[KevDog]

But did they offer to Scotchguard the seat?



I hate all the BS charges any dealer throws on top of a sticker price to maximize their profit. Sure, he may have the money, but why in the @#$% does he have to give it to them?



First post?

 

[44510]

It reeks of something fantastically good: capitalism! If it must be new, two options: pay the price for the convenience of buying a high demand item locally or travel to get a better price.



How does one "need" a NEW RM85? Are all the used ones trashed?

 

[pplassm]

A quick search on Cycletrader....

got me this:

http://adcache.cycletrader.com/5/9/5/80132095.htm

There are several online dealers that will ship to your door for cheap.

I know, I know! Support your local dealer and all that. Why do they make it so damn hard, then?

 

[19332]

Yeah it is false advertising and fraud. Tell em you're not gonna pay their bull***** dealer charges and walk away. They are counting on you caving, so don't make their day.



Next dealer tell them you want the REAL bottom line up front, and if ya don't like it, walk.

 

[Rsduce]

You mean, all those years in moto journalism didnt pay off in the form of free or nearly free bikes? If my Idol JB has to pay full price.....what hope is there for the rest of us!!!!



Try the internet.......I saved big bucks...even with the shipping costs. The only thing bad about internet sales is that you still have to take it to the local superstore dealer and get raped when its time for service. What happend to the small family shops that took care of the customer? I guess there is no money in treating the customer right!

 

[buzzbob]

Could be the internet helped kill the small family shop..

 

[acecycleins]

Depending on bike, all one needs to do is tell the sales monkeys that the only way you'll buy is to know you'll only pay msrp as the out the door price. I know guys all over GA that have bought new 600 sportbikes and rode away with the bike at or around $8300 including all the junk fees. Remember, dealers don't like giving birthdays to bikes. Wait late in the year when model year changes and you'll get what you want.

 

[Buzglyd]

Contact Suzuki and tell them you'd like to become a dealer. Find a nice building in a good location with great parking and lease it. Hire management and staff to run the place and don't forget some mechanics and a shop.



Wait for that first shipment of bikes to come in and then you can charge your customers all those fees!



Simple, isn't it?

 

[longride]

Damn! It's so easy, why didn't I think of that?

 

[CaptainColon]

Precisely....the more people there are that are willing to be patient and drive a hard bargain, the less likely it'll be that salespeople will just let you go and wait for a sucker.

 

[JFWLDR]

They all went out of business...Sorry, but selling motorcycles for a living is a tough gig.

None of those guys are getting filthy rich, believe me.

 

[50595]

FREE ENTERPRISE

Free enterprise. Supply and demand. Whatever the market will bear. The American Way.

If you don't want to pay the price, don't.

 

[1747]

thanks for all the No Help. Seriously i could see $500 set-up/freight on a $10K bike, but it jsut feels like being gouged on a $3K one. It's true, tho, the RM85 sells out first for some reason and the dealers know it. Supply and Ream at work.

Also, all the ones you see on cycletrader sold out months ago. Y they keep the ads there I know not?

 

[Buzglyd]

They keep the ad there so when you call and ask for the RM85 that they don't have you can allow them to talk you into something else.



How about a KX65 or a KTM?

 

[056]

Shop Around! Use the Internet! Mail Order Everything!

Hey! What happened to all the family-owned businesses?

Do you think there's maybe a connection? How are high-service/low-volume shops supposed to compete when we've become a nation of price-shoppers?

 

[bod]

I don't feel sorry for anybody if a dealer won't come off a price walk if a customer won't cough up the dough kick him out of your shop. That's is capitolism at it's finest. I personally am a terrible customer If I even think a dealer stiffed me on something I bad mouth him into the dirt. It's my right. I may still shop there but I still tell them and everyone else how I feel.

 

[1747]

Good idea, i should call and ask for a different bike, and when they don't have it I'll steer the conversation subtly toward RM85. i begin to have inklings we live in an irrational world...

 

[34894]

JB is such a good dad placing the needs of his sporglett ahead of his own.

 

[1747]

hey did buzglyd kick yer ass yet fella?

 

[48956]

Re: Shop Around! Use the Internet! Mail Order Everything!

Same goes for home electronics. DO NOT, I reapeat DO NOT plan on making money in home electronics, despite the surge in sales of high-profit HDTVs.

The internet and cheap, fast shipping have killed the "little guy" to a greater degree than even Ballsmart, Worst-Buy, and mega-dealer-monster-lots.

Those of us who are turned off by the slimmers at the mega-dealer-monster-lot are the same ones who are willing to take a little inconvenience to save some cash-ola... It's a vicious cycle, (but not the same way a GSXR1000 is), and the only way it's going to stop is for the bargain seekers to realize what they're doing and stop it.

Either that or shipping will have to suddenly get MUCH more expensive (which given gas prices might happen) or the Gov'ment institute a federal sales tax on mail order items, and make it higher than any state sales tax (won't happen)...