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Originally Posted by Curb
I don't know how they are doing it. I just had my tire rep here this morning and I told him what these internet places are doing and he wasn't all too thrilled.
I looked through that link that you posted and for the PPowers they are making about $26 a set. I would really love to help you guys with tires, but I can't beat that price, hell I can't even meet that price. These internet guys are killing dealerships, pretty soon you are probably only going to be able to buy a bike on the internet, cause dealerships can't compete with internet sellers.
I know a lot of you guys don't use dealerships for anything but warranty issues, but when that dealer isn't there anymore to do your warranty and you have to trailer your bike 100-200 miles for a warranty issue I hope you guys understand why.
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I don't know bro... here's the thing. I'm friends with the owner of a dealership back in Michigan and I talked him into trying matching the internet prices and having a reasonable cost for installation and oil changes. He charges $60 on the bike to install and $40 to change the oil and filter. He hired two guys that do nothing but change tires and do oil changes and they can't keep up. They are busy, open to close. Now you are going to say that he only makes $30 on the tires and maybe $20 on the oil change...sure but since he only pays those guys about $10/hr and they do 15-25 tire changes/lofs a day...he's still making money on the labor AND he is increasing traffic through his dealership which equals sales. Now he only sells tire installed and the oil change deal only came as a combo/package, as in $99 for tire and oil change.