Jordanbear
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So what's the protocol on this?
I'll be leaving out names on purpose.
We've been looking at tractors for a few months, figured out what we want, and it's actually sitting in our barn, on trial.
We get to the part of making the offer, and our slightly lower bid is sort of brushed over. We said to them (which was what we'd said at the beginning) "we were planning to spend around X'. This is about $3000 less than the original quote.
We are prepared to put down 50-60% in cash. Does this make a difference?
They countered with a $500 "veteran/public servant" discount, and said that they might be able to get some funds ($500-800) directly from the mfr.
We had been quoted a price before the tractor was on the lot, when it arrived we got it on trial right away.
Last night we got a call saying that they'd made a mistake in the quote, and in fact the tractor had several features that were not included in the price we'd been given. They said this was their error.
What they would "do" for us, was the following: Not add on the extra costs. Continue to give the $500 veteran benefit. NOT give the MFR discount. So the price we'd end up with was $500 less than original quote.
We sort of see what they are doing, but if the dealership is going to eat the costs of the mistake (ie, not quoting us the correct price to begin with - I think it was about $1500) why not give us the mfr. money?
We're not really into the months-long dickering process that some people go through - a friend took a year to buy his tractor and ended up with an enormous deal, but he was willing to go back once a month, to a guy he'd been doing business with for years, and do the "are you going to sell me a tractor today?" Well, are you going to give me what I want?" "No, far too much - how about this", Oh, I couldn't possible do that for ya - etc etc.
That's really not what we want to do. But, their rationale isn't making sense to me - if the mfr is giving the discount, it shouldn't be coming out of the dealers' pocket - so *I* think they should still give it to us.
Any comments?
I'll be leaving out names on purpose.
We've been looking at tractors for a few months, figured out what we want, and it's actually sitting in our barn, on trial.
We get to the part of making the offer, and our slightly lower bid is sort of brushed over. We said to them (which was what we'd said at the beginning) "we were planning to spend around X'. This is about $3000 less than the original quote.
We are prepared to put down 50-60% in cash. Does this make a difference?
They countered with a $500 "veteran/public servant" discount, and said that they might be able to get some funds ($500-800) directly from the mfr.
We had been quoted a price before the tractor was on the lot, when it arrived we got it on trial right away.
Last night we got a call saying that they'd made a mistake in the quote, and in fact the tractor had several features that were not included in the price we'd been given. They said this was their error.
What they would "do" for us, was the following: Not add on the extra costs. Continue to give the $500 veteran benefit. NOT give the MFR discount. So the price we'd end up with was $500 less than original quote.
We sort of see what they are doing, but if the dealership is going to eat the costs of the mistake (ie, not quoting us the correct price to begin with - I think it was about $1500) why not give us the mfr. money?
We're not really into the months-long dickering process that some people go through - a friend took a year to buy his tractor and ended up with an enormous deal, but he was willing to go back once a month, to a guy he'd been doing business with for years, and do the "are you going to sell me a tractor today?" Well, are you going to give me what I want?" "No, far too much - how about this", Oh, I couldn't possible do that for ya - etc etc.
That's really not what we want to do. But, their rationale isn't making sense to me - if the mfr is giving the discount, it shouldn't be coming out of the dealers' pocket - so *I* think they should still give it to us.
Any comments?