Another Kioti Dealer Gone

[Coyote machine]

That has been the case for at least the last five years. It became apparent during the CK loader cracking fiasco and there has never really been any evidence that they changed corporate culture after that. They piss off both customers and dealers on a regular basis. The tractors are great but the corporate support sucks.

And herein lies the overwhelming problem, unfortunately. If corporate culture keeps this trend going customers and dealers will both be scarce. Eventually it will effect bottom line, and we all know what happens when bottom line isn't going in the right direction- quality suffers and good people loose their jobs.
Hopefully Kioti hasn't already pointed themselves in this direction, a slippery slope at best.

 

[tcartwri]

Are they McCormicks? McCormick (owned by Landhini) are selling some rebranded Kiotis. I think it happened early this year. The Case dealer in my area is also a Landhini/McCormick dealer.

I don't believe so. The McCormick's have a pretty distinctive stripe on the hood, and this dealer is a very well established and not a multi brand operation. Who knows though. I will have to walk up to them to make sure.

 

[IslandTractor]

And herein lies the overwhelming problem, unfortunately. If corporate culture keeps this trend going customers and dealers will both be scarce. Eventually it will effect bottom line, and we all know what happens when bottom line isn't going in the right direction- quality suffers and good people loose their jobs.
Hopefully Kioti hasn't already pointed themselves in this direction, a slippery slope at best.

I think they are selling more tractors than ever but the tractors sell themselves so I don't give management much of the credit.