Posted by Jinxy on March 17, 2005, 4:11 pm
>>> right out and said:
>>>
>>> >Keep in mind that American companies get taxed on their inventory at
>>> >the
>>> >end of the year, so they're not likely to stock anything that doesn't
>>> >sell.
>>>
>>> That's a totally stupid tax. This from a Canadian.
>>
>> O Canada!
>>
>> Couldn't agree with you more. US tax laws see it as your total wealth:
>> the
>> more you have at the end of the year, the more you owe, less
>> depreciation.
>>
>> Jeez, tax laws.
>>
>> Best,
>> doc
> Funny, this came up when I was talking to a friend who used to work in the
> office at a Suzuki car dealership a while back. Certain classes of
> vehicles are exempt from the inventory tax and if the stealer gets them in
> 'under consignment' then no inventory tax is due. I understand that is
> because of sweetheart deals with some of the manufacturers but am not
> sure. I think to qualify as inventory it has to be either paid for or
> under a lend/sales agreement.
> There is no excuse for someone to NOT have a model they want to sell on
> the floor. A friend had saved up for a lot of years so he could buy his
> dream car but had to drive almost 150 miles to a dealer in another town if
> he wanted to test drive it. I could possibly understand it if he would
> have been in some small town but this was while he lived in Dade County,
> FL. [outside Miami]
Yup it's stupid. The next nearest large city close to me is 3hrs away. I'm
going to email their dealerships and see if they do the same thing..if not
they will get my business.
Posted by e on March 16, 2005, 6:44 pm
>This just pees me off as a potential buyer. I phoned the three dealers in my
>city way back in Jan asking when the new models would arrive. I was told by
>all three check back in Feb as that is when they will arrive. I wanted to
>check out the the Yamaha XT 225 and the Suzuki DR 200. I have seen pictures
>and all the info on them doing searches on the net, but now before I make my
>decision I want to see them in real life.
>So Feb comes I phone and only one dealer says they had two XT 225's but one
>is sold and they have the other one sitting there and if that sells they
>will try and track down another for me ( so they bring in only two for the
>whole season?). As for the DR they don't bring those in, but we can order
>one for you. I phoned the other dealers and it was the same thing except
>they don't have any of those models sitting there you have to order them.
>Supposedly they are not big sellers (those models) and I suspect they wanna
>keep more showroom floorspace for bigger, more expensive bikes? Funny though
>there are tons of dirtbikes on the floor..so I don't know? It really bugs me
>that I can't sit on a bike first to see if I like it, or if a person can
>even touch the floor with their feet first before I order it. Should I
>complain to Yamaha and Suzuki? After all these dealers are representing
>their companies and their products. Or would this be a waste of time?
waste of time.
buy a nice xt 600. you'll be happier.
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>>>
>>> >Keep in mind that American companies get taxed on their inventory at
>>> >the
>>> >end of the year, so they're not likely to stock anything that doesn't
>>> >sell.
>>>
>>> That's a totally stupid tax. This from a Canadian.
>>
>> O Canada!
>>
>> Couldn't agree with you more. US tax laws see it as your total wealth:
>> the
>> more you have at the end of the year, the more you owe, less
>> depreciation.
>>
>> Jeez, tax laws.
>>
>> Best,
>> doc
> Funny, this came up when I was talking to a friend who used to work in the
> office at a Suzuki car dealership a while back. Certain classes of
> vehicles are exempt from the inventory tax and if the stealer gets them in
> 'under consignment' then no inventory tax is due. I understand that is
> because of sweetheart deals with some of the manufacturers but am not
> sure. I think to qualify as inventory it has to be either paid for or
> under a lend/sales agreement.
> There is no excuse for someone to NOT have a model they want to sell on
> the floor. A friend had saved up for a lot of years so he could buy his
> dream car but had to drive almost 150 miles to a dealer in another town if
> he wanted to test drive it. I could possibly understand it if he would
> have been in some small town but this was while he lived in Dade County,
> FL. [outside Miami]