Exactly whats wrong!
I understand what your saying but if you can save 20% to 40% online then at least I will be making the online choice. I don't mind buying at dealerships but I do mind the large markups.
What are you going to do when your broke down on a trip and the local dealers closed up because all you care about is saving money at the moment. Wait for your drone to come from Amazon (or whatever)??? This is exactly what is KILLING dealers :banghead::banghead::banghead:.
I get what your saying as most people aren't rich, but the world is going to suck when all the local small stores close up and all we have are the same old box stores, & waiting for online orders. It isn't going to help let along get you rolling again when you have an emergency and can't wait.
Your talking about 20% to 40% savings I hate to break this to the public but, thats about average dealer discount when they purchase from Can-Am or Honda (AS A DEALER) (I'm talking about OEM parts not aftermarket like WPS, or Parts Unlimited) we aren't marking the price up 100-200% trying to make a killing on you. Its real easy If I buy a part from Honda as a dealer say list price is $10 my dealer cost is $6.00 my mark up or profit is $4.00 (40%)!!! Some dealer discounts that I deal with are as low as list price minus 15%, yes that terrible. I no some dealers set up there computer systems to up the price 10% (or higher) over list price across the board, its very easy to do with todays dealer software. Its just not many do that to stay competitive.
My point is WE NEED PROFIT to keep the brick, & mortar business going, & all the employees happily employed. Without the help from local people its VERY hard to do that when most buy online.
Spyder's are so pricy as it is, dealers aren't selling them like hot cakes. If they aren't selling parts either how long till they just say enough is enough and just stop caring the Spyder line. No return on a HUGE investment equals no more selling that product, no matter how much you may like it.
When enough dealers are not buying Spyders or they are not buying enough Spyders, Can-Am may just stop building them all together. I could honestly probably say they are possibly questioning the line now, from them changing to adopt the cruiser (Harley style) market type Spyder, & only the Touring model.
I can only speculate, but they are fishing for a crowd that hasn't completely gotten hooked other than the up there in age crowd that wants the touring model, or simply just don't want to ride a 2 wheeler (or can't). My local dealer told me two years ago when I was shopping that the reason they don't carry the RS and only a FEW RT's is the RS's don't sell good, to pricy for the younger crowd that is more attracted to the sport style. The RT sells to the older crowd, but they don't sell a ton.
I just hate to see the Spyder go away, and I feel a lot has to do with just local dealer support or LACK OF :dontknow:
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