As I said earlier, what concerns me most is the dealer was in on the lie. There's nothing else you can call this. It is/was a lie. The dealer and salesman lied to the buyer and tried to pull off a switch. I would love to stare them in the eyes and hear their explanation. What a joke.
Beyond that, they should be offering the buyer a substantial discount or as mentioned free services, etc. I'm not talking a few hundred dollars of goodies. I'm talking a couple thousand dollars. As mentioned above, some of the free or discounted services should have been offered in the original deal anyway. Such as filter sets, oil changes, etc., at cost.
And on top of that, a savvy buyer could have purchased that 3 year old tractor at a savings of at least $3000, maybe more. Whether it's better to own a pre-EPA model or not is irrelevant.
The offer to provide a new tractor now is what the legal world would call "An out of court settlement". How embarrassing and degrading.
I'm not sure there's anything this dealer could now do to rebuild my confidence in them. Every time I shadow their door I would feel the deception. Every department of that dealership was involved and you know it was the topic of many whispering conversations amongst the employees, first that this deception would be attempted, second that the buyer fell for it......
