Dealer New York Dealers!

[gerard]

Re: I just bought in CT

I'm also in the Syracuse NY area and looked local first. Dealer offered me list price, then reduced it to list price! That dealer has since gone belly up so turned out to be a moot point for warranty work anyhow. (Actually two years later there hasn't BEEN any warranty work!!) I bought from Carver (new) and was very happy and still am. Lack of tax more than made up for shipping (about $1K) and the price was good. My first choice would always be local just to support the local guy. I wouldn't even mind paying a little more and stay local but we were talking about $2500 difference - I don't think so!! One thing I did find after looking for a used one - like pick up trucks compacts seem to hold their value so well it made more sense to spend a few thousand more and get a brand new one than get a used one.

 

[avanti]

I know the dealer ajax speaks of, I can also assure you I have sent much business elsewhere because of their attitude and pricing

 

[Anonymous Poster]

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n.y does not have the only greedy dealers, we have one here in southern new hampshire that has two locations and they are almost 3k over carver (3710 hst. w/681 fel, r4's $22500.00) it is very frustrating not to be able to buy local, they will not budge off list, at least that was my experience

 

[Anonymous Poster]

Re: New York Dealers & any Dealer...

<font color=blue>...it is very frustrating not to be able to buy local, they will not budge off list, at least that was my experience...</font color=blue>

Excuse me for being redundant, but I'll say it again...

Get the quotes from some distant dealers, have your model already decided and with checkbook in hand or a deposit in your pocket and you’re serious about buying…

Now, go visit your local dealer, with a smile on your face,{ you're in person and not on the phone}, you're there to conduct business and now are ready to buy, you've done your shopping and pricing, now you want to actually buy...

It helps 1000% to have that unit sitting on the dealer's lot, something he already owns, something he has an interest in moving and not have to order from the factory or another dealer, that smile on your face and the attitude you carry will have a major bearing on the outcome, remember this dealer has a family and bills waiting at home also...

You can wish for the moon and then some, but have realistic expectations, you're not going to buy below his cost unless he fell out of bed and smashed his head that morning, he's in business to make money, he should be expected to make a reasonable profit, he has to - to survive, he needs good customers, again he needs not one but many customers to keep going, he doesn't want you to walk out that door, the dealer truly wants your business, the dealer doesn't want "the business"...

When you sit down and show some real quotes, you're halfway home... do you still have the smile on your face and is your attitude still positive... that's the other half... /w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif

 

[Anonymous Poster]

Try the guys at Salem Farm Equipment just above Hoosick Falls, not that far from the Hudson Valley. The price on my M-5700 was about 3 grand less than I got anywhere else. The price was as good as Carver and they filled the tires with calcium and threw in a 3 pt. bar.

 

[Anonymous Poster]

If you're talking about Pinnacle View, I agree. Check out
Salem Equipment on the other side of Vermont. After going
back to PV and telling them the price I got straight up from
Salem, they weren't the least bit interested coming down about 3 grand.