Price Check $39,900 Dealer Quote for used L3901 with LA 525 Loader and BH77 Backhoe

[ultrarunner]

Started an earlier thread about prices and here is a L3901 quote a relative just received...

At 40k I asked them to send it to me...

I figured it is at least 10k too high and it turns out the math doesn't add up.

$2100 Freight and Delivery on a 270 hour machine also sounds strange.

But... what do I know having not bought a new Kubota in 5 years?

 

[Industrial Toys]

Well the way I see it. You come in with a 270 hour machine, the dealer just about offers you scrap price. Especially if the waters aren't muddied by some trade in deal.

But if it's them trying to sell it, especially a DEMO, it's a couple of bucks off new. Maybe even throw in a hat!

I mean, I get it, they are there to make money.

 

[radios1]

that's robbery, check here. https://www.tractorhouse.com/listin...uipment/manufacturer/kubota/model-group/l3901 here's a good one for $17900 only 97 hours!.. https://www.tractorhouse.com/listings/farm-equipment/for-sale/28860407/2015-kubota-l3901dt

 

[moship]

The rental time of 270 hours at $15/Hr for $4,050 should have been subtracted from the total not added to the price. ie: Should have been a negative number like the other discounts/adjustments are in the quote. This would bring the price to $31,178.99


I bet they got more than $15/hr for the rental.

 

[Industrial Toys]

You would not be in business long if you figured that way. Make a few grand on renting a new piece of equipment, then take off five hundred bucks. And don't offer the other deals available when new!

 

[ultrarunner]

True... there was a math error but when the relative first questioned they were told it was a good deal because of all the incentives!

I grew up around the car business and putting out a quote 30% over never happened.... and especially defending it when questioned.

Did ask the Dealer I use but the Holidays put him behind and it was just the time the family was together and ready to buy... so they looked elsewhere.

 

[Industrial Toys]

When I have been busy or didn't want a job for some reason, I put the price sky high and often got it anyway!

There is absolutely no rule or law that says a businessman has to be competitive in pricing.

 

[George2615]

IMO 270 hrs is a used tractor, not new. And why are they adding in a rental fee to a prospective buyer. Tractorhouse prices seem to be in the 17-19K range without the BH. Maybe add another 6K for a used one with BH or around 25-26K, but not the price they are asking. A couple years ago a friend of mine bought the same tractor w/ loader, rotary mower, and trailer for around 20K (No BH though).
My LS XR3037HC w/ loader, cabbed tractor with factory BH would have been around 30K. I didn't need a BH at the time so didn't get it.
I don't see a lot of incentive on that quote.

 

[Ortimber]

Wow, what a ripoff. Maybe this is in Canadian dollars? You can price the same tractor on Kubota's website for roughly $34,500.

 

[gsganzer]

That sounds about $10K too high. Unless the price of L3901's has gone way up, I bought my new L3800 (preceeded the L3901 without the DPF) back in 2014 for somewhere between $27- $29K.