What gives with dealers on tractor house?

[MessickFarmEqu]

Greetings Messicks,

I trust you know what you are talking about . . so I'd like to explore that ability a bit.

I've seen some car dealers lose substantial money on oil changes because the wuality of the service person doing them was poor poor poor.

So what I'm wondering is . . do you see the warranty isdue on profitability being brand based, or service personnel skill based or something else?

It seems to me I would not expect any dealer to come and pickup my scut or smaller cut unless they were at fault. And I assume some diagnostic time is factored into warranty rates . . though maybe not as much as desired. But I would think warranty work makes for some good training opportunities in improving younger service people because it doesn't bloat a customer's normal bill.

Of course I'd also "guess" that certain brands have greater warranty claims or certain models of good brands (as an example the GR 2020 and 2120 kubota lawn mowers of the 2008 thru 2012 period).

Also . . Is warranty compensation indexed to location or region dur to differences in average wage or big city versus rural etc.?

warranty is not indexed, although they legally have to pay your shop labor rate. The sticker is thats based on their flat rate charts which even the most experienced tech can rarely hit. I don't know that one vendor is worse than another, they are all bad. The most frustrating parts are when they ask for more diagnostic work when you know what the problem is, because that time falls off the flat-rate chart and is often not really paid back.

 

[Luke'sScreenName]

Aren't there dealer industry surveys that report what the dealers think of their brands?

Also, I think the NH supreme court just upheald a law giving tractor dealers the same protections from manufacturers that auto dealers have.

 

[Luke'sScreenName]

Aren't there dealer industry surveys that report what the dealers think of their brands? i.e. warranty reimbursement, parts availability, etc.

Also, I think the NH supreme court just upheald a law giving tractor dealers the same protections from manufacturers that auto dealers have.

 

[CDennyRun]

Whenever I go to Tractor House, my browser can't back out of it (with back button). So I end up clicking a bunch of times.
Is this just my computer?
Conspiracy Theory:
Or is this a way for them to get a few million extra clicks, so they can use those numbers when they sell spots to dealers????
Like the **** sites trap you, once u click...not that I would know anything about that, of coarse. :ashamed:

It does the same thing on my laptop (with tractor house). Ha ha ha.

Chris

 

[TractorGuy]

I became frustrated and gave up with online listing sites when dealers I inquired to kept responding that the tractor listed was no longer available. Happened three times in a row. Just like these fools on CL that sell something and don't take down their ads. Big waste of everyone's time and shows a lack of respect for potential customers.

Finally found a machine on ebay and only bought after seller responded to my questions in a reasonable amount of time with all questions answered to my satisfaction. With ebay you can find dealers with good feedback and the ad is marked sold when the unit is purchased. There are lots of dealers on ebay I wouldn't mess with but they are easy to pick out. I would never buy a large purchase without asking some sort of question or questions just to gauge their response time and answers.

 

[AxleHub]

I became frustrated and gave up with online listing sites when dealers I inquired to kept responding that the tractor listed was no longer available. Happened three times in a row. Just like these fools on CL that sell something and don't take down their ads. Big waste of everyone's time and shows a lack of respect for potential customers.

Finally found a machine on ebay and only bought after seller responded to my questions in a reasonable amount of time with all questions answered to my satisfaction. With ebay you can find dealers with good feedback and the ad is marked sold when the unit is purchased. There are lots of dealers on ebay I wouldn't mess with but they are easy to pick out. I would never buy a large purchase without asking some sort of question or questions just to gauge their response time and answers.

I've certainly bought a bunch of items on EBay . . but I've never tried selling anything. I always have wondered what the cost or charge is to the seller on $5,000 and above items.

I nearly bought a Yanmar SC2400 from a dealer I know well a few years ago. I'd gone for a drive snd stopped at his location while in the area and saw it. Never saw it on EBay until several days later. Had I gone back a bought the unit because I'd been there and was not related or buying it thru EBay . . Would he have had to still pay some fee?

 

[TractorGuy]

Whenever I go to Tractor House, my browser can't back out of it (with back button). So I end up clicking a bunch of times.
Is this just my computer?
Conspiracy Theory:
Or is this a way for them to get a few million extra clicks, so they can use those numbers when they sell spots to dealers????
Like the **** sites trap you, once u click...not that I would know anything about that, of coarse. :ashamed:

I actually emailed them and complained about the no back code. They responded and claimed they didn't use it. The person responding claimed she had no such trouble.

I can back out of pages on their site without having to rapid click but it takes several clicks to back out on most pages.

That is another internet deal killer for me if used at a merchants site. I have had to close the tab and start my search over from some pages.

 

[TractorGuy]

I've certainly bought a bunch of items on EBay . . but I've never tried selling anything. I always have wondered what the cost or charge is to the seller on $5,000 and above items.

I nearly bought a Yanmar SC2400 from a dealer I know well a few years ago. I'd gone for a drive snd stopped at his location while in the area and saw it. Never saw it on EBay until several days later. Had I gone back a bought the unit because I'd been there and was not related or buying it thru EBay . . Would he have had to still pay some fee?

Technically they should but I see most ads have a disclaimer saying the machine is advertised local and they reserve the right to end the ad early.

I have to add that while shopping on eBay for equipment I encountered a lot more sellers I wouldn't buy from than ones I would. You have to be darn careful to read all their terms and try to make contact in addition to reading the feedback comments. I saw some that wanted you to pay storage if not picked up after 7 days.

My deal isn't completed yet as the delivery is being held up by weather but I have had enough conversations with the seller and shipper that I feel confident it will turn out okay.

 

[AuburnAlum]

I actually emailed them and complained about the no back code. They responded and claimed they didn't use it. The person responding claimed she had no such trouble.

I can back out of pages on their site without having to rapid click but it takes several clicks to back out on most pages.

That is another internet deal killer for me if used at a merchants site. I have had to close the tab and start my search over from some pages.

This may be intentional. Tractor house is in the business of selling ad space for pretty much all its revenue. The more 'unique' impressions or clicks they get from anyones computer only helps them. This helps them drive up their click count for their pages and up their Google search ranking and better it ups their unique ad impressions that they drive for advertising revenue. In addition the dealers that advertise with TH.com also drive up their own Google rankings.

 

[MessickFarmEqu]

In addition the dealers that advertise with TH.com also drive up their own Google rankings.

Not really. TH does their best to put as few backlinks to the dealer as possible to keep visitors on their website.

I personally have not been able to make an actual business case for spending money on TH for several years, its one of those things you end up doing just because everyone else does.