Dealer I'm getting a little disappointed with Kubota Dealers

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... but to outright dismiss other tractor companies as making crap is not acceptable in my opinion.

I am not quite sure that I understand the point of your post, but if this is an important buying consideration, go with a brand other than Kubota.

 

[Lt CHEG]

I am not quite sure that I understand the point of your post, but if this is an important buying consideration, go with a brand other than Kubota.

I wouldn't say that it's enough to keep me from buying a Kubota if I decide that based on features, value, feel, etc. that the Kubota is the right tractor for me. That kind of attitude from a dealer though will certainly prevent me from buying a tractor from that dealer though.

For the record, I do believe that Kubota makes an excellent tractor and I didn't want people to think that I don't think that Kubota's are good tractors. By the same token there are features on Kubotas that I outright don't like or that I don't like as much as on other tractors. Having the brake pedals on the same side as the hydro pedal is a feature that I really really don't like for example. By the same token Kubota seems to have the best loader capacity per horsepower amongs the tractors that I am looking at, so I can easily pick out features that I like and don't like about Kubota. I just don't like being talked down to by a dealer and told that only their product is quality and everyone else's is junk.

 

[gwdixon]

Dealers or salesmen are people and have different personalities. Painting all Kubota dealers with the same brush is approaching predjudice.

There are two dealers closeby in my area. One is a giant and is stiff, unyeilding, and used to selling million dollar tractors to huge farm co-ops. They have no interest in a little guy like me. They gave me a bottom line price that was quite good and said take it or leave it.

The other is a small mom-and-pop operation with a "feet up on desk" approach to selling tractors. Very pleasant to deal with. They beat the price of the big dealer with much consternation and a razor thin profit margin so they got my business.

However, had the big dealer had the best price they would have had a sale. We are not making friends here when it comes to the pocketbook. In fact, servicing will be done at the big dealer since they have a wealth of experience.

Salespeople try to establish a personal relationship to gain an advantage. Some of them may think that downgrading the competition is one way to achieve that since they are giving "inside information" of some sort. But you have to get past that. You have fallen victim to sales tactics whether or not they are pleasant from your point of view.

Ignore the periphreal garbage and only look at the bottom line - price and features, bang for the buck, or whatever you want to call it. You are the one in control.

Oh, and Kubota marks up their tractors by 20% to get MSRP. A dealer needs 7% to survive. That gives you 13% leeway to bargain a price.

 

[MessickFarmEqu]

Oh, and Kubota marks up their tractors by 20% to get MSRP. A dealer needs 7% to survive. That gives you 13% leeway to bargain a price.

Um... wrong. The markup varies by product line, but none of them are at 20%

 

[ovrszd]

Yeah, I thought the Kubota markup percentage was a little high too. But as a dealer, would you be content with 7% on all sales??

 

[MessickFarmEqu]

Yeah, I thought the Kubota markup percentage was a little high too. But as a dealer, would you be content with 7% on all sales??

Would we, absolutly... around us your doing darn well to walk away with 7%. I know most dealers would never be able to survive on that.