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Something about a saying........if it seems too good to be true........

I hope I am wrong. That would be a great deal for someone on the forum.

 
I guess the 15's are just around the corner. I see a dealer in Dallas has a 14 for $12,500. There was a used one in OK for 11,500 the other day

 
Calling John.......... since you have quite a bit of experience with being a Yam dealer, are they just taking a big loss on this to clear it out???

Our family bought a Toyota that was a model year 13 when the 14s were just beginning to arrive and saved a bunch of cash. But Toyota was actually giving the dealer a credit to sell them for under what they previously charged them for it. It was like 7K below the "dealer cost" is what we got the vehicle for. But when Toyota kicked them back the credit, they made around 500.

Is this how Yamaha does it???

I ask because I would be all over that kind of deal next year. I would snap up a grey or red Gen3 for under 11. As most of us would.

 
Dealers make their money on processing fees, unless your the local shop here. They want it both ways. That is why I will probably never buy a bike from them.

Interesting deal posted here, though. Glen Burnie is only about an hour from here.

 
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For that price, Silver looks pretty good! It's no Black FJR
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.. definitely a great buy though!

 
I suspect Yamaha has some dealer incentives for '13s and 14's as it is the end of the season.

The dealer may well have made the decision to sell at or below cost to keep from having to pay floor plan interest for the next 6 months.

He's looking at about $500 per bike over the winter. And, if he has these two, and operates under an inventory $$ cap he can't bring in '15s to sell until these are gone.

 
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Oh come on John, we all know that motorcycle dealers are filthy rich, live in mansions, fly to where the beautiful people hangout on their private jets and spend weeks on end being treated like royalty by the crew of their private yachts. You must be spending too much time on your yacht and have lost touch with the real world that we little people live in..... can I go with you next time?
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Incentives, sure... but the dealers will undoubtedly try and tack on this and that to get back to what they need want to be, to make to make a good (some would say reasonable?) profit on these vehicles for sale.

I doubt they would be so desperate this soon as to take anything approaching a loss, especially with any 2014's considering the 15's have still not even been "officially" announced yet.

As I have alluded on other threads, a lot of the "excess inventory" stuff is an illusion. It's someone else's inventory not necessarily the one doing all the hype selling. Hype costs zero. Deals undone cost zero. Holding inventory costs something, but we are not privy to who does or does not actually hold inventory.

The 2013's in someone's inventory should be available for very good prices. With good reason. When Yammi came out with the 2014ES for just 1k over the A model, with all of its improvements, and features. they really killed the 2013 value. THis is what happens when you do not control the marketing group well.

 
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Well Fred, if I were still in "the chair" and I knew I could sell either of those two A bikes at break even or a couple hundred $$ loss today instead of holding them all winter they would both leave my store.

I'd much rather be able to order a couple of '15s at the mid-October release party and have them delivered in Feb and avoid the sure thing $1,000 floor plan bill.

One thing is for certain, neither of these bikes will appreciate, especially once the '15s are released.

But I don't have to make that call anymore.

In isolation it's only $1,000 on these two bikes but if your store sells 1,000 units a year it adds up to big money real fast.

 
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The ad for the '13 has been removed (sold?) but the one for the '14 is still up. Can't believe its not already gone. Terrific deal for someone...

 
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