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[QUOTE="KC_BigDog_51, post: 155827, member: 22442"] [b]Buying over the Internet!![/b] I would love to support my local dealer more than I do but for someone who is on a budget and still wants to have a competitive bike and keep it running at a high level all the time it is very, VERY hard for them to match the price and the ease of buying over the net. The mark up dealers have for the large parts inventory they are requried to have by the manufacturer do not effect these internet based companies. I have been looking at buying the Bell Showtime 5 McGrath replica helemt for a while. I have found it as low as $259 with no shipping on all helemts over a 100 bucks on the net. When I looked at the same helmet at my local dealer they had a price $402.99. The choice is clear in my mind on who any sane person would choose to buy from, THE INTERNET company. That is a huge difference considering there is no sales tax when you mail order. I did end up buying the helmet from the dealer only beacuse the mail order place was out of stock and the dealer matched the price plus knocked another 5% off so with tax it ended up being the exact same price since there would have been no shipping charge. Even with parts I need from Yamaha for my bike, I can just go to Yamaha of Troy's web site and pull up the same parts break down the dealer. Plus I don't have to mess with some punk kid that has no idea what I am trying to buy. I just click on what I want and, BOOM I have it in 4 or 5 working days. The dealers are going to have to get a little more creative if they are going to want to hang with all the internet based parts dealers especially since most of them are offering free shipping on all purchases over $100. Now they can't use the shipping exscuse for their high prices. Just my .02. [/QUOTE]
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