All These people buying tractors, have you thought about group buying?

   / All These people buying tractors, have you thought about group buying? #11  
All I can say is it pays to shop around. I bought my JD 3032e last January for more than $2k less than 3 other dealers I talked to. One dealer told me that the deal I got was under his cost. I doubt that, but that's what he said. Be willing to travel a little for the best deal. Maybe I got lucky, I don't know. But what I do know is I saved a ton of cash.
 
   / All These people buying tractors, have you thought about group buying? #12  
Dang . . . and here I was considering kissing the wife (who thinks my tractor's sexy) goodbye to run off and join a hippy tractor love commune.
 
   / All These people buying tractors, have you thought about group buying?
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#13  
for it to work, they all need sold in the same transaction. So they would all need to be cash purchases.

not a bad idea, but you'd be disappointed to see the size of the discount.

Yeap, one order, one invoice, all cash, multiple brands and models as long as what the dealer can access, multiple delivery addresses, even a small discount being better than none, provided the work involved wasn't that much of a major.

Say we got together 5 buyers averaging about $20k each. I suspect a $100k order might be worth more than a free fridge magnet to the dealer, compared to a single $20k purchase. But people being people and life being complicated, could any such group actually pull something like this off?

And would the warranty still be able to be split to the respective buyers rather than whoever is nominated the buyer on the invoice, etc? Again, perhaps I'm dreaming but I'd rather hope dangling a $100k carrot in front of a dealer might motivate them to be somewhat accommodating in this regard.

Who knows? Has anyone actually tried it? If so, did it fail to get off the ground?

I tried to get a group purchase of chainsaw gear organised here and had well over a dozen people and we managed to get some pretty good deals, but when it came time to put $ into the hat, people evaporated until there was just two of us left.
 
   / All These people buying tractors, have you thought about group buying? #14  
Costco has a pretty successful auto-buying program for its members. Maybe you could interest them in adding tractors. :D
 
   / All These people buying tractors, have you thought about group buying? #15  
I think the hardest part would be trying to find enough buyers who can pay cash. When I walked in and pulled out 27,000 in cash the look of astonishment on the sales mans face told me straight up that not many folks buy this way anymore. As for me if I was still looking for a new machine I would definitely get in on a group buy if the savings was there to merit having to travel or to compensate for any extra time that might be involved getting everyone and everything together
 
   / All These people buying tractors, have you thought about group buying? #16  
I think the hardest part would be trying to find enough buyers who can pay cash. When I walked in and pulled out 27,000 in cash the look of astonishment on the sales mans face told me straight up that not many folks buy this way anymore. [snip]

If by "cash" you mean that you tendered $27,000 in U.S. Dollar paper currency, I've no doubt the salesman was astonished! :laughing: Unusual, as you say, but it also triggered IRS reporting requirements designed to combat money laundering, and probably created security concerns at the dealership as well. I wonder which of the managers drew the short straw to drive it to the bank. :)
 
   / All These people buying tractors, have you thought about group buying? #17  
Yes I mean cash!

Security? call the local police and have an escort to the bank or provide your own security as I do (Rugger SR)!

As far as the communist practice of reporting the sale to our government that is just a simple piece of paper that needs filled out so that they can come and waste more of our tax dollars to investigate yet an other innocent person.
 
   / All These people buying tractors, have you thought about group buying? #18  
Yes I mean cash!

Security? call the local police and have an escort to the bank or provide your own security as I do (Rugger SR)!

As far as the communist practice of reporting the sale to our government that is just a simple piece of paper that needs filled out so that they can come and waste more of our tax dollars to investigate yet an other innocent person.

Not reporting the sale, reporting the fact that some yahoo came in with a load of cash... is he a drug dealer, money launderer, terrorist, or just a guy too dumb to use a bank?
 
   / All These people buying tractors, have you thought about group buying? #19  
Not reporting the sale, reporting the fact that some yahoo came in with a load of cash... is he a drug dealer, money launderer, terrorist, or just a guy too dumb to use a bank?

That's a new one for me So am I a yahoo or dumb ? Fact is I have a few different banks but don't like writing checks or paying extra for a certified check so if you want my business be prepared for me to show up with cash in hand which I believe is still- "This note is legal tender for all debts public and private"

Its sad that you have to resort to name calling right off, this just strengthens my opinion of the said laws and those who support them!
 

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