Definetly not cheaper.
Im sick of POLARIS AND BACKORDERED PARTS
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Definetly not cheaper.
Not to defend poo ,but we havn;t had any problems with getting and keeping instock a-arms, but the plow i have to say is a little slow from poo but then again lots of snow finally comes and in the middle of the season you epect a dealer to have one, if we sell 10 RZR plows this year we will order 6 net yr and the first guys will be satisfied and hopefully poo will have the rest we need but sitting on 9000.00 woth of plows for a yr sucks at bonus time.
I work for a John Deere dealership and we are seeing a lot of our non-Deere suppliers practicing "just-in-time" stocking, where your restock orders are supposed to arrive to you as you're selling your last one of a particular item off the shelf. Works ok until you have a snow storm and the freight truck crashes, the boat bringing stuff from overseas sinks, the factory workers go on strike, etc.
there is snow everywhere right now, here in minnesota we havent seen this much snow in 15 years!!!! Polaris is also having problems with the vendors they use going out of business so when they have had a part being manfatured there for 3 years and now have to go somewhere else to have it made its going to take time. and as a dealer stand point we cant stock everything-if you want to pay our monthly parts bill plus unit intrest plus employes plus building and the costs step on up in our shoes, this industry isnt a get rich quick it takes time, people wonder why dealers are going out of business in this econmy, dont get me started on the online parts as in babbits etc.
well put donatello!!
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Dustin_R
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Like the glass door for the deluxe cab kit being 2 months out? WTF is up with that?? And not to mention they cost $2,300!
Sorry, didnt mean to hijack. Just had to vent as well.
IMO... With companies, regardless of the industry, trying to run "lean" and show great quarterly numbers to shareholders... Parts inventory overhead costs don't look great on P&L statements...Especially in this economy with the recent earnings history that has just been overcome.
Times are tight, shareholders want to see a return on their investment (and are entitled to it according to SEC regulations).
The dealers are already stretched pretty thin and have to invest in this overhead out of pocket or take out loans for inventory and pay interest on it. Not being able to return it to the factory if they "guess' Wrong on the parts plays a role as well.
I agree with Kinzer, a dealer should have parts in stock like A-arms, voltage regulators, bumpers, handlebars, hand warmers, rivets, side panels etc... but that all costs money and some smaller dealers might not be able to stay in business with all that overhead.
I'm not trying to defend the back-order situation... just an observation as to "why" this might happen.
And the world turns.
Times are tight, shareholders want to see a return on their investment (and are entitled to it according to SEC regulations).
The dealers are already stretched pretty thin and have to invest in this overhead out of pocket or take out loans for inventory and pay interest on it. Not being able to return it to the factory if they "guess' Wrong on the parts plays a role as well.
I agree with Kinzer, a dealer should have parts in stock like A-arms, voltage regulators, bumpers, handlebars, hand warmers, rivets, side panels etc... but that all costs money and some smaller dealers might not be able to stay in business with all that overhead.
I'm not trying to defend the back-order situation... just an observation as to "why" this might happen.
And the world turns.
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