No Point Spring Booking....

Rjjtcross8

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I never thought the Alpha would become in season, I’m guessing the dealers put some pressure on cat to give them some builds.
 

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I never thought the Alpha would become in season, I’m guessing the dealers put some pressure on cat to give them some builds.

Longer warranty or $900 Cat cash was the snowcheck offer.
And you get the sled. You get some oil maybe a coat or a helmet if you are any good at negotiating.
You may not get one in season.
My dealer never said there would be NO in season Alpha only that they may not be available until mid/late season when I snowchecked and my other sled that I took the super big hit on was already sold.

They are advertising bikes and ATV specials for the show.
Once that that happens the sled deals will start for showroom space.
Toys.....if you are not expecting a hit it may be best you not participate?????
 
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Its a product of the economy mostly. Toy sales are slow now for 4 years. Manufacturers have unrealistic expectations of what the market is and jam the dealers with product. Trust me at the current manufacturer formula dealers are gonna give product away or just go away.
 

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Longer warranty or $900 Cat cash was the snowcheck offer.
And you get the sled. You get some oil maybe a coat or a helmet if you are any good at negotiating.
You may not get one in season.
My dealer never said there would be NO in season Alpha only that they may not be available until mid/late season when I snowchecked and my other sled that I took the super big hit on was already sold.

They are advertising bikes and ATV specials for the show.
Once that that happens the sled deals will start for showroom space.
Toys.....if you are not expecting a hit it may be best you not participate?????
I’m familiar with snowchecking lol, My alpha was a snow check that I took with four year warranty. I just didn’t think they would be made in season.
 

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Its a product of the economy mostly. Toy sales are slow now for 4 years. Manufacturers have unrealistic expectations of what the market is and jam the dealers with product. Trust me at the current manufacturer formula dealers are gonna give product away or just go away.
Used market for everything is fawked.
Can't find anyone with cash anymore.
 

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Used market for everything is fawked.
Can't find anyone with cash anymore.
The whole thing will come crashing down. Manipulated markets, funny money created out of thin air, Debt loads, govts who hate working independent people...
 

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Ext warranty is way more than people think.... 3 more years to match the snow check is 2800 bucks. So for the alpha at 15,500 plus 2800 is 18,300 plus GST (19,215) thats WAY more than anyone paid for a snow check.... It's not all doom.a d gloom when. You compare apples to apples
 

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Cat cancelled the rebate on the Alpha. Glad I got mine when I did. Rumour is it wasn’t supposed to be on the rebate list.
 

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Cat cancelled the rebate on the Alpha. Glad I got mine when I did. Rumour is it wasn’t supposed to be on the rebate list.
Weird thing is usually CAT posts details of their rebates on the website. This time there was not details. Dealers didn't even know the duration.
 

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I called down south on the kijiji 13200 165 alpha it was a dealer and out the door price was 15200 including all taxes and hidden costs and only 1 year warrenty....some trickery in selling these alphas they better be lowering the price a lot more or they will be still sitting on the mono rail in show rooms this time next year...
 

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I called down south on the kijiji 13200 165 alpha it was a dealer and out the door price was 15200 including all taxes and hidden costs and only 1 year warrenty....some trickery in selling these alphas they better be lowering the price a lot more or they will be still sitting on the mono rail in show rooms this time next year...

They could park them beside all the SVX 450’s that never sold, have a garage sale.
 

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I called down south on the kijiji 13200 165 alpha it was a dealer and out the door price was 15200 including all taxes and hidden costs and only 1 year warrenty....some trickery in selling these alphas they better be lowering the price a lot more or they will be still sitting on the mono rail in show rooms this time next year...
So your buying one?
 
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