Question on MSRP

[krackle]

This is the first time shopping at this location...usually I am a Cub Cadet guy, but they don't seem to have what I am looking for at the place I usually go to...Does this mean I probably won't have a chance at getting any discount...I guess they will always say no if I don't ask

 

[djdicetn]

I was not going to ask, what you are probably thinking. The only reason I was asking is because the dealers price is already below MSRP. Do you think they still have wiggle room if so?

I tend to believe that dealers of ZTR's really are very similar to car dealerships. I agree there are many variables that influence a potential deal as have been pointed out by other users, but my experience(even though it was my first) tended to tell me that buying a ZTR that a dealer has in stock between Septenber-November is just like a car dealership just before the new year models are introduced on in-stock inventory. My dealer had already discounted the ZTR I bought by about 10% off MSRP. That being said, I tested his "wiggle room" by making him an offer of about $300 less(and that was an out-the-door/cash price because I knew that the 0% financing for 48 months would cost the dealer a couple of hundred bucks). The dealer did not hesitate one minute to accept my counter-offer, and I'm sure if the profit margin was unacceptable to him he would have come back with yet another "meet me half way" offer. My best advice, which may be difficult for anyone looking to buy for this season, is to wait until the fall and you will be in more of a "buyer's market" instead of at the beginning of the mowing season when it's a "dealer's market" due to the "demand and supply". And, a side benefit(at least in my case) can be that if there is a new year model price increase for the upcoming new models that will only add to your savings when buying in the fall(my exact same model's MSRP went up $300 for 2013 and I see that as saving that much more).