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Message: [QUOTE="cdoering, post: 615638, member: 34925"] If a Dealer doesn't make any money, discounts everything and is in the business to make friends then that same Dealer cannot afford to stock parts. The parts Distributor doesn't give dealers the parts for free. The parts distributor can 'carry' that dealer for just so long and then they have to have their money. When a dealer doesn't have your part , however simple that part may be, and he tells you that #%&@*& distributor just never has parts when I order them you should stop and consider what I just wrote above. Motorcycle shops are not owned and operated by the governement. If the owner of your shop is standing behind the parts counter then the bloke is not making enough money to support a parts guy . He deserves to be able to make a reasonable living. Just like you deserve to make a living at your job. Would you work for less? You do spend most of your work day on the interent reading these forums, don't you? Retail is not a dirty word. There has never been a time in my life that I have gone to Target or Home Depot and said 'hey cashier I see this item is $20.00 I'll give ya $12.00. " Same with my grocery bill if I want that steak I will pay the price. I can't bargain my way to the door. Our industry is sick is this regard. If you can't afford the retail part then perhaps ( IMO) you can't afford this sport. Is it expensive? Yep? Is everything today expensive ? Yep. Is dirt bike riding/racing a neccessity? Nope ! It is a luxury and an expensive one. If you want the guy to have the parts then you have to allow the guy to make a living. If you think you are so smart that you just know that it doen't cost that much to run a retail business then ya just aren't thinking clearly. [/QUOTE]

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