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wildwillie

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Where BRP miss it was that they failed to deliver all the premiere edition before delivering units that were ordered after the premiere.
They should have delivered all the premiere units first. Thats why they are getting all the grief and the dealers are getting all the nasty phone calls.
I guess in a couple mo. it won"t make any difference. I would hate to be in there shoes if they miss there deadline dates.time will tell. wildwillie :spyder:
 
wildwillie said:
Where BRP miss it was that they failed to deliver all the premiere edition before delivering units that were ordered after the premiere.
They should have delivered all the premiere units first. Thats why they are getting all the grief and the dealers are getting all the nasty phone calls.
I guess in a couple mo. it won"t make any difference. I would hate to be in there shoes if they miss there deadline dates.time will tell. wildwillie :spyder:
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The first 2500 or so are ALL premiere editions. They've only made about 1400 so far. I don't think anybody has a regular one yet. :dontknow:
 
I think there are cause they are on showroom floors in places also there was a pix. on co. site the other day that showed the handle bars on a bike it did not have a number on it. wildwillie :spyder:
 
According to BRP schedule, spyders ordered after sept.-18-07 were not premiere edition bikes, I think some of our members ordered after that date and have received there bikes and I"am not knocking them I"am just repeating what BRP schedule says.wildwillie :spyder:
 
wildwillie said:
According to BRP schedule, spyders ordered after sept.-18-07 were not premiere edition bikes, I think some of our members ordered after that date and have received there bikes and I"am not knocking them I"am just repeating what BRP schedule says.wildwillie :spyder:
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At least some of these cases are order cancellations leaving the dealer with unclaimed Spyders which they offered to people that placed orders after the deadline. Orders go on a dealer by dealer basis so you might have "extra" Spyders sitting at one dealership which people waiting for delivery at another.
 
morgcl said:
I actually ordered my spyder on oct 26th.

i got the premier edition #1004 yellow
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See..... now that sucks, because I ordered mine the end of August and the dealers best answer right now is 'Maybe March or possibly April'

If I could cancel right now and not loose my deposit I probably would, just on principle alone.

If a car manufacturer did this they'd never get away with it. :edit:
 
I had understood earlier that the DEMO bikes were not going to be offered for sale since they were built as Demo's? Has anyone actually purchased a DEMO?

I'm more of the opinion that the ones we may see on the dealers' floor for sale are ones where buyers backed out or, speculative models actually ordered by the dealer or, by someone for the dealer!
 
None of the prototype demo bikes will be offered for sale. Most of them have already been destroyed. The last stop for those on the tour was Orlando the week of the auto show. From there they went to the "crusher".

As far as I know, all the production units that the dealers were required to keep in stock as demos all had limited edition numbers.....at least those at my dealership did.

Richard
 
There are still a few of the pre-production units floating around, but I do not expect they will be offered for sale - I doubt they even could be legally sold. There was one (an SE5) at the World of Motorcycles Expo here in London, Canada on February 9/10. The dealer had put "demo unit" on the windscreen. They had a second unit there as well, a Limited Edition Spyder which was clearly a production model (it had the unit number and "premiere edition" on the handlebar).
Cheers,
Bruce
 
jax power sports in jacksonville fl has a demo for sale now . they tried to sell it to me for my wife when i took delivery of mine but she is buying a victory vegas jackpot. I dont know if it is a premium edition or not
 
I really didn't mean to open a can of worms.I was just pointing out how screwup BRP is handling distribution.They are really upsetting a lot of folks.Thats why I said if they miss there deadline,there going to be a lot of very unhappy customers.It seems they can't follow there own guide lines.wildwillie :spyder:
 
Dropped by Tulare Honda in Calif. last weekend. The owner is selling his private silver Spyder...low number edition. Has 200 miles on it. I don't want it so I never asked if he was selling it as new or used. Tulare said they just got the go-ahead from BRP to sell anything in stock/not picked up. They think that means that all 2,500 have been delivered/shipped. Financing is still a problem for many, some people may lose their deposit.
 
csmead said:
They think that means that all 2,500 have been delivered/shipped. Financing is still a problem for many, some people may lose their deposit.
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All 2500 limited editions have not been delivered yet. Our dealer still has not received his full allotment for delivery. As I understand it, we will receive our Spyder's by April 30th here in Michigan. We have received our First owners Jackets, our maps, our membership cards and our letters from Can-AM. Now we are just waiting on our Spyders. I think many dealerships ordered more Spyders than were given personal deposits and a number of people have backed out. Also, dealers are giving people and option of color just to get a Spyder instead of making them take delivery of what they ordered. With so many dealerships doing their own thing, I don't think we can blame BRP for all the screw up and strange deliveries. They do need to take some blame though, as was mentioned before, how hard is it to see a dealership has so many yellow and so many silver Spyder's order and deliver that many of each to that dealership. I am not mad about the people who have been very lucky and fortunate to receive early delivery or even delivery after a late order, good for them. I am not mad at my dealer or BRP because I am still getting my Spyder in exactly the time frame I was told from the very beginning. Nothing has changed from my original order date so I have nothing to grip about I guess. Now, if it turns out I don't get a limited edition, I will be HOT but I don't think that is going to be a problem.
 
csmead said:
Dropped by Tulare Honda in Calif. last weekend. The owner is selling his private silver Spyder...low number edition. Has 200 miles on it. I don't want it so I never asked if he was selling it as new or used. Tulare said they just got the go-ahead from BRP to sell anything in stock/not picked up. They think that means that all 2,500 have been delivered/shipped. Financing is still a problem for many, some people may lose their deposit.
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You know, that's the other thing that bothers me about this..... the poor folks that will lose their deposit if they can't get financing approved. I can imagine that in the year or so that some people have waited to get their Spyders that some peoples financial picture has changed...... maybe they NEED the money back? who knows...... but to take a deposit and keep it ....... this is usually reserved for things that are hard to sell...... things that will sit a while, to kind of 'cover costs' of reselling..... but to take a deposit away from someone and sell it right out the back door before they make it to their car........

WRONG........ all wrong.

No matter how this thing works out on my end..... I intend to send a letter to BRP about this experience...... maybe it'll save a few people down the line from having these kinds of things to deal with.
 
matusky said:
...maybe they NEED the money back? who knows...... but to take a deposit and keep it
WRONG........ all wrong.
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I don't know. A deal should be a deal. At some point people have to live up to the bargain. If BRP lives up to their end (not what people think they should do but what is in writing) and the dealer lives up to their written word, then the guy that signed on the bottom line should live up to theirs. Things change in a year. It's called RISK!

Just my 2 cents.
 
matusky said:
You know, that's the other thing that bothers me about this..... the poor folks that will lose their deposit if they can't get financing approved. I can imagine that in the year or so that some people have waited to get their Spyders that some peoples financial picture has changed......




I understand ur anger... i havent received mine either, but we all knew in advance that we had to pay 1,000 down, and that if we back out then we lost it. We also were quoted a delivery date and if they dont deliver on time we get our deposit back... So in all fairness we knew that if our financial situations change, then thats our problem, not theirs...
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