You should defianatly report this - the process is anonomous and it sounfs like you maybe have hard written evidence which is rare ?
There is a reward - someone posted a link on another thread to the whistleblowers system iirc
Getting quotes for machinery
- Thread starter Clive
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You should defianatly report this - the process is anonomous and it sounfs like you maybe have hard written evidence which is rare ?
There is a reward - someone posted a link on another thread to the whistleblowers system iirc
- Location
- Chipping Norton
Rocar.. that's the one
Chae1
Member
- Location
- Aberdeenshire
In my experience certain brands are more sensitive about buying out of area than others.
- Location
- Chipping Norton
Took the train to collect a car once .. they paid the fare.. lovely people
- Location
- Chipping Norton
Bang on..
- Location
- Chipping Norton
Had some brilliant deals from jct600 too
Rabbit Wolverine
Member
- Location
- East Midlands
From my observations, Kuhn and Mchale aren't so sensitive, a sale is a sale!
How it should be IMHO
- Location
- south norfolk
When i got my current hilux last march i emailed dealers within a hundred miles radious.same spec and extras on truck and nfu discount voucher.one gave list price with no discount and the other 4 where exactly the same price to the penny.
Nick...
Nick...
matttargett4
Member
I like the idea but...
Having been told at least twice recently by two global manufacturers that to deal with someone outside my area would require me to speak to the manufacturers area manager face to face and explain to him why I definitely will not deal with my in area dealer I'm wondering how this will work.
I'm aware that these team orders are unsporting at best and illegal at worst but when your business relies upon buying and selling a decent bit of machinery each year you shouldn't but actually do need some good will from your dealers.
Maybe thy shouldn't take the hump and still want to service it but to be fair to them I don't blame them, if a customer of mine asks someone from away to do work for him I normally do and then asks me to come and do something in a rush myself and most of us here would probably do it because we are decent but there wouldn't be much good will.
I think manufacturers need to sort their act out, if there were no team orders then the ill feeling wouldn't be there so much as it's not "their patch"
If I had a couple of tractors that would last 5 or 7 years I think I would feel differently but when you rely on working with people very regularly I find goodwill is very important.
Having been told at least twice recently by two global manufacturers that to deal with someone outside my area would require me to speak to the manufacturers area manager face to face and explain to him why I definitely will not deal with my in area dealer I'm wondering how this will work.
I'm aware that these team orders are unsporting at best and illegal at worst but when your business relies upon buying and selling a decent bit of machinery each year you shouldn't but actually do need some good will from your dealers.
Maybe thy shouldn't take the hump and still want to service it but to be fair to them I don't blame them, if a customer of mine asks someone from away to do work for him I normally do and then asks me to come and do something in a rush myself and most of us here would probably do it because we are decent but there wouldn't be much good will.
I think manufacturers need to sort their act out, if there were no team orders then the ill feeling wouldn't be there so much as it's not "their patch"
If I had a couple of tractors that would last 5 or 7 years I think I would feel differently but when you rely on working with people very regularly I find goodwill is very important.
Tractorstant
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- Location
- Monaco.
I have been both sides of the above fence, but reading this thread is horrific!! The tail is wagging the dog. How many threads are there on the TFF about bottom line, no money in Ag, people getting out because of the cost of farming.....yet some are "worried" that they will have to buy out of area, or have to have a chat with the local area rep. Bring it on I say. Quite simply it's price fixing, which is illegal.
Do we have any lawyers on here that can quote Chapter and Verse?
Do we have any lawyers on here that can quote Chapter and Verse?
did you try car wow ? would have ben a lot easier than all that emailing if nothing else
next time someone tells you the cant quote out of area get it in email etc and report it
as farmers we are simply letting the law be broken here and paying more as a result
why are the NFU etc not on this kind of thing like a tonne of bricks ? there is enough evidence in this thread alone to trigger the competition commisions interest surely
I'd be concerned that when you have put time and effort in, and given your best achievable price, customer then wheels into local dealer's yard and asks them to match it or beat it, or feels comfortable to pay a bit more to keep goodwill etc.
Are you prepared to be used as a pricing agency, but not actually generate any sales?
Are you prepared to be used as a pricing agency, but not actually generate any sales?
it happens, we have seen it happen on Farm Marketplace with some users just using it to beat up existing suppliers
Dman2
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- Location
- Durham, UK
If they don`t put the best price in first time they should`nt get the deal
- Location
- south norfolk
No I didn’t but with all the niggles I’ve had I’m glad I went to my local dealer who is only about 7 miles away.
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