Posted by Alan K on December 30, 2014 at 08:15:20 from (208.83.187.208):
In Reply to: AGCO rant posted by Bob Bancroft on December 29, 2014 at 16:05:19:
It used to be that dealers made a decent chunk selling parts. It was a big part of the equation. I understand the business end if something isn't profitable enough but they are kind of cutting themselves out. Years ago, more farmers = more tractors and machinery sold. Now they only want to sell new but with fewer farmers, the same farmer isn't going to buy a new tractor every year or two years so I guess the new stuff is priced accordingly to cover that. If a dealer isn't there people shy away from that brand. I remember when I was growing up my dad was in need of a muffler for the ZA MM, his first and only brand new tractor which I still have. This was when White was "fooling" around 1970-73. I remember dad saying he couldn't find or get parts as the dealers in some areas had closed up. I don't think a lot of the older dealers back then had much overhead like they do now days, more machinery out there so more parts to carry. I think AGCO is more of a "world" company than part of a company of a country. They are all that way in a world market now. Think of all the brands years and years ago...It would have been unheard of to think tractors made here would be sold world wide one day as they are now. A company competes in the world more than locally any more so it can cover the loss of dealers here and there. I don't like it either. I think we were better off years ago.
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