If people keep buying and paying stupid prices for tractors they’ll keep putting them up....must be like taking candy from a babyI think it’s only going to get worse . Interesting point in the OP about ordering the tractor before the price increase. This has got to stop as when are farm prices going to increase .
Just a tactic to get ordersI think it’s only going to get worse . Interesting point in the OP about ordering the tractor before the price increase. This has got to stop as when are farm prices going to increase .
I’m not surprised that machine should have only been around £31kOn a similar theme I bought a brand new case 590sle digger,my avatar back in 2001 when I started my ground work business.i bought it from the now defunct FT Construction in Swainsthorpe.i went in for several weeks before ordering and they did not know me from Adam.i got the machine delivered and used it for a couple of weeks before the rep called and asked for a cheque which I duly paid.the machine cost me £315000 which was a huge amount of money then but I was greatful for the trust they showed in me.
Nick...
Good luck with that.?I think it’s only going to get worse . Interesting point in the OP about ordering the tractor before the price increase. This has got to stop as when are farm prices going to increase .
Its these people that wreck it for the rest of the genuine folk. Farmers word used to be all you needed. Unfortunately there are some people in farming now that have lost old values.So we sell machinery...but we’ve had more people back out on deals in the last few months than I’ve had in 15 years on sales...
So the latest one , a customer asks for quotes to swap a loader tractor, his used one a week down the line develops and issue , so we agree that we will fix it on the deal of the tractor at cost price, lend him a demo tractor over Christmas as long as we order the tractor before Christmas as the price from the manufacturer will be going up by a reasonable amount.
Customer told us to get one ordered, they also confirmed this the next day verbally.
We rang the customer today to say we could do with getting his in to do the repair, as we can’t have the demo out indefinitely...to be told that we are thousands out to another brand, when my rep asked if there was anything we could do with spec...was told that he does a deal he sticks to it...
Our normal procedure is to confirm the order in writing and get an order confirmation signed from the customer, because of the Christmas break this had not been completed.
The second one I’ve had in a few months, the previous had a written order from the cimustoner, a signed confirmation, finance signed..but two managers disagreed and changed there mind, leaving me with a special order tractor in stock...
I’m old and wise enough to know that it’s just one of those things...but am curious to people’s thoughts...
Society in general have lost all old values, seems where money is involved values and principles go out the window. Word soon outs about these types in the local agg sector.Unfortunately there are some people in farming now that have lost old values.
Yes , your being naïve. A new tractor ordered at the end of the year, ie, to-day probably would not be seen for months.Perhaps I'm being naive, but if I agreed to buy a piece of kit costing tens of thousands of pounds, I would expect it to be in my yard within a week. If they couldn't deliver a whole tractor in 7 days, how long would you have to wait for a spare part if it broke down?
If Amazon sold tractors, they'd deliver within 24 hrs
Are you sure about that?As for paying a 10% deposit:
A cheque would take a week to clear and isn't any guarantee of full payment.
Dealer knows where you live, it's not like you'll do a runner.
In a Dealer/farmer transaction the dealer is the bigger risk. More dealers than farmers suddenly "cease trading" shafting people in their debt.
Perhaps I'm being naive, but if I agreed to buy a piece of kit costing tens of thousands of pounds, I would expect it to be in my yard within a week. If they couldn't deliver a whole tractor in 7 days, how long would you have to wait for a spare part if it broke down?
If Amazon sold tractors, they'd deliver within 24 hrs
You know that wheelbarrow you sold me?As is always the case with these things. It's the bad 10% who spoil it for the rest.
I've a few regular customers that I don't bother invoicing till a few days after they've had something. Firstly I want to make sure they're happy with machine and second I know I'll get paid.
other customers I'd want money up front for a rotten wheelbarrow.