11-22-2013, 06:14 AM
I view Auto or Motorcycle pricing info like Salary info. Everyone acts as though what you get paid should confidential and not discussed with others. The lack of information an employee or customer has is only meant to give the other party the upper hand in the negotiation. I have no doubt the Shipping and assembly cost are there, but as I customer I don't care, it's the dealer's problem not mine. I agree with Bbref36, it should all be baked into the MSRP and not an add-on. I'm sure there are additional incentives and hold-backs the owners of the dealership gets that only they know about which factor in to the overall profit margin. After all, If they weren't making money they wouldn't sell.
When negotiating the price you're comfortable with, it's nice to have some facts to base you decision on. Things like service, relationship with the dealer are also factored in by each buyer. I would pay more for a good local dealer I could trust and have a relationship with. I would prefer there was full transparency, and the dealer said this is my cost $X and I need to make $Y on this bike. I have no problem with a dealer making money off me, that's business.
But when I go into a large corporate owned dealer, and am given the hard sell and told this is the last model left in the state, or that someone is coming in that evening to put a deposit down, then let the games begin. I encourage anyone who is willing to share their cost so that we as consumers and make and informed decision when choosing what and where to purchase from. But at the end of the day, if you're happy with what you got, when you got it, and who you got it from, that's all that matters.
I pick up my bike tomorrow and will post my bill of sale as a reference point for others. I'm thankful for all the owners in the Phoenix area who shared their info before I made my purchase.
lol.....For that price I hope it came [url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bh7bYNAHXxw]with a shark with freakin lazer beam attached to it' head
When negotiating the price you're comfortable with, it's nice to have some facts to base you decision on. Things like service, relationship with the dealer are also factored in by each buyer. I would pay more for a good local dealer I could trust and have a relationship with. I would prefer there was full transparency, and the dealer said this is my cost $X and I need to make $Y on this bike. I have no problem with a dealer making money off me, that's business.
But when I go into a large corporate owned dealer, and am given the hard sell and told this is the last model left in the state, or that someone is coming in that evening to put a deposit down, then let the games begin. I encourage anyone who is willing to share their cost so that we as consumers and make and informed decision when choosing what and where to purchase from. But at the end of the day, if you're happy with what you got, when you got it, and who you got it from, that's all that matters.
I pick up my bike tomorrow and will post my bill of sale as a reference point for others. I'm thankful for all the owners in the Phoenix area who shared their info before I made my purchase.
(11-22-2013, 12:58 AM)The Spaceman_imp Wrote: One hundred BILLION DOLLARS!!
lol.....For that price I hope it came [url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bh7bYNAHXxw]with a shark with freakin lazer beam attached to it' head