lilranch2001
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- Bobcat CT 235
I never tell a dealer about trades until after a deal has been made.CAUTION: Rant ahead
Here's the other problem with taking in trades from a dealer perspective:
@Tractorable finds a Massey 285EH that he likes. Dealer A gives him the price of $ 46,000 and offers @Tractorable $8000 for his Mahindra.
Dealer B has a Massey that is similar, but optioned a bit differently and hours are a bit different. He tells @Tractorable that "The other dealer is insulting you with a $8000 trade. We will offer you $10,000 because you are smart enough to know what you have." Dealer B offers their different, but similar tractor for $48,000 and a $10,000 trade.
If dealer B gets the sale, he benefits from manipulating the numbers and dealer A loses out. So dealer A begins to play the game next time so as not to lose the sale.
The best defense against such games? Keep your trade completely off the table until you finalize the price on the new tractor. Only after that, go ahead and ask about your trade.
That’s the only way you are going to get a honest appraisal of the deal, the salesman and the sales manager never likes it, but I’m not in it to make other people happy. I only want the best deal I can get for myself.