What gives with dealers on tractor house?

[sirrobinhood]

Kind of frustrated...Looking on tractor house, seems most listings are "Call for Price"
When you call, they take your info, but don't call you back!
I received two prices out of 6 dealers. I guess Ill have to beg a dealer to take my cash!
Ive even contacted that Barlows..No response!

 

[AuburnAlum]

I don't even bother with crap like that. If all they have to offer is bad stock photos of their tractors and sometime even bad/wrong info they are not worth my time/dime. They can go pound sand.

 

[jenkinsph]

Call for price means I skip the ad.

 

[paulfun9]

Call for price means I skip the ad.

Me too!!

 

[newbury]

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Ive even contacted that Barlows..No response!

"that" Barlows which you refer to has suffered due to a great reputation, good service, honesty and outstanding prices. Because of that they became swamped.

Before I bought my M4700 at an auction in 2013 I was dealing with Brady and had almost settled on an L4630 for about $16K which included delivery to my land in Mississippi. They took the time to go back and forth about several tractors in emails.

But since then, and possibly because so many here recommended them, it seems they have cut back on their "internet" sales.

Try Iron Planet.

 

[AxleHub]

Kind of frustrated...Looking on tractor house, seems most listings are "Call for Price".

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Ive even contacted that Barlows..No response!

I know that as of April of 2015 Brady was very responsive and helpful. But you calling doesn't put you at the head of the line. If you're the type who want immediate results . . or have short patience . . then you probably will be much happier walking into dealerships directly.

As an example . . right about now many dealers are busy at Farm Shows. And while lots of people can answer the phone at the dealerships . . only a very few (sales person) can quote bids and prices . . and those are the ones at the shows.

 

[ShowroomShine]

I'm a dealer, we do that because every person does not get the same price. If you trade in, price different. If you dont have good credit, price different. If you pay cash, price different. If you finance, price different.

Hard to include all that in one price.

 

[kevin37b]

It is a bait / trap operation . They count on people that know nothing tractorwise and hope you will send the $$$$$ . Then you get gouged for shipping .The NET is a haven for crooked MFS .

 

[AxleHub]

It is a bait / trap operation . They count on people that know nothing tractorwise and hope you will send the $$$$$ . Then you get gouged for shipping .The NET is a haven for crooked MFS .

I'm grasping to recognise the logic of your post.

1. Someone who knows nothing about tractors . . how would they know about TractorHouse then?

2. "Bait and Switch" . . then by your theory . . every car and truck dealer is the same because every ad they do is a call for price. And motorcycle dealers and stv and snowmobile dealers etc. etc..

3. According to your post people just "send in big chunks of money for items sight unseen" . My my your logic seems very emotional and assumptive rather than objective. . . do you have any personal awareness of you or others doing that?

 

[TheSpoon]

I'm a dealer, we do that because every person does not get the same price. If you trade in, price different. If you dont have good credit, price different. If you pay cash, price different. If you finance, price different.

Hard to include all that in one price.

This is my problem with dealers. Price and cost are 2 different things.

1. My trade in should have NO effect on the price of the tractor. If having a trade in makes the price of the tractor fluctuate, I'll go somewhere else.
2. My credit should have NO effect on the price of the tractor. My credit score should only change the interest rate, not the price of the tractor.
3. If you want to give me a discount for paying cash (or for financing) fine. That's a "rebate" and doesn't/shouldn't be listed in the price. If you want, give something in the description "Rebates available for cash purchase" or vise versa.


I recently went against my better judgement and contacted a dealer that had the tractor I was looking for listed on tractorhouse. By email, I asked for the price. They told me, "Sure, just give us a call". Well, I was in the area one day and physically went to the dealer. Well... they didn't really have the tractor, there was another dealer that they could get it from 3 states away. No thanks, I'll just contact the other dealer.