Marketing 1 oh 1. Someone didn't get the memo!

[furrowtickler]

Why tourment the dealer then? If someone was wasting my time like that i would ask high numbers as well just to send a message. Most dealers can't stand guys that play egotisical games.
For a guy that whines and complains about his bad luck, hail, flooded out, heat stressed, frosted out crops, just seems strange how much money you throw around - for being a "stingy, cheap sob" LOL

[bucket]

Your right furrow, but before I sign the cheque I like to know how much I have to pay.

I swear some guys let the dealer write the cheque and sometime during the coffee talk the cheque gets signed and the guy doesn't care.

[fjlip]

Dealers are nearly sold out of new everything, lots are full of low hour/acre used. They have all the cards this year. IF economy slows the diff might be less after one more year, if we can afford it. If it booms, well, we will all pay more yet, but will afford it. Wild card will be interest rates. Take your best bet!
The 70's and 80's saw new machinery prices sky rocket. Used prices even increased. Paid interest rates up to 16%!

[farmaholic]

Saskfarmer3: re-read your original post--you answered all your own questions.

[hobbyfrmr]

Farmaholic, excellent observation.

[furrowtickler]

thats if you have any intention what-so-ever to buy.

[SASKFARMER3]

Furrow do you not get it, Its 3 combines every year and tractor or two plus swathers.
Every year good or bad. So dealer knows he has to come to bat problem this year is idiots are paying whatever to get a new combine so at bat is what i quoted. And if you traded for less than 30 a machine every year paying close to 70 per machine kind of puts a shitty taste in your mouth. These new super dealers just took away competion. Some just don't get that.

[furrowtickler]

Oh I get it, what you don't seem to grasp is they do not have to bend over this year just to make a deal. Would you? Would you sell your durum for $2/bus less just b/c the local guy you deal with bought it from you last year at that lower price?
Not defending anyone here just saying why would the dealers bend over - this is not the year at all to be buying any iron or land IMO. Like a few on this post said, the lots are filling up with premium low hr'd machines, the risk to carry is getting larger every day.
Good luck with whatever deal you can make, just remember how as a farmer it sucked to sell Wht for $2/bus less than the market is paying - remember the cwb.

[SASKFARMER3]

I agree this is not the year to be buying just showing how you can support them when they need all the sales they can get and as soon as its a up trend they forget who saved them.
So yes IMHO this is not the year to be buying anything at all. Merry Christmas MEXICO IS CALLING!

[gregpet]

We were lucky I guess to trade our 2011 8120's for pre-iTIV 2012 8120 for
$40000/machine. That's with approx. 300 hours on each machine.