09-17-2014, 03:15 PM
(09-17-2014, 03:07 PM)Stealth128_imp Wrote: Yes some dealers charge for shipping and set up. You may be able to talk them down. There not much mark up on a new bike. Perhaps they should have called it setup and freight. I don't think it's a bad deal plus you get a slip on. Harley charges crazy set up and freight perhaps they have them flown in by helicopter and have a well known celebrity put them together.
Thanks. But these guys already had, in addition to this fee, a freight charge. And set up consists of putting the front tire on and tightening bolts. I don't know that they were including the time it took to add the slip- on (they didn't say that was part of it), but they took it upon themselves to add it. I didn't ask for it. So, if freight is already being charged (just over $300), and "set- up" is minimal, it just feels like a sneaky way to get deeper into my pocket. And at a point when you're so close to riding away with the bike, they know most people will just eat it. Maybe I should have too. Guess that's what I'm trying to figure out.
I do appreciate your feedback! Maybe they'll let me pick the celebrity I want to do the set- up if I go back! I wonder how good Kate Upton is with a wrench. Who am I kidding, I'll check the bolts later just to watch her fiddle around with my bike.