Dealer Dealer info in Virginia,

[dgl24087]

Lawson sells on eBay as well, feedback rating of 100% positive on feedback score of 133 .

 

[swmpbgy1]

Any body done any business with Lawson Building supply in RoseHill Va, I have spoken to them a couple of time and got a good delivered price, thier about 85 miles away from me, seem to be on the up and up,I just had another dealer kinda bashing them, about how unorganized they are in parts, takes them forever,bad service center,charge a big pick-up and dropoff bill if thier is any problems with the tractor, so was seeing if their was any body that has bought a tractor from them, the deal I'm workin on is a new unit from the warehouse,yaa OCD I've seen a couple on the lots around that were faded real bad and the seat was chalkey white, so about 1500.00 more for a fresh one it looks like, B3030w folding rops, turf tires(Loaded), LA 403, 60"MMM, $19700 delivered,

Cgreenway:

Not to be posting a sales pitch, but I may be parting with my 2007 B3030. Has everything but the turf's....R-4's plus a brush hog and rfm and only 56 hours!

PM me if interested.

Swmpbgy1

 

[bobm737]

I would recommend Merchant's Kubota, in Flat Rock, VA about 20 miles west of Richmond on RT 60. Mike Merchant is a great guy and honest. I bought 2 tractors from him, and on my second one he gave me a trade in value on my old one that was about a $1000 less than I had originally paid for it. They can work on them also, but I,ve never had a problem with the tractor,s. RTV 1100 now that is a different story. I live in WY now, and is where I bought my RTV, I wish I was dealing with Mike out here because I know he would make things right. Bob

 

[LBrown59]

Not very Far??
I thought

I live 2 miles south of Rose Hill, Va, Fairfax County
565 mile from Barlow
Then I looked up Rose Hill w/ Lawson - and that's only about 110 miles.

*Darn I wish it was closer

Thsy deliver about all over the country.

 

[KeithInSpace]

Thsy deliver about all over the country.

Unfortunate thing, this trend. I deal with identical issues in my Nitro Powered R/C Car hobby. This is the issue:

The internet is cheaper. Always will be. A guy that sells 10 tractors at 1/10th the profit as a brick-and-mortar store's 1 tractor makes the same amount of money. To compete, the brick-and-mortar store must put THEIR profits in the toilet, otherwise they lose all their sales to the other guy(s).

I own a business that has nothing to do with tractors or R/C cars and I can tell you, I don't do it for the sheer joy of working 16 hours every day. I do it to make a little bit of money. If my business was "degraded" by guys that intentionally undercut me all day long, I'd just give up. No point. I'm not doing this for free.

Then where will we be? Not able to go to a local dealer to get a part? Nowhere to take your tractor to have it serviced? Need to ship it from NH to NM because that's where you got it from?

I'm not saying it is any dealer's right to overcharge for their product merely because they exist. Do your research. Go to your local dealer. If he is within a reasonable amount (5%? 3%?), buy the machine from him, for goodness sake. If you save $400 going with a dealer 543 miles away and your local dealer goes out of business because EVERYONE is going to a dealer 543 miles away, guess where you'll be stuck going for all your parts, hats, and service? You guessed it...543 miles.

Just something to think about.

 

[kthompson]

Keithinspace, there is a lot in what you say. If you have a good dealership near you they can give you support that you will not appreciate until you need it. Sometimes you don't even realize it at the time. Yet, local dealerships go out of business for many many reasons.

 

[KeithInSpace]

Yet, local dealerships go out of business for many many reasons.

Absolutely 1,000% agree. My only point is to make an ATTEMPT to use your local dealer.

I bring up about my hobby store...internet price cutting is rampant in the R/C industry. My local hobby store will probably go out of business at the end of the year...only one in Fredericksburg that stocks nitro car parts. My only alternative, then, is Manassas or Richmond, either one well over an hour away, depending. If I break a simple part, I'm out of luck for DAYS while I order the part and wait for it to come in. Or I pay a sick shipping fee for overnight.

Sure, there are any number of reasons folks go out of business. Just interjecting the value of supporting local business with your purchases. If you like them being there, try to buy from them. IF YOU DON'T LIKE THEM BEING THERE, well, I guess that's the other answer.

 

[cgreenway]

I check with Merchants Kubota, they told me,that he would half to order one, and their is a price increase coming in a week to 10 days and it would be about 3 weeks before he could get one, and he would half to wait and see what the price was gonna be after the increase before he could tell me?, and I thought buyin a new car was a pain in the bt, just got one more quote coming from Barlow, and then I will seal the deal,

 

[medicshawn]

I'm not saying it is any dealer's right to overcharge for their product merely because they exist. Do your research. Go to your local dealer. If he is within a reasonable amount (5%? 3%?), buy the machine from him, for goodness sake. If you save $400 going with a dealer 543 miles away and your local dealer goes out of business because EVERYONE is going to a dealer 543 miles away, guess where you'll be stuck going for all your parts, hats, and service? You guessed it...543 miles.

Just something to think about.

For me it was 4500 I couldn't get around that.

 

[medicshawn]

I have a buddy that lives 5 minutes from Davis and Merchant and bought a tractor there. He threatened my life if I went there. He said their service and support are horrible.