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Message: [QUOTE="AJ Waggoner, post: 617297, member: 16665"] I do too, its apples and oranges. but you "could" buy it cheaper from Walmarts distributer? so why not ask him to take off that 20%? after all he certainly has it marked up more than that. ;) heck they run %70 off sales right? occassionally :) Remember most guys ( not nessarily you so dont take it personally) want that XR70 at invoice. because after all he bought his CR250 off you last year and paid you about $100 or $200 over invoice. dealers make money on selling parts..not bikes. If everyone wants to buy wholesale parts and wholesale bikes.. ::::shrugs::::: thats ok. but dont expect your dealer to stock parts or bikes for long. Wholesale prices means cutting overhead and becoming a wholesaller;) you will have oppurtunity to order them. He will just become a resource like the net to order from the parent manufactuer. Like your walmart suggestion of buying many times because it is simply convenient, if a customer wants this possibilty , to walk in locally and buy you have to pay for the building and local workers in a small shop, if he stocks he has large overhead. this situation is basic economics. and no amount of wanting things availble at your convienince and disposal at wholesale prices will make it happen. it doesnt happen at walmsart either. The wholeseller has the ability to sell cheaper but you cant walk in. Thats what started this thread. but having your cake and eating it to.. almost always has some repercussions. Again i want to say Im not whining/complsaining or saying anyones opinion is right or wrong .. I agree with Bill H above that of you do a good job of customer service ,it will be appreciated and you will be successful There are some basic economics involved though that i find amusing that many customers in this business do not see. yet they accept it as completely normal in every single other aspect of thier lives and purchases. Grocery Stores, harware stores clothing stores buy at whoelsale from a manufactuer or distributer, they sell at what? retail. Why ? because they offer you the added convenience of not having to drive to the farm to buy those eggs and milk. and if you dont want to do that you pay. if your willing too, thats ok too. Think about something... What do we as a nation "barter " on? houses cars motorcycles RVs 'boats.. that about covers it? . nothing else ever,. why? I think if you dig deep enough it will answer the question posed in this thread. Ok ive probably gotten into enough trouble here for one weekend ;) and our goal is to offer good product at a good value,with great customerservice. sometimes we get it wrong, sometimes we get it right.. feed back out here on the web certainly helps refine it. [/QUOTE]

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