The kind of dealers to avoid

[MichaelInVenice]

The ones who don't even know what they're selling.

Like this 2009 "FZ6": 2009 YAMAHA FZ6

Or maybe this 2005 "FZ-6R", whatever that is: **2005 Yamaha FZ-6R**

Or this "2007" FZ6R, (bought new in 2010): 2007 YAMAHA FZ6R

Then people wonder why their bikes sit forever and whine that they don't sell. I mean, it might help your case if you actually showed that you had a clue what you were selling. If you can't get the basics right, why would I trust you about anything else.

And don't get me started about the ones who overpaid by $2000 and won't take any "lowball" offers, because it doesn't matter that you can buy a new one for less than it's worth in their alternate universe.

Sorry for venting...

 

[Scott_Thomas]

I wouldn't buy a bike from them. What a bunch of morons. Maybe they can sell me a Ducati thinking it's a scooter.

 

[MichaelInVenice]

With OC Yamaha about to go out of business, you can get a new 2012 in the low 7000s, out the door right now.

This guy must not even have looked at other classifieds to figure out where the market price is before listing this bike that he (should not have) bought a few months ago. ("Selling because of family problems and starting a family with my girl" probably translates to "spent a lot of money I shouldn't have, then neglected to use any form of birth control."): 2012 Yamaha FZ6R

(No, I'm not "lowballing you," my email told you exactly what your bike is worth...)

Here's another who thinks its the world's job to bail him out of overpaying for something he couldn't afford: 2012 Yamaha FZ6R - 1200 down & take over my payments

To look at the number of listings in the area, you'd think there are tons of bikes available. Once you eliminate all the idiots who think their bike is made of gold, and the dealers who are so sketchy they don't even know what they're selling and the couple of dealers who know what they've got but aren't willing to price their used bikes to compete with others dealers' new prices, it looks like buying new from OC Yamaha may be my best bet. I usually prefer to buy lightly used, but it's s cesspool of greed and stupidity right now.

And again, sorry for the rant.

 

[Bert-Aus]

those deals are steals! (compared with Aus prices)

Cant wait for the steak knives offer..

 

[Fizzer6R]

how about buying a used bike from dealer, was shipped, arrived without speedo cable. called and said what the heck... reply got was oh no it had one, we rode the bike to test it out. really. so the shipper unscrewed it and took it off cause they needed or wanted to fool around. don't mind the connects looked like it didn't have a cable on either end for a while. ends were not clean

 

[MichaelInVenice]

how about buying a used bike from dealer, was shipped, arrived without speedo cable. called and said what the heck... reply got was oh no it had one, we rode the bike to test it out. really. so the shipper unscrewed it and took it off cause they needed or wanted to fool around. don't mind the connects looked like it didn't have a cable on either end for a while. ends were not clean

Ugh. That's why I don't buy long distance. Fortunately I'm in an area where I don't have to.

 

[Anthony]

Ha, sitting here tonight that made for a few laughs...

 

[mcjfauser]

Yeah, true that. I wonder if you can import them to Australia, and if so at what cost.

 

[SpawnXX]

I'd never buy something off craigslist anyway.

 

[nismos14]

A lot of times this is a great bargaining chip for a buyer. If the seller doesn't know what they have, they likely don't know what it's worth. I would buy from these idiots.

 

[JT]

he makes a good point^

 

[06330i]

You guys will love this one: 2009 FZ6r Yamaha 600
Yes you are reading that price correct!

I've also had terrible experience with a dealership about an hour and a half away from me. Drove all the way out there, found a nice 2008 r6 that I got set on, and the guy said my cosigner HAD to come to the dealership to sign papers. (at the time it was really hard to for my dad to go 1.5 hours to sign stupid papers) anyways I begged the guy to bring the bike down to his house and we would sign papers, he claimed he couldn't do that blah blah blah. So I told him forget it I can't get my dad out there and I will take my business somewhere else. Started driving home got about 30 mins into the drive and the guy calls me and says now he CAN bring the bike down with papers. Never ended up doing business with him.

 

[Scott_Thomas]

Wow, I think he'll have that bike when hell freezes over. LMFAO!!!!!!!!

 

[MichaelInVenice]

You guys will love this one: 2009 FZ6r Yamaha 600
Yes you are reading that price correct!

Well, one of the ones above was $9600, but that was a 2012. (Mileage unknown.)

I've seen one in the past for over $10K. Had a couple of mods on it, but nothing huge. The guy got suckered for full MSRP, plus about $1200 in dealer fees, plus a huge overcharge for installing the mods, and somehow thought that he should be able to sell it six months later for only a few hundred less than he paid, because it was so special.

Some people just have no clue at all.

 

[Detrich]

OC Yamaha posts a lotta low "web special" prices on cycletrader.com. But then they have fine print saying excludes dealers fees, taxes, and license fees. I wish dealers would just post OTD prices.

 

[bleedinblue]

What about Ozzy Osbourne?His dealer should have persuaded him into buying a blaster or warrior instead of a banshee.

 

[bmw675]

OC Yamaha posts a lotta low "web special" prices on cycletrader.com. But then they have fine print saying excludes dealers fees, taxes, and license fees. I wish dealers would just post OTD prices.

When I bought my 6r in 2009, I had a dealer call me back, saying yes they can do the deal that I had said I would do. I said OTD, I just need to bring a check for $xxxx? (Can't remember amount now). He said yes then you just need to take it to the DMV to take care of TTL.

Apparently they don't even know what OTD really means. Needless to say they didn't make the sale.

 

[Anthony]

You guys will love this one: 2009 FZ6r Yamaha 600
Yes you are reading that price correct!

I've also had terrible experience with a dealership about an hour and a half away from me. Drove all the way out there, found a nice 2008 r6 that I got set on, and the guy said my cosigner HAD to come to the dealership to sign papers. (at the time it was really hard to for my dad to go 1.5 hours to sign stupid papers) anyways I begged the guy to bring the bike down to his house and we would sign papers, he claimed he couldn't do that blah blah blah. So I told him forget it I can't get my dad out there and I will take my business somewhere else. Started driving home got about 30 mins into the drive and the guy calls me and says now he CAN bring the bike down with papers. Never ended up doing business with him.

9,000.00! :zombie:

 

[MichaelInVenice]

OC Yamaha posts a lotta low "web special" prices on cycletrader.com. But then they have fine print saying excludes dealers fees, taxes, and license fees. I wish dealers would just post OTD prices.

They're actually pretty reasonable on the dealer fees compared to most others, and taxes are dependent on where you live. Was just down there today. 2012 OTD with LA County taxes for $7,500 and change. Last year when I almost bought one, he was willing to deal down a few hundred from his first offer. With the dealership set to close at the end of March, I'm guessing you could get down a bit from there, since it builds in the "usual" $500 spiff from Yamaha for last year's models (same as last year).

 

[Detrich]

Hmm... Maybe I need to check their website for any leftover R1's... lol.