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Yamaholic 12-07-2016 02:18 PM

Powersports Dealer
 
Hello Guys,
Just want to introduce myself here.
Owner Yamaha Powersports dealership
Motorcycles,ATV,Snowmobiles,etc
Located in Ontario Canada

steve_biegler 12-07-2016 02:48 PM

Welcome to the Forum from another Yamaha dealership owner!

XDCX 12-08-2016 09:15 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Yamaholic (Post 38248)
Hello Guys,
Just want to introduce myself here.
Owner Yamaha Powersports dealership
Motorcycles,ATV,Snowmobiles,etc
Located in Ontario Canada

Welcome to the forum. :)

I owe you a huge apology for the length of time it took for me to activate your account. You signed up for the forum during a time when it was getting spammed with fake accounts and I took a few months off.

The forum's been quiet lately but there are some really great people here who have been really helpful in the past.

jayhawk 12-12-2016 11:00 AM

our powersports business has been bad since 2010. side by sides ok, 4x4s slow, jet skis recovering, but motorcycles just dead. literally every week someone drops in wanting us to buy, consign, or trade in their Harley. we would be ok with that but true values are normally 1/2 what the owners want.
looking for a better 2017.

mryan55 12-12-2016 08:29 PM

Welcome! I have been quiet on here as of late, but usually I have some opinions :).

XDCX 12-14-2016 09:52 AM

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Originally Posted by jayhawk (Post 38255)
...but motorcycles just dead. literally every week someone drops in wanting us to buy, consign, or trade in their Harley. we would be ok with that but true values are normally 1/2 what the owners want.

I've had the same experience with people who have grown tired with their RVs and figure they'll use them as a trade for a new vehicle. In almost every instance the RV is worth far less than the customers think it is and the end result is wasted time and angry customers.

57years 12-15-2016 06:04 AM

no, angry former prospects who will never be customers or prospects again.

conn02 12-15-2016 07:20 AM

They never will be customers of yours because you were the first to tell them how much their ATV or RV was worth. When they reach the 3rd or 4th stop and get the same number they tend to mellow out

XDCX 12-19-2016 09:48 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 57years (Post 38273)
no, angry former prospects who will never be customers or prospects again.

Quote:

Originally Posted by conn02 (Post 38274)
They never will be customers of yours because you were the first to tell them how much their ATV or RV was worth. When they reach the 3rd or 4th stop and get the same number they tend to mellow out

I agree on both counts - the first dealer that gets to deliver the bad news is the least likely to ever get a sale as a result of their efforts.

tbk125 01-11-2017 10:11 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Yamaholic (Post 38248)
Hello Guys,
Just want to introduce myself here.
Owner Yamaha Powersports dealership
Motorcycles,ATV,Snowmobiles,etc
Located in Ontario Canada

Nice to meet you! Also starting a powersports dealerhip.



Quote:

Originally Posted by jayhawk (Post 38255)
our powersports business has been bad since 2010. side by sides ok, 4x4s slow, jet skis recovering, but motorcycles just dead. literally every week someone drops in wanting us to buy, consign, or trade in their Harley. we would be ok with that but true values are normally 1/2 what the owners want.
looking for a better 2017.


@jayhawk what market are you in?

Yamaholic 02-07-2017 09:26 AM

Powersports
 
We are a single line Yamaha dealer here in Southern Ontario Canada.
In response to your earlier note...for us big cruisers are stone cold no activity.
ATV are very slow...but we only have 2 models to really sell both 700,s
Side by side are stone cold
Snowmobile is quiet
Bright spot would be Sport motorcycles and Touring motorcycles are still getting good traffic and we sell parts and accessories online and that is very strong for us....as our door traffic has slowed our online traffic has increased.
Stephen


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