Experience at Kubota dealer - central Florida

[Torvy]

That has nothing to do with "honesty". It has everything to do with price hikes that can happen in a matter of days and in some cases; hours...literally.
Websites cannot keep up with what info the dealer gets from corporate with a mere email.
Whether it's family or anything else, you are always told by corporate what your next tractor order is going to cost.

Really? It literally takes less time to update new prices on the website than it does to inform the dealership.

 

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Really? It literally takes less time to update new prices on the website than it does to inform the dealership.

Not necessarily. You're thinking is that the "website" is constantly manned. Not so. Corporations usually hire that out and differentiations about who is manning those websites (or if at all especially w this covid stuff) can be rather large.
We had info that wasn't altered on the website for 2 months.

 

[nrosario]

That has nothing to do with "honesty". It has everything to do with price hikes that can happen in a matter of days and in some cases; hours...literally.
Websites cannot keep up with what info the dealer gets from corporate with a mere email.
Whether it's family or anything else, you are always told by corporate what your next tractor order is going to cost.

From $900+ to $2,000 for 3 sets of weights...

I think there is more here that prices out of sync.

 

[2manyrocks]

Based on my recent experience, I think your only defense is to price shop at multiple dealers to compare prices.

 

[sea2summit]

Discount ????
The discount on the backhoe is a price increase.
$11,766 unit price, $12,043.25 discounted price.
Find another dealer.
/edit - heck the discounted price for the backhoe is about what I paid for my M4700!

It may be the steel surcharge. I’m not horribly shocked by the quote in the current market but the sales guy should be able to explain it better.

 

[Lineman North Florida]

That has nothing to do with "honesty". It has everything to do with price hikes that can happen in a matter of days and in some cases; hours...literally.
Websites cannot keep up with what info the dealer gets from corporate with a mere email.
Whether it's family or anything else, you are always told by corporate what your next tractor order is going to cost.

That's awful funny I was able to order a skidsteer from a family owned dealership for considerably less $ than mulitiple corporate dealerships, so that doesn't hold water, as far as corporate setting prices, I believe that they do give a MSRP but I can tell you for sure that some of these dealers are marking that up substantially, some would call it price gouging.

 

[ultrarunner]

Not the issue about "your boy and his experience". Has all to do with litigation and the myriad of other "little boys" climbing all over the equipment and slipping and hurting themselves and the subsequent possibility of a lawsuit.
As far as the boy "remaining in the car": that's about parents or guardians thinking it perfectly alright to perch their youngun top of the seat or in the bucket (and in one instance we having a parent place their 1 yr old in the backhoe bucket to take a pic of".
I'm of the type of you are responsible for your own actions but litigation has made that mindset less popular. It only takes "one" who is so sue minded and those people seem to be growing in numbers.
Personally I think it abhorrent we have gotten to this point but there you are.

I’m sure you are right…

Some would say leaving a child in a car alone is endangerment…

 

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That's awful funny I was able to order a skidsteer from a family owned dealership for considerably less $ than mulitiple corporate dealerships, so that doesn't hold water, as far as corporate setting prices, I believe that they do give a MSRP but I can tell you for sure that some of these dealers are marking that up substantially, some would call it price gouging.

Kubota states that their franchises are independently owned so your water carrier may have some leaks as well. Not all company business models are the same.
There is price gouging going on but because one or 15 does it, doesn't mean it is indicative through out the seller market.
I'd rather not stroke with the brush so broadly knowing what I know.

 

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I’m sure you are right…

Some would say leaving a child in a car alone is endangerment…

I agree. That was a rather harsh and knee jerk reaction by that owner.
There has to be a better way than saying, "leave your kid in the car". We certainly wouldn't say that to anyone.
"Please keep your child off the equipment" along with a sign or two pertinent to such usually gets it done....in most cases.

 

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From $900+ to $2,000 for 3 sets of weights...

I think there is more here that prices out of sync.

Could very well be but that is where communication is key so no one is left up in the air. For me and where I work, that is not so much about the buyer/seller relationship as it is simply treating people in a more righteous and forthwith manner no matter what the situation.