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| - I've tried a couple of ways to negotiate with Peoria on a Razor. They have a reasonable list price on it, but they want to add another $1500 on top of the sale price. So far, Nick has been unwilling to really talk about price. I've tried through the Chandler store to buy the unit, I've called Peoria and talked to Dave Per and Nick directly, I've even submitted offers via eBay. No haggling at all. I suppose that if you walk in and blindly pay full price, you might have a decent enough experience, but I try and be smarter with my money than that.
As for the eBay experience, the listing only has the option to "Make an Offer", no option for "Buy It Now" etc. So I've made two offers. Both were declined without responses. No explanation, no counter offer ( which is how this type of buying has worked for eons ), just "declined". So this makes me feel that the eBay listings are just a marketing strategy, to fish for customers and get their contact info, without actually selling through eBay. They must want to avoid the fees associated with selling through eBay. (This is just how it appears to me, I don;t know this as a fact.)
Nevertheless, it seems shady to me, and leaves me with a dirty feeling.
BTW, they want to add a fee ( I think it was $800, I could be wrong. ) for inspecting the unit to verify that it is a quality unit, and claim that this is valuable to the buyer for security, but then for that fee, they only provide a 30 day warranty. Really? $800 for one month of coverage? You can keep that sh!t, and I'll keep the $800 in my savings account earning money, for a rainy day.
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