I just started looking and may be facing the same problem. Not too many dealers in the area and nobody advertising Kioti prices. My hunch is they are going to be substantially higher based on other tractor brand ads I've seen.
I am willing to pay slightly more to get it local (50 miles or so) if not I'll jump in my truck and come back with a tractor and trailer from as far as I can go round trip in one day.
I own a Ford F350 that I bought in Texas and the local dealer does my warranty work without a problem. I don't go in and advertise that I bought it elsewhere but they can see in the OASIS comp system. He still gets paid the same $$$ from Ford to work on my truck as any elses truck how do they know I didn't relocate etc. They actually have treated me very well and will be my first stop when I need another 40K truck.
They way I figure it when I get settled on which tractor I'll call the 5-6 dealers within 75 miles and see if they will match or come close to the advertised prices. Hopefully they will but if they are charging thousands more, no deal. If they want to rake me over the coals for a tractor that they probably will have to order anyway they probably aren't gong to be the best place for honest, affordable repair work. They will most likely be ordering the tractor and paying the same price for it as XYZ out of state dealer, so how is it justified that they charge my 1000's more for a tractor that the haven't had to lay out $$ for , advertise, show and keep in inventory????
If I have to go out of state I hope the dealer doesn't have hard feelings but am I supposed to pay thousands more so that they are happy when I show up for service? For that price I'll take my chances.
Have had one bad experience with a GM dealer who made a remark that they didn't sell me the van and they never saw me unless they truck needed a warranty repair(3 times). My response was that I just moved(true), that I do my own maintenance(true) and that all repairs ARE still under warranty so where else would I go.
I can understand that dealers don't make as much on warranty work but that's the price when you want to have Ford/Chevy/Dodge/Kioti, etc on the building. If they want people to come back for other repairs stop charging 2 to 3 times as much as "Joe's Auto" for regular service.
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