racinfarmer Posted April 23, 2022 Share Posted April 23, 2022 Heck with it, 1000 poasts in this thread. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger** Posted April 23, 2022 Share Posted April 23, 2022 2 hours ago, krom said: You are a clueless lying sack of shit... AC will penalize any dealer caught submitting a fake sled order to use as floor stock, up dealer cost on that machine. Sorry I brought it up, some of you guys know the dealer so no names given. Honestly we can't afford to lose anymore Cat dealer in Wisco. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger** Posted April 23, 2022 Share Posted April 23, 2022 2 hours ago, ZR6000RR said: I have 6 Cat dealers within an hour and a half from me. Mile from my dealer. One polaris, one Ski doo and Yamaha. Just looked up the Minneapolis area there are way more Polaris dealers than Cat dealer but your right about one thing there's not much for Ski-Doo dealers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soeaster Posted April 23, 2022 Share Posted April 23, 2022 3 hours ago, Badger** said: Talked to a dealer in Wisconsin he said they are using random emails "family and friends" and buying sleds to have on their dealership floor, Cat's whole program seems to be bull shit. I can not figure out why anyone would want to be a Cat dealer anymore. I owned multiples of all 4 brands at the same time for several years back when I worked at a dealer! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Not greg b Posted April 23, 2022 Share Posted April 23, 2022 2 hours ago, racinfarmer said: I like how the Polaris dealer in Thief River picked up Arctic Cat as a secondary brand to sell. At least they have a dealer now. You would think cat would have had that lined up before rev closed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZR6000RR Posted April 23, 2022 Share Posted April 23, 2022 2 hours ago, Not greg b said: At least they have a dealer now. You would think cat would have had that lined up before rev closed Tough to do since dealers are not tied to manufacturers. It is all independent. Guessing this is where crn2 ends up looking for a hole dug by a guy who has no idea where he lives, let alone who he is, but looks for said hole anyway? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deephaven Posted April 23, 2022 Share Posted April 23, 2022 5 hours ago, ZR6000RR said: Tough to do since dealers are not tied to manufacturers. It is all independent. Guessing this is where crn2 ends up looking for a hole dug by a guy who has no idea where he lives, let alone who he is, but looks for said hole anyway? The real answer is it is tough to do when no one wants to buy your product. Particularly sad when it is the city where said sad product is made. Real simple free market shit I am sure you won't understand. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
racinfarmer Posted April 23, 2022 Share Posted April 23, 2022 6 hours ago, ZR6000RR said: Tough to do since dealers are not tied to manufacturers. It is all independent. Guessing this is where crn2 ends up looking for a hole dug by a guy who has no idea where he lives, let alone who he is, but looks for said hole anyway? How is being a franchisee not tied to the manufacturer? At the end of the day, they both are interested in each other's success. 1 hour ago, Deephaven said: The real answer is it is tough to do when no one wants to buy your product. Particularly sad when it is the city where said sad product is made. Real simple free market shit I am sure you won't understand. It is tough in TRF simply because everyone in town works at Cat, is related to someone who works at Cat, or knows someone who works at Cat, and gets big discounts. I don't think that is as big as it used to be though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crnr2Crnr Posted April 23, 2022 Author Share Posted April 23, 2022 someone got triggered again🤣 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger** Posted April 23, 2022 Share Posted April 23, 2022 1 minute ago, racinfarmer said: How is being a franchisee not tied to the manufacturer? At the end of the day, they both are interested in each other's success. It is tough in TRF simply because everyone in town works at Cat, is related to someone who works at Cat, or knows someone who works at Cat, and gets big discounts. I don't think that is as big as it used to be though. In Wisconsin we call that inbreeding. Sorry man the door was open. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crnr2Crnr Posted April 23, 2022 Author Share Posted April 23, 2022 (edited) Is this turning into the flat earth thread? Seems like it. edit: or the 550 Farm thread? Edited April 23, 2022 by Crnr2Crnr Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
airflite1 Posted April 23, 2022 Share Posted April 23, 2022 11 hours ago, racinfarmer said: I like how the Polaris dealer in Thief River picked up Arctic Cat as a secondary brand to sell. I'll be surprised if he keeps Cat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
airflite1 Posted April 23, 2022 Share Posted April 23, 2022 37 minutes ago, racinfarmer said: How is being a franchisee not tied to the manufacturer? At the end of the day, they both are interested in each other's success. It is tough in TRF simply because everyone in town works at Cat, is related to someone who works at Cat, or knows someone who works at Cat, and gets big discounts. I don't think that is as big as it used to be though. Unless they've changed it, employees shopped the best deal from a dealer then got the rebate back from the factory, it was nowhere as good as the Polaris discount, and @ZR6000RRthe Polaris dealer in Roseau has survived for decades in a town much smaller than Thief River, how come? Also I'm sorry I missed your meltdown last night, I would have talked to the Hwy department for you, it's sad that you CLAIM to be this important engineer or tech or whatever pops into your head today, and you have to subsidize your income by driving a Beet truck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Art Vandelay Posted April 23, 2022 Share Posted April 23, 2022 1 hour ago, Badger** said: In Wisconsin we call that inbreeding. Sorry man the door was open. 1 hour ago, racinfarmer said: How is being a franchisee not tied to the manufacturer? At the end of the day, they both are interested in each other's success. It is tough in TRF simply because everyone in town works at Cat, is related to someone who works at Cat, or knows someone who works at Cat, and gets big discounts. I don't think that is as big as it used to be though. Or was fired by textron. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doug Posted April 23, 2022 Share Posted April 23, 2022 13 hours ago, Deephaven said: I have been in the plant more than 20 times. What's your point? They call Jimbo in to find Heide when she gets lost on the factory floor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
racinfarmer Posted April 23, 2022 Share Posted April 23, 2022 1 hour ago, airflite1 said: Unless they've changed it, employees shopped the best deal from a dealer then got the rebate back from the factory, it was nowhere as good as the Polaris discount, and @ZR6000RRthe Polaris dealer in Roseau has survived for decades in a town much smaller than Thief River, how come? Also I'm sorry I missed your meltdown last night, I would have talked to the Hwy department for you, it's sad that you CLAIM to be this important engineer or tech or whatever pops into your head today, and you have to subsidize your income by driving a Beet truck. My friends that used to work there would get I think it was 30-40% off new or one year old snow product. Not sure what their PG&A discount was though. I know for a little while, they could get stuff through the Special Services website, but I think that got the ax. Even I got that for however long they gave us to pick through it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krom Posted April 23, 2022 Share Posted April 23, 2022 4 hours ago, racinfarmer said: My friends that used to work there would get I think it was 30-40% off new or one year old snow product. Not sure what their PG&A discount was though. I know for a little while, they could get stuff through the Special Services website, but I think that got the ax. Even I got that for however long they gave us to pick through it. Special services is dead, most of those guys got fired a few moved to the line or call center, just like the race department. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
racinfarmer Posted April 23, 2022 Share Posted April 23, 2022 17 minutes ago, krom said: Special services is dead, most of those guys got fired a few moved to the line or call center, just like the race department. I haven't been up there since 2020. At that time, there were only 3 people working in SS and Mike and Kellen at the race department. Dawn was there part time. Miss it, but am enjoying getting back to just riding too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sled_Hed Posted April 23, 2022 Share Posted April 23, 2022 11 hours ago, Crnr2Crnr said: Is this turning into the flat earth thread? Seems like it. edit: or the 550 Farm thread? That's not what you were hoping for? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Not greg b Posted April 24, 2022 Share Posted April 24, 2022 On 4/23/2022 at 12:58 AM, ZR6000RR said: Tough to do since dealers are not tied to manufacturers. It is all independent. Guessing this is where crn2 ends up looking for a hole dug by a guy who has no idea where he lives, let alone who he is, but looks for said hole anyway? They are but as a manufacturer rep you need to go find a new one. They will give you the heads up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crnr2Crnr Posted April 24, 2022 Author Share Posted April 24, 2022 14 hours ago, Sled_Hed said: That's not what you were hoping for? no, but it looks like we have one going on. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Art Vandelay Posted April 26, 2022 Share Posted April 26, 2022 Just looked at the cat site. Although the 600s sold out very quickly it seems the 800s are not selling out. They must have had very low availability of 600s for some reason, or just guessed wrong - I assume this is all tied to what parts they ordered months ago and can't easily change that - i.e., order more 600 parts at this point. Strange too the 800s without atac are sold out but those with atac are still available. Since that's an option you'd think they wouldn't stop selling the 800s without atac as long as 800s are still available. I'd assume most who want to order a sled have ordered by now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZR6000RR Posted April 26, 2022 Share Posted April 26, 2022 17 minutes ago, Art Vandelay said: Just looked at the cat site. Although the 600s sold out very quickly it seems the 800s are not selling out. They must have had very low availability of 600s for some reason, or just guessed wrong - I assume this is all tied to what parts they ordered months ago and can't easily change that - i.e., order more 600 parts at this point. Strange too the 800s without atac are sold out but those with atac are still available. Since that's an option you'd think they wouldn't stop selling the 800s without atac as long as 800s are still available. I'd assume most who want to order a sled have ordered by now. Lots of ass umtions there Arty. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wrinkly balls Posted April 26, 2022 Share Posted April 26, 2022 Don't really see the need for atac. I set my shocks once and that's it. Ride like a mofo!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZR6000RR Posted April 26, 2022 Share Posted April 26, 2022 10 minutes ago, wrinkly balls said: Don't really see the need for atac. I set my shocks once and that's it. Ride like a mofo!!!!! Atac works fantastic! Had it on my 2020 limited (was iAct then). Well worth the $600.00. Would have ordered a 23 if they had offered it on the 6000. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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