How NOT to sell a Harley
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From: c on 22 Sep 2009 09:57 On Sep 21, 4:26 pm, "Martin Walker" <sorrychar...(a)nospam.net> wrote: > > Show me a better looking bike with ABS than the 2010 rk classic and > > i'll go there and leave all the 'real' bikers alone. > > http://powersports.honda.com/2009/st1300/colors.aspx > > Sorry, couldn't resist. (it's what I ride) > > If the Road King lights your fire, get it and enjoy. Real motorcyclists will > see how you ride and act, while biker wannabe rubs judge you by your costume > and butt jewelry. hahaha =)
From: Vito on 22 Sep 2009 11:50 > > > > Then i walk through the shop to grab a salesman. "Hey, want to sell > > > > me this bike?" was met by a "I'm setting someone else up" and a 20 > > > > minute wait. > Similar thing happened in the rice shop just East of Rednecksburg Va. Buddy went in to buy a new bike cash in hand. Salesmen were too busy chatting with each other. So he hunted up the boss and offered to buy the new $10k bike if she'd fire one of the lazy salesmen - her pick. She refused so he bought elsewhere. One Friday afternoon I tried to buy a used Harley from the old dealer in Richmond. He was glad to sell it but wouldn't let me have it for a week even though I was paying cash, citeing "company policy". He's gone, replaced by another dealer. I bought an identical bike from Waugh the next day. SWMBO spotted a new FLHTC she liked and salesman quoted a price. Later, I checked the Blue-book trade value on her sporty, found we had enough in checking to buy the FLH even if they allowed zip for the chrome forks and $1500 hard bags she'd have them install a few months before. Salesman said the shop would need to check her bike out. Two hours later he offered her $1000 less than wholesale book. No, there was nothing wrong with her bike, they just didn't use book values ... except to set their prices. She said she'd wait for the 2010s. Too bad, their shop and parts counter is great. Meanwhile she's looking at Ducatis again ...... Ya gotta wonder. The yuppie/rub craze began about '91. Maybe all salesmen trained on them. Oh well ... my old FLH is like the energizer bunny.
From: Road Glidin' Don on 22 Sep 2009 11:59 On Sep 22, 7:04 am, Bob Mann <bobm...(a)mtsremove.net> wrote: > "Road Glidin' Don" <d.lan...(a)gmail.com> wrote in news:943ec542-93da-464e- > 819b-17e38b716...(a)f18g2000prf.googlegroups.com: > > > Yep. I've probably saved more than a thousand dollars, thanks to RMH > > advice over the years. Maybe Bryan can't appreciate that because it > > endangers his world view. > > Or his bike isn't worth spending that much on in the first place. Heh, heh. Never considered that!
From: Road Glidin' Don on 22 Sep 2009 12:10 On Sep 22, 8:15 am, c <smalltalkingchic...(a)gmail.com> wrote: > On Sep 22, 3:05 am, "Road Glidin' Don" <d.lan...(a)gmail.com> wrote: > By "fantasy" i picture you meaning something like these guys who ride > all around, getting in bar fights, trading girls, not having jobs, and > running drugs. I'm in love with video games and motorcycles and i > like playing ball and catching a movie. I have no problem living > within society. <snip> Right there you're beginning to reveal where your problems originate. Take the chip off your own shoulder and people will be less likely to knock it off. Maybe you're just not used to encountering types who will.
From: Snag on 22 Sep 2009 14:05
c wrote: > > I truly don't understand what the hostility is about . i DO want to > know what it's based on though, if anything, especially if there's > something specific to HD. > You get back what you send out - if yer gettin' hostility , look within yourself . > > > By "fantasy" i picture you meaning something like these guys who ride > all around, getting in bar fights, trading girls, not having jobs, and > running drugs. You've been indoctrinated by too many "biker" movies . Been ridin' a whole two years now ? Gee , can I come study at your feet ? -- Snag I started cuttin' the chain Dad used to secure the bike to a tree in 1965 ... |