This is ridiculous - No alternators in the US!!!

[CompactTractorFan]

Ahhhhhhhh...another happy ending to the neverending saga of CompactTractorFan and his Little Orange Kubota!!!

yep...

 

[CompactTractorFan]

Great to hear!

Thanks.

 

[wrooster]

Also had a new floor mat installed while at the dealer (old one was torn up)...All is well.

I can't believe you got the floor mats. :confused2:

Other than the finance department, floor mats and body undercoat are the highest margin items at any dealer. They are all but pure profit. And they are all rip-offs. The mats are just crazy -- $87 for a piece of rubber and synthetic carpet fibers. Refuse this stuff, and save yourself some money. That's the tip for the day.



Wrooster

 

[lilranch2001]

I can't believe you got the floor mats. :confused2:

Other than the finance department, floor mats and body undercoat are the highest margin items at any dealer. They are all but pure profit. And they are all rip-offs. The mats are just crazy -- $87 for a piece of rubber and synthetic carpet fibers. Refuse this stuff, and save yourself some money. That's the tip for the day.



Wrooster

Hey now, maybe he got a discount for being patient

 

[skspurling]

Well, we might be able to do that, but would rather not push it with the dealer...They have been good through all this and were apologetic.

I have a good dealer, and had a similar issue with a radiator hose. Problem was a bit worse because they could not get an eta for delivery. They grabbed one off one on the lot and ordered the new one for that. I was really glad. It was summer and the grass was growing.

 

[Artisan]

I can't believe you got the floor mats. :confused2:

Other than the finance department, floor mats and body undercoat are the highest margin items at any dealer. They are all but pure profit. And they are all rip-offs. snip

Wrooster

A car dealer worker told me decades ago that here was undercoating jobs and they costed X, then they had the premium undercoating job, he explained they took extra time to STAND ON ONE FOOT and charge extra...

 

[jonyyuma]

A car dealer worker told me decades ago that here was undercoating jobs and they costed X, then they had the premium undercoating job, he explained they took extra time to STAND ON ONE FOOT and charge extra...

Bullseye...Right on target...Lots of profit..

 

[TripleR]

A car dealer worker told me decades ago that here was undercoating jobs and they costed X, then they had the premium undercoating job, he explained they took extra time to STAND ON ONE FOOT and charge extra...

My brother was a mechanic at new car dealerships and said pretty much the same thing; waste of money.

I had it done on one of my cars a few years ago, but they made a mistake and I didn't have to pay for it.

 

[Artisan]

I want to eleborate;

I am not chastizing, belittling, nor scolding the original poster, just interjecting what I know. Frankly, I had not heard of floormats being
a item to hose a comsumer. What was it, 87 bucks? A 1/2 hour or time
to install including getting the item, throwing away the box, moving
the vehicle in and out, the labor to receive and ship the item, romoval of a dozen or so plastic push pins, clean floor, it all
adds up, time is money, and comissioned salesmen will try to take
as much of it as they can, whenever they can...

PS, the floor mat on a BX 25 is necessary, w/o it you have a slick painted metal floor...

How much was it, and how much was installation CTF?

 

[wrooster]

I want to eleborate;

I am not chastizing, belittling, nor scolding the original poster, just interjecting what I know. Frankly, I had not heard of floormats being
a item to hose a comsumer. What was it, 87 bucks? A 1/2 hour or time
to install including getting the item, throwing away the box, moving
the vehicle in and out, the labor to receive and ship the item, romoval of a dozen or so plastic push pins, clean floor, it all
adds up, time is money, and comissioned salesmen will try to take
as much of it as they can, whenever they can...

PS, the floor mat on a BX 25 is necessary, w/o it you have a slick painted metal floor...

How much was it, and how much was installation CTF?

Note:

Wrooster