Can you pay for it in full with cash or a check? If so, offer them $2,800.00. This probally won't work if you plan on using a credit card. If they refuse, say thank you, turn and walk away...but not to fast.Cobray said:
I was just going to lay praise upon RyderX for speaking what needed to be said. With all due respect, if everyone only thought of price, there would be no shops around for you to go to. Imagine if you will, ..... Your job consists of this, you are hired to put, say, $100,000 on your personal credit card (assuming you had the room), now for the first $50,000 you make say .25 or maybe even .30 cents on the dollar IF you are lucky. You get this return, just because you have this job, but the amount of return varies.You also must pay out around $15,000 to someone to "manage" you monthly bill payments, this means less money for you, again. The remaining $50,000, you receive nothing back on, but you have to get that money back to pay down your card, remember your paying interest too. You do receive it, but it takes a while, and whenever you get a check from your bosses, they say, well,... you only owe $50,000, so why should I give you a dime more? After all, all you have to do is carry this money on your credit card for a year. Sounds like a great job, with plenty cash left to take the wife to Tahiti in February right? How long would you put up with this? Just pay the extra few hundred, If everyone, sold everything at cost, what purpose is there for being open, and paying bills? So everyone can stand around and say, "wow, those guys were great, they never made a dime off of me, they were so cool, hey why is there a Starbucks where the bike shop used to be?".........Remember, you as a customer, are my boss, please don't be a Scrooge, particularly during the holidays, our kids like presents too=The Chaplain said:
If the price is sooo important that you can only afford to pay cost on the spendiest bike in the shop, get a cheaper bike, or reconsider your spending, till you can better afford it! Sorry, caught me in the morning, I tend to be a bit defensive and crabby then= To the OP, RyderX is right, go back, ready to buy, and ask for a best price, but don't force their hand, you know you want it any way, right?
I am in complete agreement with everything you said, 100%. I was taking issue with someones trying to play hard ball, offering cash at or around wholesale. You should pay less, and $800 off is a good deal. As was said, make like you're serious, and ask for a best price, then and there, maybe they'll cut a bit more. That's all, you're good, I should have been a bit clearer, go git it=Cobray said:I guess you guys pay full sticker on cars, even when they are last year models? This is a full suspension bike that is a year old, and I have not had any use of it during its model year, and if I HAVE to sell it myself for any reason, will get killed compared to trying to sell an '06 that I can get for a decent price.
Most dealers will take at least $500 off a Cannondale 3000, so what's an extra 300 for a out of date model? If the shop tried to sell it on Ebay (or if I did) it would take MUCH less anyways. Perhaps they should have dealt better with it during its model year or if they couldn't afford to carry it in thier inventory, or never ordered it. No reason they can't just special order these bikes when people want them. It's not my burden to take thier loss on an old model year bike! If anything I am helping them get rid of an expensive bike that no one seems to want and did not want for the entire year it was in thier inventory.
On top of that I know this was a parts bike for them, they have a sponsered racer and everytime something would break they would pull it from this bike and re-order the part from Cannondale. Yep, makes me want to pay full price for it!!
I have always supported my local bike shop and have paid full price for equiptment, tuneups, etc., etc., so I do support my local bike shops, thank you. So don't even say that I'm the reason for the starbucks going in where the bike shop used to be LOL
Are you in Chicago??? A starbucks did go in to where the shop used to be, however the shop expanded and moved next door taking out my old barCobray said:I have always supported my local bike shop and have paid full price for equiptment, tuneups, etc., etc., so I do support my local bike shops, thank you. So don't even say that I'm the reason for the starbucks going in where the bike shop used to be LOL
Whoo-boy, that's rich! Sure glad you're not one of my customers. Though wait a sec., maybe you are - you're name isn't Steve is it?Cobray said:
Which is a fair price. I'm pretty sure the Scalpel 2000 lists the same as the Rush 2000, and for 2006 that is $4,299. So $3500 is about 19% discount. Which saves your ~$800 and still provides a few hundred for the dealer.konajay said:
O.K. Cobray,NS2000X said:
So if the parts that were taken off are replaced with the same, and no proprietary changes of note, took place, what possible difference does it make.Actually it means the parts are newer, so he should ask for more, by your thinking. All this sounds like a self agrandizing way of making yourself feel better for being cheap. If it's that big a deal that all your XTR was shipped in the last month compared to 6 months ago, I cannot figure out why. If the bike is all banged up you have a case for deeper discount, otherwise, it just sounds hollow. That said, do what you can live with yourself doing, and when you want something done last minute, before you go on vaction or something, don't be surprised if it proves difficult to get done. Merry Christmas, let's all understand, and get along, I don't want to be a jerk, but I don't want to be seen as a rip-off artist either!The Chaplain said:
Dear Jack,MendonCycleSmith said:
(Continued)....I have since made many purchases at the same shop that I could have made off the internet or other places for a lot less money. The shop owner jokingly refers to me as a silent partner in his business because of the purchases I have made since my "good deal". The referals I have made to my LBS have brought in a lot of sales to the shop as well. Word of mouth is the best advertising you can get. Giving Cobray a good deal now could be an investment for that shop's future. By the way, is it your shop in question? Thank you for being a shop owner. It is obvious you are in it because you love biking.The Chaplain said:
First off, if a shop is honest, and therefore, worth doing business with in the first place, they would be able to elaborate in detail, any and all parts swaps, and as a smart consumer, cobray should know what he is buying, IE: oem xtr f der, should still be xtr, oem Marta SL should still be etc. If they hem haw, or can't exactly say, spend your bucks elsewhere. This is about a bike, which the buyer wants, which has not changed model year to the next, it's still the same bike, '06 being a different color. If he wants it, he should buy it, if he wants a better price, he should be commited to buying, when asking for said better price, if it is still no good, go buy it on ebay for less, and risk whatever risks there are out there. But to suggest that any shop owner should be obligated to give a buyer, employee purchase price, or even more off, just because the color changed, and to try various methods of achieving that end, does nothing except encourage customers to be the type of people that every shop hates to deal with. Yes I am a shop owner, no mine is not the one in question. I'm not trying to get into a protracted word battle here, it's just that a price is a price, and overall most other respondents feel the same. For the true deal seekers, there is ebay, but most of the arguements for a beeter deal here, are justy not sufficient to warrant a shop giving this guy a bike UNLESS THERE ARE THINGS WE DO NOT KNOW ABOUT! (dihonesty, downgraded parts, used parts etc) I apologize if you felt I was calling you names, it is not my intent, I'm actually a reallly nice guy. Peace, Happy Holidays.The Chaplain said:
Errr, the '06 Scalpel 3000 is not the same as the '05, most notably the 06 has the terralogic front fork....MendonCycleSmith said:
