Cashflow and where the item is depreciating in their yard, esp with a seasonal item. Say if you had a set of mowers that have sat there all summer, they stand you 20k so in 6m you have paid 3% interest so they now stand you £20,600 heading into winter - better to sell them for £18k in Sept than...
I heard the Shrewsbury site cost £23m to build....will soon be rebranded as they drop the Landrover name! Called in while I had half an hour to kill the other week and it was like a ghost town....lots of staff trying to look busy, but I suspect the Range Rover theft issue is not helping them
fair point - the moment the new tractor gets delivered, and a £80k trade in comes back means the dealer has another £80k tied up. Probably explains why sometimes they are genuinely NOT interested in selling a new item at a small margin. Someone buying a new machine with no trade in is a lot more...
Saw that on video, looks v impressive, but includes training centre, showroom and demo area. If you want to see latest forager or combine, you'll be taken to HQ for the day, meet well trained people who know it inside out vs dealer rep who saw it on a trip to Germany whilst nursing a hangover...
try getting a part from your BMW dealer out of hours..... £50 barely covers the cost of someone on call, driving to depot to get and hand over a part tbf
many of those ordered last year or end of tax year impulse buys on a deal. Regularly seeing big contractors having dispersal sales, some with very new kit suggesting it wasn't a long term planned decision. If you boys end up with 10% trees etc, less subs, and NVZ, can you see those dealers...
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