06-16-2016, 12:01 AM
After selling my CB450, I was finally ready for a CB11. I have a specific budget to work with. The local Kawasaki dealership got in a '13 6 weeks ago, but the price was beyond the budget. Fast forward 6 weeks, and they drop the price $900 bringing it within striking range. I've been busy all week but planned to drop by there yesterday morning for a test ride and potential purchase. Yesterday my DW informs me that she has an appointment and I need to stay home with our new puppy. Fast forward to 4pm and I thrown my gear in the car and head over to the dealership.
I walk in the door and ask for the sales person that I had been talking to on the phone and he informs me that 20 minutes earlier, someone put a deposit on the bike. While we are having this discussion, another sales person is on the phone with another person who is also on their way to see the bike. So after 6 weeks, 3 people all try to buy the same bike within a half hour of each other.
Since the bike only had a deposit on it, they were kind enough to let me take a test ride anyway. I get back and the guy with the deposit is there. He wanted them to hold the bike for a week. They told him that either he needed to buy the bike then and there, or they would sell it to me. Needless to say, the guy says "okay" and pays for the bike.
I know I'll be able to eventually find a bike that fits my budget, but it was just frustrating to be so close...
I walk in the door and ask for the sales person that I had been talking to on the phone and he informs me that 20 minutes earlier, someone put a deposit on the bike. While we are having this discussion, another sales person is on the phone with another person who is also on their way to see the bike. So after 6 weeks, 3 people all try to buy the same bike within a half hour of each other.
Since the bike only had a deposit on it, they were kind enough to let me take a test ride anyway. I get back and the guy with the deposit is there. He wanted them to hold the bike for a week. They told him that either he needed to buy the bike then and there, or they would sell it to me. Needless to say, the guy says "okay" and pays for the bike.
I know I'll be able to eventually find a bike that fits my budget, but it was just frustrating to be so close...