AuburnAlum
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1. Do they have the items in stock at the store (displays or stock)?
2. What is there individual store's cost to get items shipped to them from their regular warehouse?
3. Same question as #2 except shipping costs from other warehouses?
4. Who is the salesperson? Is it the manager or is it a commissioned lead sales professional or is ut a regular hourly employee?
5. If the store has lost their sales tractor specialists . . its a much different story . . and their need to get tjings gone is higher.
6. Like any other hardware dealer . . if they have plenty of intetest in what they have available . . they will stick to their advertised clearance prices wherever possible.
My point is simple . . katex is a rookie who came at a perfect time yo a perfect location to get a brand new fully warranteed untough product . . .probably at a store who had a scenario that needed to get it gone. When stores are going to be losing on every sale . . BELOW clearance prices . . you can't expect each location to match the perfect price at the perfect scenario imo. A few hundred dollars one way or the other is nothing compared to saving 10k , 12k or 14k. Remember . . Cabelas isnt going out of business . . just out of selling tractors. Still full warranty one way or another, still brand spanking new equipment, and still real life losses on every sale.
I am in the process of working with the local store here to find out the rest of your questions. In the mean time with regards to #5 The Salesperson is also the Power Sports sales lead. They will lose a tool in their bag to sell but still have boats, ATVs etc to sell. They seem to be commissioned but that is only the guess as I am too a commissioned sales person myself. The prices have been going steadily lower as the time goes on from what I was told. I spoke to two service individuals that have spoken highly of the tractors. The only issue they have seen have been from mistreatment.