I order my T233's and T273's directly from TYM, delivered in a enclosed truck trailer and washed and shined with about 1 hour on them. They are new, new, new and not scratch and dent. I don't know what type of stuff the dealer is telling you but out here we are selling them like mad and they are advertising these prices in Capital Press (an ag publication).
I know all the dealer in our area like ID, MT, Wa. Or. Ca. etc. sell them for $10,995.00 for the 233 w/loader and $11,995.00 for the T273 w/loader.
I happen to know that what was happening out here was Kubota was advertising heavily the BX series in the high 11K range. TYM wants to be extremely competitive and made a move to grow market share by selling a much better spec'd tractor at a much better price.
I can report that in Jan. alone our sales of those two models equaled all of last years sales of those two models. It has been a great success for the dealers as well as TYM as far as I am being told.
Thanks,
Maka