Buying Advice Cabela's selling Compact Tractors

[Jim Timber]

The plot thickens - I went back tonight to look it over again since the grapples are on sale now and it's gone...

Salesman said "we must've sold it." So I talked to the assistant manager about that and the power sports manager is going to call me Monday.

This doesn't sit well with me. I've spent thousands with that company. :irked:

 

[Jim Timber]

Salesman claimed he never refused to sell me the grapple via voicemail, no call from manager as requested either.

So I went to the newer Woodbury store and found out the guy I'd been dealing with has a reputation of dinkish behavior. We got past that quick, and I was taken back into the shop to get a look at the grapples they had.

Greg confirmed they were held pretty tight to the store pricing on the Woods stuff, but he let me double up a couple promotions to arrive at $100 off the $2359 sale price, and they took my veterans discout off as well (another $117 off). And processed it all under my Ag exemption, so I don't have to wait until next year to see that $130 either. Now this is the Cabela's experience I'm used to!

I'm very pleased with the build quality on this thing so far. All the bracing is stout and well designed. Now I just need my Surplus Center order to come so I can button up my 3rd function install.

 

[GManBart]

its because they charge you full list price for the attachments and eat the overcharge on the shipping.

EA sets their own "full list price" based upon shipping the item which is going to be a realistic price for the overwhelming majority of customers. They very clearly note that you can pick up in person for a lower price. At least they don't play the ridiculous game of having a "list price" which is artificially high so that when dealers give people a "deal" or a "rebate" the customer feels like they got some sort of special treatment...when all they got was the same price as every other joker who walks through the door. The manufacturer made their profit off the item, and now a middle man gets to make a profit, so the only one losing out is the customer who has to cover two profit margins, rather than one.

It's kind of telling when an implement dealer rips on EA who sells direct, rather than through dealers who profit being the middle man.

 

[GManBart]

This doesn't sit well with me. I've spent thousands with that company. :irked:

And yet you still went back and bought from them????

 

[Jim Timber]

Different store. If I boycotted every company who employed a 20-something dink, I'd be wearing a loin cloth and eating snails.

$2135 out the door and it's rated to 100hp and 10,000# of machine. I was real close to getting an EA extreme compact for similar money, but I like the design of the Woods better.



This thing is a tank!

 

[yelbike]

Different store. If I boycotted every company who employed a 20-something dink, I'd be wearing a loin cloth and eating snail.

Well said!!

 

[cford36]

Different store. If I boycotted every company who employed a 20-something dink, I'd be wearing a loin cloth and eating snails.

$2135 out the door and it's rated to 100hp and 10,000# of machine. I was real close to getting an EA extreme compact for similar money, but I like the design of the Woods better.





This thing is a tank!

The question is how much would it be buying direct?

 

[cford36]

Different store. If I boycotted every company who employed a 20-something dink, I'd be wearing a loin cloth and eating snails.

$2135 out the door and it's rated to 100hp and 10,000# of machine. I was real close to getting an EA extreme compact for similar money, but I like the design of the Woods better.





This thing is a tank!

The question is how much would it be buying direct?

 

[Jim Timber]

The only other advertised price I found was $3100 suggested retail. Woods doesn't sell direct, it's a dealer only distribution model.

 

[Kcduece25]

Just picked up lm55 with loader 22.5k