A Visit to Geat Bay Motorcycles and Depot Honda

[z3dsp33d]

Today I visited some motorcycle shops to get a feel for New and Used bikes. I ended up sitting some some sweet Ducati's, Triumphs, and Honda's. Some were way out of my price range and some were well within. Speaking with the people at both locations gave me a great amount of new knowledge and sense of motorcycle riding. The experience I had at both Great Bay and Depot was a memory I won't soon forget. Places like these make most all of the car dealerships I have been to look like trash. Even though I wasn't buying today, That didn't matter. I hope to meet more people like the folks from Great Bay and Depot.

,Tyler

[Garandman]

Great BaY was great - until they quoted me above MSRP for a Tiger 800. Some people claim to get deals there but apparently I'm not one of them.

[NPDCPA]

Rose colored glasses much?

[z3dsp33d]

Rose colored glasses much?

Lots of the bikes were red. That idiom makes me want to try out being color blind.

All in all, today was a good day for me, could have been the weather.

[SVRACER01]

Wirelessly posted (GS3)

Depot Honda can suck it. If their customer.er service was lacking it would be an improvement. They will never get another dollar from me

[nhbubba]

Depot Honda.. you mean they haven't put themselves out of business yet?!

[z3dsp33d]

Depot Honda.. you mean they haven't put themselves out of business yet?!

They had a "Black Market" section, This could be a new business venture.

[GearHd6]

Great BaY was great - until they quoted me above MSRP for a Tiger 800. Some people claim to get deals there but apparently I'm not one of them.

Great Bay got me my Tiger.... yeah... that's all I got.

[sveesix]

Great BaY was great - until they quoted me above MSRP for a Tiger 800. Some people claim to get deals there but apparently I'm not one of them.

Still have that grudge, eh?

[OreoGaborio]

Great BaY was great - until they quoted me above MSRP for a Tiger 800. Some people claim to get deals there but apparently I'm not one of them.

Hrm... Well I know "MRP" means Manufacturer Retail Price.... But what's the S stand for?

[SVRACER01]

Hrm... Well I know "MRP" means Manufacturer Retail Price.... But what's the S stand for?

i suggest that someone should google it

[Rosco61]

Hrm... Well I know "MRP" means Manufacturer Retail Price.... But what's the S stand for?

Manufacturers suggested retail price.

[OreoGaborio]

Oxx, I've never bought a new bike... but since you work at a dealership do you think every single dealership around the world relies STRICTLY on MSRP and quotes the exact same price for each bike? Or do you think each dealership bases their pricing on that, but also factors in supply and demand, true market value, etc? Do you think maybe MRP is a suggested recommendation from the manufacturer? Or am I totally off base here?


EDIT: OOOOOHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!
SUGGESTED!!!!!!
WWOOOOOOOOOWWWWWWW!!!!!
HOW COULD I HAVE EVER OVERLOOKED THAT!
GOODNESS ME!
HOW SILLY OF ME!
GEE WILLIKERS!


(is the sarcasm starting to be a little more apparent yet? )

[Rosco61]

Lol just helping a brother out

[OreoGaborio]

[nhbubba]

Still have that grudge, eh?

I share his grudge. Must be a thing against wee-strom owners, 'cause I got the same deal. Sure, I wasn't the model of the most serious buyer ever ('cause I'm not). But they sure didn't get me excited about the idea.

Is okay, my 'strom does just fine. No pogo'ing front end either.

[nhbubba]

...supply and demand, true market value...

I must not be picking up on the sarcasm. Are you suggesting that a Triumph Tiger 800 is some sort of special, limited supply commodity? Are you suggesting the demand overran supply so significantly as to drive the 'true' market value up OVER MSRP?!

[OreoGaborio]

I'm not what the supply/demand is on a Tiger 800 but what I AM sure of is that market dictates price. Not manufacturers.

It's worth what people are willing to pay. Just cuz one person isn't willing to pay over MSRP doesn't mean the next person coming in behind them isn't. If people are willing to pay 5k over MSRP you better believe a dealership a dealership is gonna quote that much.

[nhbubba]

So basically no, you have no idea.

It's okay. I didn't really want to buy a new motorcycle anyway. I simply momentarily succumbed to the peer pressure and the "go talk to the guys at Great Bay, they'll take care of you". The experience reminded me how much I liked what I had. ... I guess you could say I walked out a happy non-customer.

Best of luck to the guy that walked in behind me. Hope they made him happy too.

[GearHd6]

The Tiger 800's were hot back in 2011 and dealers couldn't keep up for a while so they sold for MSRP. Now they're on most showroom floors and a few used here and there if you look hard enough. So dealers are now willing to budge off MSRP.

[DucDave]

...winter approaches....

[z3dsp33d]

If this is how neighbors treat each other I could have sworn we are living in Nazi Germany. Then again, people are entitled to opinions right?

[e30addict]

^ welcome to NESR. It's how we roll. Wait until winter really starts, then the shots really start flying.

[Rosco61]

If this is how neighbors treat each other I could have sworn we are living in Nazi Germany. Then again, people are entitled to opinions right?

Better get some Composite armor plating...................

[Kenn157]

I'm the mayor of Great Bay...