Re: Dealer Woes

[Stew101@xxxxxxx]

In a message dated 5/18/00 1:51:38 PM Eastern Daylight Time, Todd Trask 
writes:

<< This sounds like my local shop who is also no longer a dealer.  They 
brought
 in 6 bikes last year, sold one, then this year Triumph wanted them to bring
 in six more plus take the training courses for the TT600 at 4 or 5,000 bucks
 per mech.  Given their profit margin of a couple of grand per bike, just the
 interest they pay on the stock they have now has pretty much eroded the
 profit they made for the brand last year.  >>

Greetings, 

Just to correct a small misconception before proliferation and repetition 
take their toll...  

Every Triumph Dealer is/was required to send at least one "A" tech to a TT600 
training school.  Schools were conducted at Peach Tree City GA as well as ten 
additional venues coast to coast.  The training was provided at NO COST 
WHATSOEVER to the dealer.  Dealers were allowed to enroll in the 
class/location of choice and were required to pay their own 
transportation/housing/meals.  Most sessions were one day long.  A two-day 
class was offered in Peach Tree City.

Any "dealer" that only rolls one unit a year is definately going to lose his 
a** with a line like Triumph and should probably be selling appliances or 
appliance-like motor vehicles.  

Road Dawg

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