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xxxsandman
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Today I went and set in a New Holland TN75DA. Very nice tractor, didn't start it, but it was well equipped and felt very nice.
Talked to the salesman.
I find it funny that out of the 10 or so dealers I visited in the past week, the local New Holland and Kubota dealers was the ONLY ones to talk the compition down. Kubota went on about how good they was and the resell value sucked on anything but a Kubota, I could sell it for new price in a few years if I wanted he said. I mentioned the possiblity of buying a used Kubota and he said, you might as well buy a new one, they cost about the same.
The New Holland dealer just flat told me they are #1 and there is no 2nd place. There is NO better tractor made, he said. I said great, how much for that TN75DA on your lot. Quote "um, I'll have to figure it up and give you call, what's your number?" I haven't receive a phone call. What the ****? Is he afraid he aint going to make enough off of it, needs to re-run the numbers and see if he can't find something to add? What a way to sell a tractor.
The main point is the Mahindra, Montana, and Kioti dealers did NOT downgrade the competition. They simply stated they think their tractors compare well with the other models I mentioned and pointed out some of the strong selling points of their tractors. So they are either better salesman then the NH and Kubota salesman I dealt with or they are less worried about the competition then the NH and Kubota dealers.
I'm not going to let the poor salesmanship influence my buying decision, rather which dealer I buy from. Just thought I was share my experiences today.
Talked to the salesman.
I find it funny that out of the 10 or so dealers I visited in the past week, the local New Holland and Kubota dealers was the ONLY ones to talk the compition down. Kubota went on about how good they was and the resell value sucked on anything but a Kubota, I could sell it for new price in a few years if I wanted he said. I mentioned the possiblity of buying a used Kubota and he said, you might as well buy a new one, they cost about the same.
The New Holland dealer just flat told me they are #1 and there is no 2nd place. There is NO better tractor made, he said. I said great, how much for that TN75DA on your lot. Quote "um, I'll have to figure it up and give you call, what's your number?" I haven't receive a phone call. What the ****? Is he afraid he aint going to make enough off of it, needs to re-run the numbers and see if he can't find something to add? What a way to sell a tractor.
The main point is the Mahindra, Montana, and Kioti dealers did NOT downgrade the competition. They simply stated they think their tractors compare well with the other models I mentioned and pointed out some of the strong selling points of their tractors. So they are either better salesman then the NH and Kubota salesman I dealt with or they are less worried about the competition then the NH and Kubota dealers.
I'm not going to let the poor salesmanship influence my buying decision, rather which dealer I buy from. Just thought I was share my experiences today.