Part Exchange Prices

[junior]

Was out and about to day and called in to a Yamaha dealer looking at FJR 1300 asked how much £11000. So been the inquisitive type asked what he would give me £5000 px so on way home stopped off at BMW dealer asked same thing against RT1200 could not belive differance £3000 ish whos robbing who here

 

[John Armstrong]

Who's more desperate for a sale?

 

[junior]

Part Exchange

All i say is could you afford to loose £2000 both looked in the same price guide is one needing glasses

 

[how much]

shopping around....... (George Whites?)

you can buy a brand spankin new 1300 Yamster for about £8000



so their is a £3000 diff



BUT

MBW dealer is just trying to RAPE you




how much

 

[Backmarker]

Saw a pre reg FJR in a dealers late last year for £7,999. Just before Christmas it was down to £7,499.
A quick internet search showed a main dealer offering a a brand new 2007 FJR (dont know if registered or not) for £8699.

 

[GSmonkey]

If you trade in, you'll get shafted.............you're just debating about how much - so sell private.

You can normally get a good trade in on a jap bike against a new jap bike.

 

[junior]

Part Exchange

Your right GS monkey just debaiting at present but i wont get shafted well might cos i want another shaftie not a chain me thinks anyway.

 

[(RIP) Tunneruk]

The Yamaha dealer probably has a massive bonus behind his bike allowing him to offer you way over book on your GS. If the BMW dealer just has his normal margin to play with then he's never going to be in a position to give what could be a £2k over-allowance. Your bike will have a book price and I suspect that the BMW dealer has offered you about that figure. He's never going to try to offer you £2k behind book!
However if you went back to that Yamaha dealer and asked him what deal he could do with no P.X then I bet you'll be looking at about a £2k discount.

I'm constantly told by customers that they've been offered more money elsewhere and I say exactly the same thing. Whatever vehicle it is has a book price it's as simple as that. It's the amount of money out of the dealers mark up that they are prepared to give you that changes what their offer is.

Swings and roundabouts

Six of one and half a dozen of the other

It's as broad as it's long

The glass is half full or half empty?

Either it's wrong or something's not right

 

[Backmarker]

I'm constantly told by customers that they've been offered more money elsewhere and I say exactly the same thing. Whatever vehicle it is has a book price it's as simple as that.

I am not sure about this. I would have thought that, generally speaking a HSYKB is going to be worth slightly more to a main HSYKB dealer than to any other main dealer, and I would expect the trade in offered to reflect this. Although I wouldn't expect more than 5% extra (I might hope for 10%). My experience is certainly that s/h BMW bikes command a premium from BMW dealers, and if some of that premium has not gone on the trade in price then I would be disapointed (but not surprised).

 

[karlp]

There are a few other things that have been missed out of the calculation.

Most franchise dealers do not sell secondhand bikes over a certain age so the bike is actually 'passed on - or traded out' to dealer that specializes in secondhand bikes. This secondhand dealer wants his markup so in both of the above cases has given each of the dealers his offer price.

The main dealer can then offer his 'discount' on top of this and call the total - 'the part ex value'.

We all know - not much discount on BMW but other manufacturers may give a SSP but also offer a discount.

You then think - hang on what is going on here -.

Karl

 

[Steptoe]

There is more to getting a good deal than just money.

 

[karlp]

There is more to getting a good deal than just money.

Absolutely - I would rather pay more for good aftersales service.

 

[Backmarker]

Absolutely - I would rather pay more for good aftersales service.

So thats another vote for the Yamaha then

 

[karlp]

So thats another vote for the Yamaha then

Not so - the nearest Yamaha dealer to myself leaves a lot to be desired.

people seem to have problems getting their Kawasaki warranties honoured