Sounds to good to be true - more features for a lower price - and you have to buy and resell the item...and Rk has 'failed' at selling tractors twice in the past. Are we skeptics? Yep, many of us are. Get burned a few times and you become one.
I suppose it would be good for you to succeed - but that might mean fewer sales for our 'favorite' brands which make hurt their future, our availability for parts and service. But who can say, right?
Also consider that Rk has no 'history' (ala deere) - you're the newbie, to get respect you'll have to prove yourselves. Prove you're in it for 'us' the fans, the customers, not the bankers and bean counters.
I'm surprised the loyalty/fandom for brands that have long been out of business or absorbed by other companies. But if you're buying a hart-parr or white you know what you're getting - a hard to support dinosaur. Nobody is being fooled in any way.
Not to say Rk is, but as stated, it will take a while to prove yourselves. I bought a kioti and folks question is - and they've been selling in the US for over a quarter century. RK is what, a year now?
And I'm not knocking the tractors, their quality. the claim they are the lowest priced..yes, I know that not to be true.
Great service and support? I don't see it IN the stores, have not seen it from your competitors - but perhaps that's not a fair comparison. Time will tell. I shop at your store often (1-2 times a month) and rarely see the same employees for more than a couple of months. When I ask about something I don't get a confident answer. When I order from your website "in store" it's not there and you won't or can't order it - yet you list it for sale.
I see low price as your MAIN selling point - not service, not quality. Price. And with low price i've found lesser quality and lesser service. In your store as well as others. Sign of the times I suppose.
I wish you success - as well as TSC, menards, home depot, lowes, etc. I like having options. And with what i'm finding for service..I need options.
It is our sincere hope that our competitors and all of the people that really don't have an interest in our tractors but just want to tell us and everyone else that we will fail continue to do so. Meanwhile, the thousands of people that bought our high-spec tractors for thousands less than our competitors are getting a lot out of their purchase. Used the savings for something else and glad they were able to. We expect negative comments from people associated with our competitors, comes with the territory. But for people that have no interest in our tractors continually post negative comments on this, the RK Tractors forum, is really hard to understand. Its as though there is some sort of satisfaction gained in doing so. You know who you are, no need to call out anyone. As everyone's mothers told them, if you don't have something polite to say, click your way to another forum.
This forum is going to be different. We will become a community together, people that own RK Tractors and want to tap into other people's or our knowledge base, or people that are considering buying one and what to hear from others that have already done so. We at RK Tractors are going to answer questions and contribute. We are the brand and the dealer all in one, uniquely positioned to be a voice for the brand and our RK Tractors locations.
