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[QUOTE="MikeT, post: 240853, member: 21398"] [b]I can't agree with you on this one[/b] Sorry Lawman, I've heard that before about the "support your local dealers" stuff and I just don't buy it for a number of reasons. I usually mail order ALL of my stuff because the shops I am mail ordering it from have MUCH MUCH lower prices than my dealer. Why? I'm not sure why because most of them buy from the same places, Parts unlimited and Tucker Rocky to name a few. So I asked myself, why is my local dealer charging so much more..... The last guy I heard the "support your local dealer" stuff from said, "He has to upkeep his store and have all the parts you need in stock, pay for the lights, pay his employees" etc, etc. So I thought, maybe he's right. Well, two years ago I went up to Troy Ohio to watch the National. While I was up there I visited one of the Mail order shops I usually order from. Honda/Yamaha of Troy. From what my local guy told me I figured they were a low overhead, cut and dry operation with a phone operator and some minimum wage guy’s stuffing boxes. Boy was I wrong. Yamaha of Troy was a full service dealership that had MANY bikes in stock, LOADS of gear to try on before you buy (which my local guy NEVER has), many stock parts, and service guys to ask questions of. He also had the same amount of stuff for the street bike guys. While I was there, I exchanged a pair of goggles and bought some stuff, which he didn't charge me any tax on because he knew I was from out of state. All his in store prices mind you were the same as he had in his mail order ads. So I ask myself, why can Yamaha of Troy charge me much less than my local dealer if HE is someone else’s local dealer with that entire overhead???? Maybe its because he has figured out how to market himself better. Maybe he decided that it’s better to make a reasonable profit of the sales of large quantities of parts instead of making a large profit on a few items. Maybe he also knows that if he doesn't charge so much that he will receive return business and people will buy more from him in the future. Ya I have to pay shipping, but I have also had a local dealer try to charge me shipping on items he ordered for me that he should have had in stock. I think that basically in this day and age you have to become a smart businessman, not a greedy one to stay in business. Most of the local dealerships have changed hands many times where I have lived because they charge too much for their services and products, is that my fault? Is it my fault for wanting to only pay $45 dollars for a part my local dealer wants to charge me $60 for? Why should I pay $369 for the Bell Moto7 I wear when I was able to get it for $249 from Yamaha of Troy?? It takes me a lot of hours of work to make up that difference in price. I just don't see why I should patronize my local dealer when there is such a discrepancy in pricing. I guess Arai will have to learn the hard way. They have a good product but that's not the way to market it. I'm sorry but if I were to follow that line of thought the next thing I would be buying is a $600 toilet seat...... Oh, our government already beat me to that. :silly: [/QUOTE]
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