Poppa
Gold Member
I have no idea what phase of this journey I am on. Took me years to convince the wife that I needed this. In the end, it came down to a deal and a promise. The deal was that I would quit Copenhagen. So far that has gone good and I am definitely looking at myself as a double winner. The promise was that if I so much as sniff a can, She promises to sell the tractor then and there.
I cannot thank the people on this site enough. The amount of information available here is mindboggling. Thanks to Muhammad and the crew and thanks to the ten thousand buddies who have helped me with the decision making process.
Kind of funny though in that even with all the information, the price I got was also touched with luck. I had made a decision on Kubota a while ago. Reasons are varied and can be found partly in the thousands of posts on this board and partly in the seat of my pants. There is one Kubota dealer very near me (about 8 miles) and I had hoped to use him. However as we have often hear, he gave a horrendous price. So high that I was seriously thinking of ordering a Boomer from North Carolina and saving a couple thousand dollars. He wasn't interested in dealing and when we started talking implements I finally had to leave. I had heard prices were high in CO, and actually expected it because of the fact that you can't get much farther from a port. High yes, not astronomical.
Anyway, again following the advice from this board, I started looking at other dealers. Found one about forty miles away and thought I would give him a try. Now, as another testament to this board, I think that the best thing is that you can search out models and find what is so often payed and get a darn good idea of what is a good deal and what is a bad deal. Well, I had done this with the B7800 and so I had a range of good overall and a range of what I thought would be good for Colorado. Essentially I added a thousand dollars and called it freight. So, last Saturday I get to the other dealer, walk around the lot and am all alone. Spend about twenty minutes sitting on tractors, don't really need to since I have already driven them and know what I want but hey, who is going to turn down a chance to sit on tractors? After tiring of being lonely, I wander into the office. Only one guy in there, he looks busy doing paperwork but asks if he can help me and I sit down in his office. We talk tractors for a while and then I tell him what I am looking for and why. He nods and says it's a good decision and then pushes some buttons on the calculator and then tells me the price for the tractor with foldable rops and loader. I just about fell out of my chair. It was on the high end of the good range overall and well below what I thought was going to be a Colorado price. I make sure we are talking about the same thing he assures me we are and what I really wanted to do was buy it right then and not take any chances but I hadn't gotten the absolute OK from my wife so I thank him and get his card and then drive home on cloud nine because this might actually happen and I can't wait to tell my wife and I have absolutley NO EVIDENCE of this price.
Well, my wife said OK so today, we pack the whole family into the car and make the hour drive to the dealer. This time, I am met on the lot by a salesman. Different than the guy I had talked to on the Saturday before. I talk to the salesman, tell him I am here to buy not just look and his eyes are big. I tell him that last week I had been helped by another guy and give him the guys name then I ask if it matters for commision or anything. He tells me that normally it does but since the other guy was the owner this time it didn't and he would be glad to help me. Then he asks me what the price was the owner had given me and I tell him. Nearly the same result I had. The smile disappears and he holds out his hands and tells me that he cannot give me that price. I say no problem, I will wait for the owner. We go inside and the salesman calls the owner at home. Tells him what is up and the owner of course doesn't remember me. Except I have one thing going for me. I have what might best be described as a bushy moustache. Very Bushy, very big. pretty much if you see me you would call it a defining characteristic. When I tell the salesman the exact hour I was there and the salesman tells the owner I have a hairy face, the owner remembers me. And they decide to honor the price even though I have nothing to back up my claim.
So, I felt great about that but then I had to make a decision. Do I take it and run or do I go ahead and get the implements I want. I assume they didn't loose money on the price but my only evidence is that one B series prices sheet we have see numerous links to. Anyway, in the end I had him write up a package tractor, FEL, R4s (unloaded) with a 60 inch box blade, 60 inch rotary cutter, a PHD with 12 inch auger, and a toothbar. I think I paid a little more for each implement but I still feel good about the deal and now, at the end of the day that is what matters.
I know this post is insanely large and for that I apologize. I actually have much more to say about why I will have no remotes and why I have no service manuals but that can all wait for another day. Fact is, I am very excited and when I am excited I talk or in this case write. The tractor is at the dealer and ready to be delivered but I am waiting for implements. Should get a call on Monday to see when they will be in. This waiting period works well for my wife who has informed me that one other condition for "Seat time" is that I finish the Master Bathroom remodeling I am in the middle of.
One last note, to give you an idea of how high the first dealer was, the package price from dealer number 2 was only two hundred dollars higher than dealer number 1s tractor FEL and filled R1s price.
Should I change my profile now or wait until delivery day? By the way, I attached a picture or atleast I am trying to.
Mike
I cannot thank the people on this site enough. The amount of information available here is mindboggling. Thanks to Muhammad and the crew and thanks to the ten thousand buddies who have helped me with the decision making process.
Kind of funny though in that even with all the information, the price I got was also touched with luck. I had made a decision on Kubota a while ago. Reasons are varied and can be found partly in the thousands of posts on this board and partly in the seat of my pants. There is one Kubota dealer very near me (about 8 miles) and I had hoped to use him. However as we have often hear, he gave a horrendous price. So high that I was seriously thinking of ordering a Boomer from North Carolina and saving a couple thousand dollars. He wasn't interested in dealing and when we started talking implements I finally had to leave. I had heard prices were high in CO, and actually expected it because of the fact that you can't get much farther from a port. High yes, not astronomical.
Anyway, again following the advice from this board, I started looking at other dealers. Found one about forty miles away and thought I would give him a try. Now, as another testament to this board, I think that the best thing is that you can search out models and find what is so often payed and get a darn good idea of what is a good deal and what is a bad deal. Well, I had done this with the B7800 and so I had a range of good overall and a range of what I thought would be good for Colorado. Essentially I added a thousand dollars and called it freight. So, last Saturday I get to the other dealer, walk around the lot and am all alone. Spend about twenty minutes sitting on tractors, don't really need to since I have already driven them and know what I want but hey, who is going to turn down a chance to sit on tractors? After tiring of being lonely, I wander into the office. Only one guy in there, he looks busy doing paperwork but asks if he can help me and I sit down in his office. We talk tractors for a while and then I tell him what I am looking for and why. He nods and says it's a good decision and then pushes some buttons on the calculator and then tells me the price for the tractor with foldable rops and loader. I just about fell out of my chair. It was on the high end of the good range overall and well below what I thought was going to be a Colorado price. I make sure we are talking about the same thing he assures me we are and what I really wanted to do was buy it right then and not take any chances but I hadn't gotten the absolute OK from my wife so I thank him and get his card and then drive home on cloud nine because this might actually happen and I can't wait to tell my wife and I have absolutley NO EVIDENCE of this price.
Well, my wife said OK so today, we pack the whole family into the car and make the hour drive to the dealer. This time, I am met on the lot by a salesman. Different than the guy I had talked to on the Saturday before. I talk to the salesman, tell him I am here to buy not just look and his eyes are big. I tell him that last week I had been helped by another guy and give him the guys name then I ask if it matters for commision or anything. He tells me that normally it does but since the other guy was the owner this time it didn't and he would be glad to help me. Then he asks me what the price was the owner had given me and I tell him. Nearly the same result I had. The smile disappears and he holds out his hands and tells me that he cannot give me that price. I say no problem, I will wait for the owner. We go inside and the salesman calls the owner at home. Tells him what is up and the owner of course doesn't remember me. Except I have one thing going for me. I have what might best be described as a bushy moustache. Very Bushy, very big. pretty much if you see me you would call it a defining characteristic. When I tell the salesman the exact hour I was there and the salesman tells the owner I have a hairy face, the owner remembers me. And they decide to honor the price even though I have nothing to back up my claim.
So, I felt great about that but then I had to make a decision. Do I take it and run or do I go ahead and get the implements I want. I assume they didn't loose money on the price but my only evidence is that one B series prices sheet we have see numerous links to. Anyway, in the end I had him write up a package tractor, FEL, R4s (unloaded) with a 60 inch box blade, 60 inch rotary cutter, a PHD with 12 inch auger, and a toothbar. I think I paid a little more for each implement but I still feel good about the deal and now, at the end of the day that is what matters.
I know this post is insanely large and for that I apologize. I actually have much more to say about why I will have no remotes and why I have no service manuals but that can all wait for another day. Fact is, I am very excited and when I am excited I talk or in this case write. The tractor is at the dealer and ready to be delivered but I am waiting for implements. Should get a call on Monday to see when they will be in. This waiting period works well for my wife who has informed me that one other condition for "Seat time" is that I finish the Master Bathroom remodeling I am in the middle of.
One last note, to give you an idea of how high the first dealer was, the package price from dealer number 2 was only two hundred dollars higher than dealer number 1s tractor FEL and filled R1s price.
Should I change my profile now or wait until delivery day? By the way, I attached a picture or atleast I am trying to.
Mike
