Price Check I Don't Get These Prices

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If anyone in the lower 48 thinks pricing is bad, move to Alaska. You will be glad to pay your pricing. The other thing up here is, if you don’t buy from your local dealer they will not do any warranty work for you. Also, there isn’t much of a used tractor market up here plus insurance and financing can be a problem. Soon as you mention Alaska, “Sorry but we don’t do financing/insurance for Alaska”, sure gets old hearing that.

 

[ultrarunner]

There was a Ford Dealer that tried denying warranty work to locals that did not buy... it was their policy and they were not shy about it.

Enough people made a fuss so that Ford Motor Company got involved... the policy was changed.

A warranty not honored by a Franchised Dealer puts the manufacturer in a bind when it comes to Magnuson Moss Warranty Act.

Magnuson–Moss Warranty Act - Wikipedia

Of course picking a fight is bound to have ramifications...

 

[Juiced06GTO]

Get a quote from Barlows, he will be the cheapest around from what I have seen. Then compare to local dealers. Chappell in Milford got within $500 of his pricing and was within a 2 hour drive for me so I purchased and picked up there. I found that Kubota seemed to offer the best mix of features per price with JD being way out of whack for the area, and in the size I was looking, not as beefy a tractor with lots of plastic.

 

[ovrszd]

I'm not familiar with MF. Is it possible to "build" one on their website so you truly know what MSRP is? You should expect 10-15% off that.

As others mentioned, don't pay much attention to claimed prices. Pay attention to MSRP and what percentage is knocked off that.

Another wiggle area is added options. Not so prevalent on smaller tractors, but very common on CUT and Utility class.

Good luck with your search. Welcome to TBN.

 

[deserteagle71]

I'm not familiar with MF. Is it possible to "build" one on their website so you truly know what MSRP is? You should expect 10-15% off that.

As others mentioned, don't pay much attention to claimed prices. Pay attention to MSRP and what percentage is knocked off that.

Another wiggle area is added options. Not so prevalent on smaller tractors, but very common on CUT and Utility class.

Good luck with your search. Welcome to TBN.

Maybe with Massey Ferguson. I "built" the Kubota M7060HDC12 on line, then drove to the nearest Kubota dealer (130 miles) and asked them to give me their best price. I was ready to pay cash if the price was right. Their price quote - I have it in writing - was exactly the price I got from Kubota on line. Zero discount for anything.

When the dealers have no competition, this is what they do.

 

[ovrszd]

Maybe with Massey Ferguson. I "built" the Kubota M7060HDC12 on line, then drove to the nearest Kubota dealer (130 miles) and asked them to give me their best price. I was ready to pay cash if the price was right. Their price quote - I have it in writing - was exactly the price I got from Kubota on line. Zero discount for anything.

When the dealers have no competition, this is what they do.

Yep. Doesn't matter what we are shopping for.

I drove 400 miles one way to get my tractor. Strangely, I'm very rural, 100 miles from a city. I traveled to within 50 miles of Chicago and got a cheaper price. Go figure.

 

[k0ua]

Which could be part of the OP's problem - Spring is not the time to look for discounts on new tractors.

Ain't that the truth.

 

[AxleHub]

1sty,

I might suggest there are more reasons than you have considered. Let's take the concept that the dealer doesn't have any competition so he charges as much as he can. Have you ever considered that there may be no competition because there are very few buyers???

And there is logistics as an issue. Order 10 gc1700 units compared to a dealer ordering 3 gc1700 units. Guess what, big difference in shipping cost and likely a difference in discount to the dealer too. So a dealer ordering 3 units has a higher cost in unit and in shipping too.

Next, someone posted not to buy in spring. That is not correct. The bigger promotions of the year are in The early and mid Spring time frames because everyone has inventory then. MF has better promos then as does dealer desire.

But here's the thing . . . let's say your dealer has already sold a bunch or their ordered allotment already. If so, they may not be so eager to order a bunch again to get a better price.

Lastly is all the "assumed" profit margins many believe exist. Let's say you're a small dealer and everyone is interested in one of your brands or models and not other ones. They would likely raise the high demand side in order to help sales of the other models.

Now in my business, I routinely raised my bid prices on people I thought were going to be a pain in the butt, because I wanted customers that were pleasant to deal with. Have you presented yourself as important or as pleasant to deal with?

Here is a suggestion for you. Gather 10 dealer addresses or emails that are the closest ones to you. Then mail or email them a list of what you want by brand and model and accessories and can they send you a quote.

Give them identical (identical) information and see how the prices compare. If they are all close. . . You know it's geographical. If they vary a great deal you will know it is more about dealer size or competition.

 

[ultrarunner]

Here is a suggestion for you. Gather 10 dealer addresses or emails that are the closest ones to you. Then mail or email them a list of what you want by brand and model and accessories and can they send you a quote.

Give them identical (identical) information and see how the prices compare. If they are all close. . . You know it's geographical. If they vary a great deal you will know it is more about dealer size or competition.

I did that with 5 auto Dealers... knew exactly what I wanted and what I would pay... the first 4 soured me but there was one more so it was a simple click to send my e-mail.

About an hour later I get a response from the Sales Manager saying he is very busy right now but would be free after 3 today...

Over the phone he asks if I am ready to put down a deposit for the factory order and I say if it is at my price and as I specified... he said fine... we can do it with a $1000 deposit on a credit card or I can come in.

Easiest new car transaction of my life... not a single glitch.

When I picked up the car he said I made it easy to which I replied so did you...

The easy part is I knew exactly down the option codes what I wanted and what I was willing to pay... the other dealers all wanted to sell me something they had on the lot... lots of dancing around... said a factory order would take 12 weeks... etc.