Ok, I am a little confused right now. Just got back from a local dealer who had a 04' 1krr for sale. Listed @$6799. Walked in with $6,500 cash and got rejected. WTF???
It was not on consignment.

Guess it was not meant to be, but damn I thought I had that in the bag.

 

Go back tomorrow and walk up with 6250 cash. Do that everyday and lower the price each time.

 

Yeah, come in with a wad of cash. It talks. And offer them 5.5k now. Only go as high as 6k. If they don't bite, tell them to F*** off. It's getting to be spring so they have many a stupid kid coming in to buy it here soon.

 

I walked in with 65 100 dollar bills. I am still in shock they would not take. Oh well, they just lost a customer.

 

Wha???!?!?!?! Seriously?! Wow!

 

Yup!

 

The low book NADA value is 5600.00. High book is 7400.00. They are obviously looking for what is called a 1 pounder. For every grand they can make on a bike or car they call them a pounder. 500 is half pounder. Just hold onto your cash. Look around a little more. Just because they rejected your cash doesn't really mean bashing should start. Maybe others are right. It could be that they gave a high trade for it and would lose. Or it could be that they just know someone else will pay that price for it. Either way your the smarter consumer.

 

When paying in cash I would buy private party. The dealer is bumping up the price to make profit so just cut them out of the picture and get a better deal.

 

You're in Seattle? That place must move some serious merchandise to be able to laugh $6500 cash out the door.

Go somewhere else. Go back to that place when you're ready to buy brand new. Something tells me they would eat off of your boots if you boughta new bike from them.

Seperate but semi-related note: When you buy a brand new Ducati you are assigned a mechanic and he is the only person to ever touch the inside of your bike. Nice huh? Could you imagine if Honda did that?!?!

 

yeah, that's kinda ridiculous, but at the same time i'm not really suprised. buying a bike isn't like buying a car in the fact that you can't really talk them down. i've heard that it's almost impossible to do sometimes... but then again, i've never bought from a dealer before.