Re: Purchasing a new RS / cost etc

["Rick Schmitz" <res02hi3@xxxxxxx>]

I bought my 00 RS on June 16th and they were running a factory sponsored
program for $6999, no haggling.

Rick
- ----- Original Message -----
From: "Robert Riffel" <Robert.Riffel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "'rs list'" <RS@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, October 19, 2000 10:40 AM
Subject: Purchasing a new RS / cost etc


>
> >From: Michael Harris <michael@xxxxxxxx>
> >Subject: Purchasing a new RS / cost etc
>
> >Hi:
> >I live in Seattle, WA and have decided to buy a Sprint RS.  Does anyone
> >know what the approximate dealer cost is?
> >I have been to 2 dealers, one quoted a price of $10,350 (approx), the
other
>
> >one was $9,200 ('on the street with taxes, tags etc').  Does $9,200 seem
> >like a reasonable amount or do they generally go for less?  They really
> >seem to add on lots for assembly and freight...  (the sticker price at
the
> >Cycle Barn was $8K!)
>
>
> Michael,
>
> I live in North Carolina and bought a '00 RS about 5 weeks ago.  The first
> time that I went to the dealer (Back Roads Triumph in Jacksonville) they
> told me $9400 for the bike.  When I went back a week later, they told me
> that the cost had fallen to $8900 due to some kind of $500 rebate.  I
assume
> that Triumph gave the rebate to the dealer in order to move more bikes.  I
> was going to ask them about the $8900 dollar price because I had
researched
> the cost of the same bike at other dealers.  The first thing that they
told
> me when I came through the door that second day was the new price.  The
only
> option that I got was the belly pan and that was $225.  I think that after
> the taxes, tags and some kind of $600 uncrating/assembly fee the total
came
> to $10,200.
>
> Rob
> '00 RS "Bonnie"
>
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