L3700SU??

[ovrszd]

This is the mantra of the modern day man that started with yuppies and continued with crediteers of the next generations. I just came from Cape Cod. Went to a little breakfast place in Wellsfleet. Ordered 2 pancakes and an 8 oz glass of oj. With tax, the bill for these items came to $13.60. Here the same thing costs me $4.50. People are in vacation mode and your statement cannot ring any truer. We are suckers for anything that makes it seem ok that we want what we want. 0% financing, 5 years to pay, etc made for quick sales. What if we went back to the concept of "if I do not have the money, I can't get it" Then it would be the consumer who is controlling the shots. What do you think the price of these cuts would be if the manufacturers had to wait for the consumer to save up for one of their tractors? What better way to inflate a price than to give the consumer money to pay for it right now instead of the other way around and be sure of payback with "your credit score will suffer if you do not pay on time" is like the old "you'll go to **** if you don't go to church"

Very well stated. I bought my L4400DT as a carry over model with FEL for $18,200. I was in a position to pay cash but I used Kubota's 0% financing and left my money in CD. The dealer didn't offer a cheaper price for cash. I thought I got a pretty good price. But I wonder how much cheaper it would have been if the World was as you have suggested it should be. I totally agree.

 

[jag7718]

Just out of curiosity, why did you get a rear mount snowblower? Was a front mount one that much more expensive or was the hydraulic power not enough for those hydraulic powered front mount snow blowers?

I bought the rear mount snowblower to be able to use the front loader at the same time. Living in Northern Vermont I tend to get a bit of snow and needed the functionality of both. The Rear mount was between $2500-3000 I think (it was packaged in the original price)