Ok, to all future salesman/women, never let a potential buyer walk out the door!

Took Pops with me to Powersports, here in WPB. Thought I was buying a Ninja ZX-6R in red, but after comparing it side by side with the Gixxer 600 in blue/white, I had to have it.

Ok, so Tim the salesman basically would not go any lower than $6800, not including their bs "freight setup" for an extra $500 But he would throw out the $500 on the Ninja, but by this time I no longer wanted it. Long story short, we gave him our name and # and told him to call if he could do any better.

If he had come to $6600, I would have gave him a check right then. My bet is he will call.

 

if not, wait a month. He is going to be hurting for the sale once it gets real cold out.

 

perhaps...but west palm beach gets to like...70 degrees as a high when it gets 'cold' out.

that dealer is where i got my valve shims last year the dealer in Dallas wanted like $5 a pop to TRADE shims. F that!

 

man, I wish I lived in a warm area. Here come October, November it would be a miracle to see some people at the bike dealer.

Kyle

 

Ya, Florida does not have a winter. Just got off of work, no call yet. Looks like I am going to the Ft. Lauderdale store Monday

 

get the red one. It is faster

 

Go check out Deerfield Suzuki man, its on Federal Highway a little bit south of Sample Rd. You can most likely find a GSXR600 there.

 

do you know how long it takes to setup a bike? Or how much it costs to ship it? You are talking about 2-3 hours to take it out of the crate and about 200 to ship it. We have a flat fee of about 300 bucks for freight and set up, but bikes dont come built and you cant transport them to the dealership in an instant... Just something to think about..

 

I understand all of that, but I find it BS that he would throw out that fee on the Ninja and not thje Gixxer. Even if I have to pay the same price, no way I am going back to that place, its about principle now. When you add on that $500 fee, plus tax, title, registration, the price jumps

 

They probably have an incentive to move the Ninja over the GSXR. Maybe the boss or Kawi is paying out extra sales incentives over it.

You usually pay the same tax title reg on a car. Just because a bike costs less the DMV doesnt care.

 

BDiddy, you are right, during the summer when Im not at UF, I usually go back home and work at a Suzuki Dealership in Orange Park, FL. Shipping usually costs around 200, and certainly does cost for our mechanics to build them.


However, Powersports is known for rock bottom prices. They have the volume and buying power that most shops dont. Therefore, this is the way the look at it. Gixxers are running short now, Dealers (like mine) are running low on Gixxers. Yes, they missed a sale, but in their eyes, Gixxers have a high demand. If he sits on it for another week....he can probably sell it for the 200 more than your offer. So why not? he is going to make 200.


Yes, in the consumers eyes, you should never let a customer walk, but they are probably sitting heavy on the Kawi's.

Prime example on why this works out better for the dealer: We had the last Telefonica movistar edition in north florida. A guy came and offered me a decent cash deal, that we would have normally done on a regular 600. However, the sales manager said, dont do it. So of course, I tried to push him on the blue/white gixxer, he walked. Two hours later, a guy came in......wanting the telefonica more than anything. He got financed, barely, high interest rate, we hit him up full pop, extended warranty, helmet, jacket, gloves. Moral of the story, I made $50 MORE in my own pocket (and **** i only make 5%) off just waiting on a sale, then selling it to the guy who would have paid much less.

Anyways, sorry this is a long post, I hope you find a kick *** deal on a GSXR, however I'm just trying to shed some light on how dealers work


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Edit: Send me a PM on what he quoted you for everything.


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Of course Im right. I used to work at a dealer myself .

 

what year gixxer 600 were you looking at? a 02?

 

Thanks for your help guys. I am going to the Ft.Lauderdale Powersports tomorrow, I hear they offer better prices anyways. So I hope to take care of the paperwork tomorrow and pick it up Wed!

Also, If I can land a sweet deal on a Honda F4, I will be happy

 

if you are going to buy a 600 honda i would wait for the 03 year model.

 

b/c the f4i's are cheaper now in anticipation for the 03 rrs

 

honda is still offering the f4i next year arent they? will it be cheaper? i like the silver/red color scheme.

 

F4i is the ****

 

I know you didn't just say you would like an F4. I know everybody's out to have an opinion, but a F4??? id rather a F3/F2. I hope you mistyped that. l8rz

 

HUH?

Why would you want an older slower bike. Unless it is sentimental.

Kyle

 

LOL, I dont think you made any sense there