Price Check John Deere unbelievable trade-in offer

bz1 · Jul 21, 2011

I'm still checking my dealer web site where they have a list of used equipment for sale. My machine still has not shown up. Two other 2520's have shown up and gone as I watch. Wonder if he already had mine sold so it never hit the list? I'd like to find out what he asked for my machine but no luck so far.

Gale Hawkins · Jul 21, 2011

bz1 said:
I'm still checking my dealer web site where they have a list of used equipment for sale. My machine still has not shown up. Two other 2520's have shown up and gone as I watch. Wonder if he already had mine sold so it never hit the list? I'd like to find out what he asked for my machine but no luck so far.

I expect he had a standing order for a machine like yours is the reason it never hit inventory.

Coyote machine · Jul 22, 2011

bz1 said:
I'm still checking my dealer web site where they have a list of used equipment for sale. My machine still has not shown up. Two other 2520's have shown up and gone as I watch. Wonder if he already had mine sold so it never hit the list? I'd like to find out what he asked for my machine but no luck so far.

Here's an idea- call and ask him?!:confused2:

bz1 · Jul 22, 2011

Oh wow, never thought of that (not really but somehow asking about that is worse than a guy asking someone for directions). I will be talking to dealer soon so I'll ask.

RubiconTJ · Jul 23, 2011

My take is that the OP's dealer buys at volume discounts. The number of tractors a dealer moves makes a difference in what they pay to the factory for each unit.

I just spent over three months looking for a tractor - JD, NH, Case, Kubota, Cub Cadet... even Mahindra. I found two dealers that could sell at prices the other dealers in my area couldn't touch. One was in Shelbyville, TN (CUB CADET YANMAR SALES AND SERVICE) and the other was in Douglasville, GA (www.haneytractor.com). I literally bought a tractor from Haney for $12,000 less than what the local dealer quoted. Volume buying, plus getting a 2010 holdover accounts for the price difference. I asked the salesman there at Haney how come they could advertise such cheap internet prices, he said "we sell a lot if tractors, and we ship them all over the country because of our prices."

Coyote machine · Jul 23, 2011

RubiconTJ said:
My take is that the OP's dealer buys at volume discounts. The number of tractors a dealer moves makes a difference in what they pay to the factory for each unit.

I just spent over three months looking for a tractor - JD, NH, Case, Kubota, Cub Cadet... even Mahindra. I found two dealers that could sell at prices the other dealers in my area couldn't touch. One was in Shelbyville, TN (CUB CADET YANMAR SALES AND SERVICE) and the other was in Douglasville, GA (www.haneytractor.com). I literally bought a tractor from Haney for $12,000 less than what the local dealer quoted. Volume buying, plus getting a 2010 holdover accounts for the price difference. I asked the salesman there at Haney how come they could advertise such cheap internet prices, he said "we sell a lot if tractors, and we ship them all over the country because of our prices."

Three months of your time looking all over to save $12 grand is worth what?
Think they may make up the difference when it come to your tractor's servicing costs? Tractors are sold as of the year purchased, not the year manufactured, just like boat engines. They may have discounted it due to floor plan or something else to move it as old stock from their lot to make way for the 2012's.

North Country · Jul 23, 2011

Coyote machine said:
Three months of your time looking all over to save $12 grand is worth what?

Uh, 12 grand? :laughing:

I'm going to take a WAG that it wasn't a full-time occupation. I spent "3 months" looking to save about 3-4 grand. Total time invested was probably less than 40 hours, so I paid myself nearly $100/hr. Not the most I've ever made, but I enjoyed tractor shopping a lot more than that "work" stuff.

bz1 · Jul 24, 2011

Talked to my dealer today. He still has my old tractor but he has been hauling it around the state using it as a demo for some kind of JD promotion he called "Go for the Green" I think. He says they are asking about $14K with 62D deck.

Stopped by the dealer today to see if they would be willing to press a bearing into a wheel hub for me. I'm doing some work on a track loader and needed to replace a bearing. Unfortunately I don't have a shop press and the only auto repair shop I found that had the right size pressing tool wanted $32 for a 5 minute job. I figured the JD dealer might be able to do it for me. They did have the right tool, the shop manager did the job for me and didn't charge me a thing. I figured since he was so nice I'd do them a little favor and by a dozen or so grade 8 bolts that I needed from them rather than going to my local discount bolt dealer. I figured the dealer would be expensive for these bolts but I only needed a few. I found the bolts I needed in their bolt bins, went to the parts counter to pay and the parts guy said just take them and run, if that's all I needed was a handful of bolts it wasn't worth the paperwork to charge me. I would have paid around 50 cents each had I bought them elsewhere. So in one trip the dealer helped me out to the tune of almost $40. I know this is pretty small stuff but it all adds up and keeps you coming back.

This is a great dealer, so if anyone ever happens to need anything from JD and you are in the centeral MN area remember to check out Midwest Machinery.

RubiconTJ · Jul 24, 2011

Coyote machine said:
Three months of your time looking all over to save $12 grand is worth what?
Think they may make up the difference when it come to your tractor's servicing costs? Tractors are sold as of the year purchased, not the year manufactured, just like boat engines. They may have discounted it due to floor plan or something else to move it as old stock from their lot to make way for the 2012's.

My tractor was advertised as a new 2010. See the pic to confirm that. And the price I was quoted at another Case dealer for the exact same tractor, Which he called a 2011, was over $27,000.

I'm just following the dealers' language on terminology about model years.

Coyote machine · Jul 24, 2011

RubiconTJ,
Wasn't questioning your integrity or truthfulness; I was questioning how the tractor dealer was representing the tractor you purchased. I can't speak to how CASE/NH does their sales related to year purchased, but it is my understanding most manufacturers use the serial number to encode the production date. For instance a manufacturer could use the last qtr. of any year to introduce the next year's serial number sequence, so a Nov 2010 might be referred to as a 2011, etc. Then that manufactured in 2010 tractor might be sold in 4th qtr. 2011 as an '011, or as an '010 or '012 depending on how the manufacturer and dealer need to reconcile their books etc.
Anyway, enjoy your tractor...