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Right and whats amazing is how many think the greed of the dealers is always the problem. The INDUSTRY is so backwards and ask me how I know being I owned a full service Tractor dealership with the brands of Toro, Stihl, Gravely, Kioti, Sure track Trailers…..etc. I had 10 employees and a huge shop and property. 8k a month rent plus payroll and all the other expenses. 40k a month just for overhead. I had to make room for each manufacturer to display their products. I had to put together the machines to be sold, I had to hold inventory to sell the machines. I had to perform warranty work for any manufacturer issues. The list goes on and on……I looked at this business model and thought wow how stupid are you in this industry. And you had to floor plan all this stuff unless you just had 1 million dollars or more you could tie up to hold and then manage the inventory. Then on top of this the Floor plan would give you typically 9 months or so to sell the equipment. If you didn’t sell it you had the option to buy the equipment and or pay huge interest fees per month on your floor plan bill. Most people are clueless on how much it costs to run a business and do not understand the challenges to stay in business. The Big Box stores are totally opposite like Home Depot and Lowes…..etc. They charge the manufacturers “Floor Space“ per month for the manufacture to display and sell their products. Uh huh hey thats a real deal business plan to actually make money off the manufacture. The Manufacture loves the arrangement with all these dealers being they sell the dealers products and make a good amount of money off of them. And sure the business model will change as does the vehicles but smoke and mirrors for the get rid of the dealers anytime soon.
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