What should I do?

[houstonscott]

Not sure what I am going to do, want to remain positive. Frankly I am confident that the price for a new tractor with the capabilities of a U5030 will never be sold cheaper again. Prices are going to go up. We are just the beneficiaries of a very nice product coming into the market during a tough economic time and with a glut of choice in the market. When prices raise people will not believe what we payed for such a nice tractors. To be realistic it would cost me 10K to move to a Kubota/JD/MF that is 3.3L, 4600 lbs, and over 57hp.

HS

 

[SixHoeBob]

I would think that LS has the details of the rebate program in writing. The program details would explain who should receive the rebate. Ask the dealer for the document. If he won't produce it, demand it from LS.

 

[LittleBlueTractor]

Not sure what I am going to do, want to remain positive. Frankly I am confident that the price for a new tractor with the capabilities of a U5030 will never be sold cheaper again. Prices are going to go up. We are just the beneficiaries of a very nice product coming into the market during a tough economic time and with a glut of choice in the market. When prices raise people will not believe what we payed for such a nice tractors. To be realistic it would cost me 10K to move to a Kubota/JD/MF that is 3.3L, 4600 lbs, and over 57hp.

HS

I understand -- it would be stupid to give it up if it's really a good deal regardless of the dealer's indiscretion, BUT I'd want to call around a bunch to be sure my price is as good as I thought. I also agree with crankshaft21, you need to ask the guy to his face what gives and let him know how disappointed you are and give him a chance to explain. It's very common for dealers to quotes prices including rebates, so that's nothing new. But not saying anything about it until after the deal is done breeds distrust. In the end it's your call on how to handle this. Besides, being down here in Houston may give me options you don't have. Good luck!

 

[houstonscott]

I have the document in my hand, they emailed it to me to sign and send back. It has there signature on it. I could sign this now put it in the mail to LS and get the rebate now. I could post the document on the forum but I don't think I am going to. It's the LS cash rebate in lieu of sponsored low rate financing form. Terms and conditions are on form. There are two boxes to be checked, one returns rebate to dealer for applied to purchase price, one is directed to customer. The dealer has checked the box for him already. Document says program is in effect from 01JAN to 31MAR. Anyone know about this.

HS

HS

 

[milkman636]

If the guy was trying to shaft you out of two grand he probably would not have sent you a form to tip you off. He could probably muster a reasonable copy of your John Hancock if he was dishonest. Since his price was 10k below the competitors tractors, I'm thinking he deserves the benefit of the doubt that this rebate was factored into the math. If he looked me in the eye and said this very thing, I personally would be satisfied and hand him the signed form to mail back.

If you did the homework to know that your price is genuinely good, than it shouldn't matter that there is one more form to sign to help the dealer that gave the deal.

 

[Dirty pile]

I bought mine 2/11/11, don't know anything about a rebate, nothing on my sales slip...and it's literally a little 3x5 sales slip...like you get at a diner. Bought it off site, so it's all they had.

 

[joemd11]

I bought my R3039 on 3/26/11 and never heard anything about a rebate. I don't think I ever gave my dealer my email address so anything sent to me would arrive via snail mail. We shall see.

 

[houstonscott]

Got a call from dealer this morning. He explained the rebate was only in effect for the U, P series during that time. The U5030 was only the second one sold so they were not used to putting in that form to recover the discount they offer in sale price. So clearly they thought they would recover rebate in selling at the price I bought the tractor. I'm going to sign it and let them recover rebate. They were clearly embarrassed about having to call and explain. My sales receipt looks like I bought a bag of feed from the feed store too. LOL. I guess that how they do tractors, I like getting into rural America, its cool. Anyway I'm happy and will put up pictures when it's delivered on the 30th.

HS

 

[LittleBlueTractor]

Got a call from dealer this morning. He explained the rebate was only in effect for the U, P series during that time. The U5030 was only the second one sold so they were not used to putting in that form to recover the discount they offer in sale price. So clearly they thought they would recover rebate in selling at the price I bought the tractor. I'm going to sign it and let them recover rebate. They were clearly embarrassed about having to call and explain. My sales receipt looks like I bought a bag of feed from the feed store too. LOL. I guess that how they do tractors, I like getting into rural America, its cool. Anyway I'm happy and will put up pictures when it's delivered on the 30th.

HS

To quote the Bard, "All's well that ends well..." Glad to hear he (the dealer, not the Bard) cleared it up for you.

MY final receipt was a bit more substantial -- the stamped "PAID" loan application from AgriCredit. Took a whole 6 months to pay off my S3010!

Cool -- looking forward to pics!:thumbsup:

 

[Sublifer]

FWIW my dealer had me sign the rebate form when I was signing everything else. He called it a dealer rebate and it was already figured into my price. I think LS needs to fix this rebate program. If its a dealer rebate then either don't get the customer's signature on it or put it on the invoice as a line item. If its a customer rebate then the form should also be available online, course they would need to update their website for that...