What should I do?

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houstonscott

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Here we go. I bought an LS U5030 in the last week of March 2011. I paid cash and arranged for delivery on the 30th of April. Deal was signed and money has exchanged hands. There was never any discussion of an LS rebate program. Now today a get a form that the dealer used to apply for a rebate to LS for 2k on a U5030 with loader, what I bought and wants the rebate to go to him as part of the deal. Needs my signature to recover rebate. What should I do? Seems like the LS rebate is mine. He sent me the form to sign so he could recover the rebate. If this was disclosed up front I would not be questioning this but it was never mentioned at the deal making part of the sale. What should I do?

HS
 
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Tractor yours, rebate yours. Seems pretty straight forward to me. While there are times when a manufacturer will create rebates for their dealers, the fact that the deal needs you to sign the form makes it pretty clear that the rebate was meant for the end user.
 
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I agree with cutterhead, if the rebate is for the dealer you probably would never known there was such a thing.Having to sign it should make it yours, if not tell your dealer you will sign it if he will split it with you.I just took deliver of a 4020 on Monday and also paid cash for it and there was no mention of a rebate...Lets us now how it all pans out..
 
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The rebate says R, U, and P Series $1400 or $2000 with LS loader. So you should get a rebate too.

HS
 
   / What should I do? #5  
I think you made your best deal with the dealer.
If you did not see the rebate coming back to you in the deal, its his.
Honesty today is rare. :thumbsup:
And what goes around comes around - Ask me how I know. :(
 
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My question would be: Did the dealer know in advance of the rebate and not tell you? Hope you like the tractor.
 
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That's my point, I was not aware of a rebate. If the dealer was not aware at sale I think rebate is mine. Had I been told part of the deal is that the rebate comes back to dealer fine, I would sign in second. But this was not disclosed at the transaction and the rebate form and signing should have happened then. I have asked dealer to explain why the rebate was not disclosed at sale of tractor. I guess he will respond tomarrow. I feel like he was counting on this for the price he sold at and didn't realize it required my signature. Don't know how others who have paid cash didn't report about rebates. Only makes me think other dealers were not honest and some how got rebate, don't know how they submitted without buyer signature on form.

HS
 
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Most likely the rebate was included in your price initially. It would be concerning, to say the least, if he didn't know about it. Most prices I've gotten from dealers they say there are rebates but that is part of the price they give me. I have gotten a rebated price even when the rebates haven't taken effect yet. I have never gotten a rebate check from a tractor manufacturer or even had to sign paperwork on it so that is kind of weird. So, don't get woked up about it the stress isn't worth it. Your dealer will probably say he knew about it and it was part of the price. If you have your doubts you can call other dealers for pricing or post your deal on here and I'm sure someone can say if it's a good one or not.

I have had to sign forms that my state requires that lets them send a letter to my wife telling them what I bought and how much it was. To me that is hilarious and sad at the same time.
 
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Here we go. I bought an LS U5030 in the last week of March 2011. I paid cash and arranged for delivery on the 30th of April. Deal was signed and money has exchanged hands. There was never any discussion of an LS rebate program. Now today a get a form that the dealer used to apply for a rebate to LS for 2k on a U5030 with loader, what I bought and wants the rebate to go to him as part of the deal. Needs my signature to recover rebate. What should I do? Seems like the LS rebate is mine. He sent me the form to sign so he could recover the rebate. If this was disclosed up front I would not be questioning this but it was never mentioned at the deal making part of the sale. What should I do?

HS

For me this doesn't pass the "smell" test. I haven't been able to find the offer, but I suspect it's for your paying cash in lieu of 0% financing through LS Tractor or something. In any case, it seems to me like the dealer SHOULD have told you about it if he was counting on getting it as part of the deal. I really can't think of a good excuse for the dealer not telling you about it other than he didn't want you to know about it. I totally agree with your sentiment. It's really sad that this has ruined the whole "getting a new tractor" process for you. I'm the kind of guy that would seriously consider asking for my money back over this kind of thing and looking elsewhere, even if it cost me a little more and I had to get it from further away. There has been a breach of trust in your relationship with your dealer over something that wouldn't have been a big deal if he had just told you about it. You might want to post something up in the "Buying/Pricing/Comparisons" forum to see what they have to say about it, even if it is a bit of airing LS Tractor "dirty laundry". Probably can't expect too many dealers to pipe-in, even if they don't agree with what your dealer did.:mad:
 
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I would have a talk face to face with that dealer. Something don`t smell right about that. When I bought my montana in 08, after we settled on the price, the dealer told me I would get a $2000 rebate. The rebate came to me. I paid cash too. To me, its easier for someone to lie over the phone or e-mail than face to face. Thats why I would go see him in person.
 

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