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Anyhow, this is nothing new. Plenty of Harley stores had a similar policy back in the 90's when they had more potential customers than bikes allocated to them. Harley got greedy and decided to greatly expand production capacity, unfortunately for them they did it only a few short years before the bankers and politicians put the entire world into the biggest recession since the Great Depression. But during those few short years, suddenly dealers had plenty of product and no waiting lists, and lo and behold all those local area sales restrictions and $3k to $10k over MSRP prices went away. Now that Harley has tried to go back to the "good ol' days" by severely cutting production capacity and introducing many restrictive (anticompetitive) policies at the corporate level, obviously some dealers are jumping on the bandwagon with both feet. As long as there is a shortage of paying customers, there will always be dealers who will sell anywhere. That applies to parts sales, bike sales, ESP sales, whatever. It's been true in the automotive market for decades, it's true in the electronics markets, and in various other markets where manufacturer's have tried to restrict sales and fix prices.
Jerry
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Topic: Dealer sales restrictions? (Read 4663 times)