Dear ThrdGear,
I hope you have gotten you deposit back, if not get it and RUN to the bank. There is something very wrong with this story.
The "still coming thourgh Customs" story is total Brave Sierra (BS) to quote my favorite hillbilly Scooter Bob. We have had Black C5's available for immediate shipping for quite a while although I have heard this story from customers in a certain part of the country before. We also have a dealer somewhere in the US who still owes me for his last bike and when told that he needs to pay for any further bikes up front, cancled an order for a Black C5. Just a coincidence I guess,
We have also not had a dealer refuse a shipment, strange.
I guess I am OK though since the check for the first bike has been in the mail for over three weeks. Damn postal service! It seems like that particular post office branch always has the same problem. I just can't figure it out.
You know there is also a dealer who couldn’t take care of customer’s problem so we moved the bike to another dealer who could, how odd, wonder if that fellow is pissed off? It is also very odd that the second dealer is right on top of it.
If someone is discounting a new bike $1,000 and not asking for prep I can assure you that they are losing cold hard cash money on that particular bike, in fact a lot of cash. I guess they'll make it up in volume though. I don't know what people think, but there is not that much money in one for a dealer.
I would NEVER buy a bike, any bike, from a dealer who didn't have one to show me and let me ride. How comitted is that fellow?
The good news is that in the part of the country where I think you live there are several first class dealers who I would buy a bike from. If you give Scooter Bob a call at 800-201-7472 we can refer you to a couple. (I am on an extensive road trip visiting dealers.)
While I am on that subject if you buy a bike on price alone you are a fool and you know what they say about a fool and his money. (Not referring specifically to you, but rather to the concept). It has been discussed endlessly on this board, but how is a dealer who is discounting going to stay open, especially in this economy? Given the economic conditions it is unlikely at best. Also when something does come up,
who is going to give you the best treatment, the guy who made a profit on the bike and wants and needs you as a customer or the guy who either lost money or made almost nothing? The rule is that any RE dealer has to repair any RE under warranty that comes to them, but…………. A fellow can sit in the back of the shop for a long time……