05-21-2020, 07:37 AM
(05-20-2020, 02:26 PM)Olyrider_imp Wrote: Most dealers do not “set up” the bikes they sell. They don’t have the space to store palletized bikes and don't really want their mechanics spending valuable time on it. The most common business model is for bikes to be delivered to a large regional warehouse owned by a third party where the bikes are stored and set up before being delivered to the dealer when the dealer requests delivery. So there is a cost incurred, but even a Gold Wing is less than $200, until the dealer tells YOU what it costs them during negotiations.
“We don’t make a penny on freight and set up!!” is just one of the many lies you hear in the sales pitch.
Unfortunately...
They think we are stupid. They laugh at us behind our backs, but they will make a fair deal to an informed buyer.
Find the Costco motorcycle dealer in your area. You will rarely beat the price that Costco gets.
Thanks Oly, that makes sense. I had no idea the dealers didn’t assemble the bikes themselves. Local dealer charges 199 for what he calls a 99 point inspection. This fee is never listed in his online ads and only pops up when he is bringing back his written proposed invoice, which also included a $ 249 documentary fee “that everybody pays”.
That’s when I told him I could no longer afford the bike unless he gave a job as a title clerk for a month if they were charging that much for 30 minutes worth of paperwork, because they must be the highest paid employees in the place.
Needless to say I left without a bike or job offer
