Extortion?

[R6_kid:Me]

Was at Cyclespot Honda yesterday with my girlfriend checking out bikes, came across a nice 99-02 Yamaha R6 and thought "hmm, should be reasonably priced, maybe she'll like it".

Then i turned over the information tag attached to the bike to see:-

Price: $8490
kms: 92,648km

When the salesman came over I asked him if the mileage was correct, he said yes it has 92,000km. I replied in a very discerning voice "and you want $8490 for it, are you serious"... He seemed upset that i didnt agree with their pricing, but fuck them... I paid $8000 for mine, it had 23,000km on it as well as a fair few tasty mods. I think it's disgusting that they would expect such a price on that bike, especially knowing that perhaps some poor sod will walk in their not knowing much better and actually pay that price.

For what its worth i sold mine with 58,000km on it for $5k.

[fireliv]

Hell yeah thats way over priced!!!!


Damn I want one though....

[Owl]

Certainly over the top, but we pay far too much for bikes here from new. I stopped in at a local Triumph dealer in the Gold Coast before Easter to find the 07 Speed Triple retailing for $15999AU. Not a runout special, but the standard price and yet they're $20990 here. They are even cheaper in the States.

[Drew]

Certainly over the top, but we pay far too much for bikes here from new. I stopped in at a local Triumph dealer in the Gold Coast before Easter to find the 07 Speed Triple retailing for $15999AU. Not a runout special, but the standard price and yet they're $20990 here. They are even cheaper in the States.

Go to Europe, we got it good bruvah. Second hand bikes over there are beyond stupid prices, and insurance is even more rediculas and compulsary.

[Owl]

Go to Europe, we got it good bruvah. Second hand bikes over there are beyond stupid prices, and insurance is even more rediculas and compulsary.

Europe covers a rather large area. Any place in particular?

[Jantar]

...Triumph dealer in the Gold Coast ... 07 Speed Triple retailing for $15999AU. ...and yet they're $20990 here. .

So AU$15999 at the present exchange rate is NZ$17976. Add GST and its NZ$20223. Plus freight from Aus and its NZ$20973.

So you could save $17 by buying one from Aus and shipping it back.

[Owl]

So AU$15999 at the present exchange rate is NZ$17976. Add GST and its NZ$20223. Plus freight from Aus and its NZ$20973.

So you could save $17 by buying one from Aus and shipping it back.

Who mentioned shipping one over from Oz? Oh and GST would be saved at the other side by the way so right back at ya!

[PrincessBandit]

Salespeople will always work on the rule of thumb that there's a sucker born every minute. It's up to the purchaser to check out all options and sort out which is the best buy for them. Sure you might miss out on an "ultimate bargain" occasionally, but there's always another waiting further down the road if you can be patient. Remember too that sometimes the salesperson can secretly agree with you but it's not in their employers best interests for you to publically declare that. And if you consider the bike to be so overpriced then you did the right thing by walking away, no matter how appealing it might have otherwise been.

[Firefight]

[QUOTE=R6_kid;1518091]Was at Cyclespot Honda yesterday with my girlfriend checking out bikes, came across a nice 99-02 Yamaha R6 and thought "hmm, should be reasonably priced, maybe she'll like it".

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there are aspects of this post I find hard to belive, do others see it as well ?




F/F

[Drew]

Europe covers a rather large area. Any place in particular?

Oops, sorry about that. I meant the UK.

[glice]

Thats what you get when you go into dealers, I wouldnt really expect any different (not saying I agree with it tho), they need to make money and they dont actully make much off new bikes, theres more to made in gear.

I dont think I would buy a bike from a dealer unless it was brand new, which is a long time away.

[YellowDog]

Go to Europe, we got it good bruvah. Second hand bikes over there are beyond stupid prices, and insurance is even more rediculas and compulsary.

Not with you on that one. In the UK, secondhand bikes are throwaway prices. I sold my old bike worth no more than $2500 equivelent for $5500 in NZ. It was 30% more than I paid for it 4 years ago.

I doubt anywhere in the developed world has higher secondhand bike or car prices than NZ.

[Jantar]

...Oh and GST would be saved at the other side by the way so right back at ya!

You are right. I forgot that they have GST as well. So that makes the NZ bike almost 10% too expensive.

[Owl]

Oops, sorry about that. I meant the UK.

Cheers for that, but ₤7799 is less than $19500 and that’s for the new 2008. Maybe Jap bikes are different?

[YellowDog]

Certainly over the top, but we pay far too much for bikes here from new. I stopped in at a local Triumph dealer in the Gold Coast before Easter to find the 07 Speed Triple retailing for $15999AU. Not a runout special, but the standard price and yet they're $20990 here. They are even cheaper in the States.

I have a new ABS Tiger on its way over from the USA. All in all I estimate I have saved somewhere between $5-6k. At 70c to the US$ I wouldn't have bothered but as I got almost 81c to the US$, I couln't resist. I will post up the actual figures in a couple of weeks.