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Doo Really Screwed Up This Time !!

That sucks. Two of the best dealers that will actually try and help thier customers out. I think Motortech has been a long time coming though. I met Randy after hours about four years ago to pick up some clutch parts for my RT. We all sat around and had a drink, and he was saying then that BRP is getting really aggressive on making their dealers carry the FULL BRP line and nothing else.
 
Mr'rs has been selling doo for 25yrs....thats alot of sleds and knowledge going down the drain. Ken has been great over the years and will be missed by all his doo customers. From calgary south we dont have a dealer....gonna hurt market share for sure. Wonder if any dealer is gonna step up????
Ken and his whole family and crew have been great. I have bought at least 15 sleds from them and sent them many more happy customers. The retail business is tough, and I don't think BRP makes it any easier. It's also frustrating when a customer goes down the street because it's 100 cheaper and then calls every other day for advice that his/her dealer couldn't give them. If Ken closes, I wouldn't blame him, but it would be too bad to see him go.
 
Doo does need to fix things a bit :mad:many of us have made the switch lot of us on Cats this year no problems...:D Pull the rope and ride why can't Doo Doo the same..:( These Cats just plain work:D no reason at all doo cant be realiable..
 
Mr'rs has been selling doo for 25yrs....thats alot of sleds and knowledge going down the drain. Ken has been great over the years and will be missed by all his doo customers. From calgary south we dont have a dealer....gonna hurt market share for sure. Wonder if any dealer is gonna step up????

Man these guys sell A TON of doos. They have small overhead and GREAT service. If they cant make it.................................:(
 
Man these guys sell A TON of doos. They have small overhead and GREAT service. If they cant make it.................................:(
I don't think it's about money with Mr R's. This business is not his only source of income. I can't comment on the other. The daily grind is stressfull. Joe public thinks the rec business would be fun, but it's probably more of a pain in the azz. It only becomes way tougher when you get undue stress from the manufacturer.
 
Well its true, i got a letter in the mail from Mr R's today saying that there shutting down, its the worst news for the Doo guys around calgary and the surrounding area.
 
I don't think it's about money with Mr R's. This business is not his only source of income. I can't comment on the other. The daily grind is stressfull. Joe public thinks the rec business would be fun, but it's probably more of a pain in the azz. It only becomes way tougher when you get undue stress from the manufacturer.

Yeah the letter he sent out explains what him and the family are up against, i think in 08 he said they sold 160 summits would there be anybody else that sells that many in Western Can?
 
Martin sold over 400 xp's in 08 I believe. ken has sold alot over the years and I know whats hes up against. Gonna be hard to see him go.....:eek:
 
Doo does need to fix things a bit :mad:many of us have made the switch lot of us on Cats this year no problems...:D Pull the rope and ride why can't Doo Doo the same..:( These Cats just plain work:D no reason at all doo cant be realiable..

??? huh? Its not the reliability of the sleds that are the issue. The dealers have to perform the warranty work and then bill BRP for the time.

BRP: You deserve to have less share of the marketplace you greedy bast@rds! After all the malarky last year of threatening dealers selling sleds cheaper when the cdn dollar was high (re: PRICE GOUGING! let's call it what it is BRP!!!!) and you would not allow other dealers to sell sleds at comparable prices, you deserve everything you are getting.

Let's not get into the warranty issues with the p!ss poor belts that YOU manufactured and then let the poor dealers sort out with their customers, half of which the dealers probably never recuperated those costs for. All the time they spent replacing belts and listening to upset customers or helping them fix their sleds that you didn't get billed for...... That was all time that those dealers could have been selling your competitions sleds.

Shame on you BRP for not helping out the little guys. I guess you would prefer to see your sleds in some big fancy showroom like Bow Cycle preserved for all eternity, instead of on the snow.

Shame on you for not supporting the vendors who distribute your products and have to deal with all your cr@p.

As "average Joe Canadian consumer", I will be outraged if you are awarded ANOTHER govt bailout 5 yrs from now because your sales are lacking..........gee, if only you had more marketshare.............

Shame on you for not looking at the big picture where things could be in 5 yrs, instead of focusing on your "less than projected" profit margins now.

Shame on you for putting all your eggs in one basket, and forcing the Doo loyalists into a single area dealer like Bow Cycle to buy our parts for your sleds, I guess their higher prices and more mark up on YOUR parts mean more Caribean vacations for your BRP CEO's though.....

This is completely disheartening, as I have been a loyal ski doo rider for decades. To allow two good dealers in the area to go down is beyond comprehension.

I only have one more thing to say: Thanks to MotorTech and Mr.R's for all their years of service and technical advice I have received. Thanks for all the parts and I wish you all the best, you both were great dealers.

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Yup. Talked to randy at Motor Tech today, says he is retiring... lined him up a deal where 2 friends bought sleds today. He figures someone else will be picking up BRP in Golden soon....
 

BAAAAHAAAAHAAAAHAAAA!!!! He said a sled that was actually "manufactured", not a one off custom piece of blow molded plastic.

Redline was far from perfect. Exotic materials, high priced over engineered junk. Sno Goer?? or AMSnow rode it and was not overly impressed with it. Redline showed up with a rough protoype at best. If they had ever been manufactured, the price would have been ridiculous IMO.
 
This is probably old, but didn't Buck Lake Bob stop selling Doo also. Rumor has it that they want him to move to Drayton, but he refused so they took the line away.
 
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