
Compliance Hotline Committee
P.O. Box 1192
Moline, IL 61266
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1192
USA
After you do this I would be very surprised if the dealer didn't call you up with a begging apology and express his desire to help you in any way.