Comments on: No Haggle Dealer Pricing is Growing http://thekneeslider.com/archives/2007/10/22/no-haggle-dealer-pricing-is-growing/ Motorcycle News for Positive People Sun, 12 Feb 2012 06:40:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Jeff http://thekneeslider.com/archives/2007/10/22/no-haggle-dealer-pricing-is-growing/#comment-95231 Jeff Thu, 25 Oct 2007 10:52:10 +0000 http://thekneeslider.com/archives/2007/10/22/no-haggle-dealer-pricing-is-growing/#comment-95231 Heck I know some folks that haggle at Walmart . :) Heck I know some folks that haggle at Walmart . :)

]]> By: Ry http://thekneeslider.com/archives/2007/10/22/no-haggle-dealer-pricing-is-growing/#comment-95071 Ry Tue, 23 Oct 2007 18:57:15 +0000 http://thekneeslider.com/archives/2007/10/22/no-haggle-dealer-pricing-is-growing/#comment-95071 Jeff , sounds like a no haggle dealership is a good business opportunity. Jeff , sounds like a no haggle dealership is a good business opportunity.

]]> By: Jeff in Ohio http://thekneeslider.com/archives/2007/10/22/no-haggle-dealer-pricing-is-growing/#comment-95059 Jeff in Ohio Tue, 23 Oct 2007 16:57:34 +0000 http://thekneeslider.com/archives/2007/10/22/no-haggle-dealer-pricing-is-growing/#comment-95059 Ok, I bought a new Yamaha FZ6 this year. Went to a no haggle dealer in Toledo (2 hours from my house). I tried 4 other dealers near me and the closest anyone would get to the guy in Toledo was $450. I paid around $850 under retail, $50 doc fee NO set up NO freight. Everyone else had higher fees and/or wanted prep/freight. All that at a no haggle dealers. The haggle dealers were like "I can't touch that price" - INCLUDING a dealer I had previuosly purchased from. One haggle dealer said he could do a leftover 2006 for that much, but not a 2007. The best part is, even though they I walked in with the cash in hand, they let me charge the entire purchase on my AMEX with no additional fee. I paid AMEX the cash when the bill came and garnered 6,500 Delta airlines reward miles to boot. If they would have had the correct vendor code, I could have used my AMA visa for an additional 3% savings. I setup everything on the phone, walked in, they gave me one of those vibrating coaster things like at a busy restuarant and said 'when that goes off, come on up and your papers will be ready to go.' I waited 15 minutes looking around and spent maybe 5 minutes paying for it and signing papers. They claim only one dealer in the country sells more bikes than they do..... Ok, I bought a new Yamaha FZ6 this year. Went to a no haggle dealer in Toledo (2 hours from my house). I tried 4 other dealers near me and the closest anyone would get to the guy in Toledo was $450. I paid around $850 under retail, $50 doc fee NO set up NO freight. Everyone else had higher fees and/or wanted prep/freight. All that at a no haggle dealers. The haggle dealers were like “I can’t touch that price” – INCLUDING a dealer I had previuosly purchased from. One haggle dealer said he could do a leftover 2006 for that much, but not a 2007.

The best part is, even though they I walked in with the cash in hand, they let me charge the entire purchase on my AMEX with no additional fee. I paid AMEX the cash when the bill came and garnered 6,500 Delta airlines reward miles to boot. If they would have had the correct vendor code, I could have used my AMA visa for an additional 3% savings. I setup everything on the phone, walked in, they gave me one of those vibrating coaster things like at a busy restuarant and said ‘when that goes off, come on up and your papers will be ready to go.’ I waited 15 minutes looking around and spent maybe 5 minutes paying for it and signing papers. They claim only one dealer in the country sells more bikes than they do…..

]]> By: Prester John http://thekneeslider.com/archives/2007/10/22/no-haggle-dealer-pricing-is-growing/#comment-95058 Prester John Tue, 23 Oct 2007 16:56:35 +0000 http://thekneeslider.com/archives/2007/10/22/no-haggle-dealer-pricing-is-growing/#comment-95058 So go into Walmart and pick out a basket of items. Go to check out and haggle over the cost of 5 cans of tuna, 2 t-shirts, a package of 9V batteries, four quarts of motor oil, a greeting card and a flat of petunias. Walmart's price structure has to cover the overhead of the hour it takes to check out each customer, plus the extra pay for all those checkers who are skilled negociators. So it takes everybody an extra 57 minutes to check out, the store's overhead is higher, and over the long run, in total, how is it again we save money? Tom So go into Walmart and pick out a basket of items. Go to check out and haggle over the cost of 5 cans of tuna, 2 t-shirts, a package of 9V batteries, four quarts of motor oil, a greeting card and a flat of petunias.

Walmart’s price structure has to cover the overhead of the hour it takes to check out each customer, plus the extra pay for all those checkers who are skilled negociators.

So it takes everybody an extra 57 minutes to check out, the store’s overhead is higher, and over the long run, in total, how is it again we save money?

Tom

]]> By: coho http://thekneeslider.com/archives/2007/10/22/no-haggle-dealer-pricing-is-growing/#comment-95055 coho Tue, 23 Oct 2007 16:38:48 +0000 http://thekneeslider.com/archives/2007/10/22/no-haggle-dealer-pricing-is-growing/#comment-95055 It's pretty sad when the definition of a good car or bike deal is when both the customer and the salesman come away from it each thinking they screwed the other guy on the price. It’s pretty sad when the definition of a good car or bike deal is when both the customer and the salesman come away from it each thinking they screwed the other guy on the price.

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