That things are changing?
Ive been looking at telehandlers and found one in as new condition with low hours but 14 months old. I enquired with the dealer and the price was £72,500 which is about £12,000 less than a new price today so a reasonable discount I thought. In the meantime a fellow tff member directed me to a farm who had a machine for sale but hadn’t advertised it as they weren’t 100% sure about selling it. Basically they bought it new but unseen and it’s not quite big enough for there job but liveable with. In an ideal world they’d change it so they’d had it valued by the same dealer I’d been in touch with by coincidence.
The dealer had offered them £44,500 so discounting it by £40,000 after only 14 months use. They’d then advertised it without the farmers consent with a £28,000 potential profit margin in it for themselves even using the pictures they’d taken in the farms yard when it was valued.
So they’ve been caught out and upon questioning them on this the salesman’s reply was that all staff had been instructed to maximise profits because if they don’t there won’t be any job within a year due to the fast approaching downturn in machinery sales. He was very apologetic and embarrassed. I then sent a letter of complaint to the dealer principle who called me up and basically said the same thing.
I’ve bought said machine direct off the farm so we’ve cut the ‘stealer’ out of the equation.
Ive been looking at telehandlers and found one in as new condition with low hours but 14 months old. I enquired with the dealer and the price was £72,500 which is about £12,000 less than a new price today so a reasonable discount I thought. In the meantime a fellow tff member directed me to a farm who had a machine for sale but hadn’t advertised it as they weren’t 100% sure about selling it. Basically they bought it new but unseen and it’s not quite big enough for there job but liveable with. In an ideal world they’d change it so they’d had it valued by the same dealer I’d been in touch with by coincidence.
The dealer had offered them £44,500 so discounting it by £40,000 after only 14 months use. They’d then advertised it without the farmers consent with a £28,000 potential profit margin in it for themselves even using the pictures they’d taken in the farms yard when it was valued.
So they’ve been caught out and upon questioning them on this the salesman’s reply was that all staff had been instructed to maximise profits because if they don’t there won’t be any job within a year due to the fast approaching downturn in machinery sales. He was very apologetic and embarrassed. I then sent a letter of complaint to the dealer principle who called me up and basically said the same thing.
I’ve bought said machine direct off the farm so we’ve cut the ‘stealer’ out of the equation.
