The closest dealer to me had the same thing when I bought.
They had A brand new sun drenched slighlty
starting to rust tractor. No $pecial deal offered.
I found a newer model much
farther south, delivered, for $500 le$$.
HELLO!
They tried to pump into me HARD that it is not the tractor
build year, but the date it is pressed into service. Well, NO!
That is absolutely wrong, you see MOST HUMANS want to know
what "Year" that tractor or car is, and I wanted a NEW tractor, not
a tractor already one model year old.
They offered no deal, I walked...I asked for a newer unit to be shipped
in for me. They LIED and said it would be 4 months. I made a few calls
and proved them lieing...byby....................................
I even ran the engine numbers and found it was over a year old.
Knock 4K or more off there asking price and offer that including a 2 year non commercial
warranty. If they accept great! If not, move on. If your worried about dissing them off
then all's I can say is; "It must be nice to be so rich that your more afraid
of hurting the feelings of a dealer, then giving to your own family, of which if
you pay long dollar, your depriving your family.."
Think About It.
Do you think they are going to turn you away for service or "Stick it
to you" when you do come in for service, even if you bought elsewhere?
They will do that ANYWAYS regardless of where you bought it!
They have a business to run, they HAVE to charge big money
or they will not be in business for long!
Make YOURSELF happy, not them...