I know from reading here that tractor prices vary widely from geographic region to region. In WV, we have a dealer that has some of the very best prices Ive seen on Kubotas. (Even better than Carvers) There is also a dealer here that charges more then retail for some products. Talk about extremes.
In the Northern Mid-West I understand that John Deere dealers beat both NH and Kubota dealers by a wide margin on price, because of JD's higher markup. In my area, even with the discounts they are offering right now, JD is higher then Kubota or NH. A JD dealer just smiles and starts talking about resale value when you suggest the prices are too high.
What irks me is that (to the best of my knowledge) all dealers buy these items for exactly the same price. Why one wants substantially more for the same thing is beyond me. I will concede that shipping distance might make a slight difference in price, but it would have to be on a truck traveling by way of Brazil to justifying the thousand of dollars difference i see from shipping costs alone. The difference must either be overhead costs, or dealer greed, maybe both.
Like I said, im my area, we have some dealers willing to give a fair deal (except for JD /w3tcompact/icons/sad.gif). Maybe some more looking around is in order?
Jon