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Car Forum / Driving, Maintenance, Tuning / General Car Topics / February 2006buying directly from the importer?
Hi I was wondering if anyone can give some insight into referral fees, importer-dealer relations etc: -Is it possible for a big purchase(say 20, 6-wheel 'heavy' trucks)to go directly to the principal instead of his ditributor, in hope he can offer a discount of X(=?)% -what is a typical referral fee for getting in touch with the principal? thanks in advance j_slobo@hotmail.com wrote: <brevity snip> > -Is it possible for a big purchase(say 20, 6-wheel 'heavy' trucks)to go > directly to the principal instead of his ditributor, in hope he can > offer a discount of X(=?)% ----- No. The distributor -is- the manufacturer's sales dept. You can't circumvent them. And 20 trucks is a very small purchase comparatively. Many companies contract to buy 50-100 or more trucks a year for 5 years. ----- - gpsman Actually you can. But then you'd be responsible for all the import fees, paperwork, and all the other stuff that needs to be done. By the time you do that, you'd find out it would be cheaper dealing with the distributor. thanks I guess you are right about that although it is possible that the manufacturers rep. office is taking care of the imports and then the distributor takes over... however I did not have in mind circumventing the dealer altogether in this case he will be probably the one in charge of the warranty services, what I meant is if I go to him first he might not be 'eager' to offer discounts I could perhaps count on but know nothing of if I do not talk to the principal? (the purchase I am looking at is actually 50% bigger for starters) Another thing since I want to return a favor to a former partner by having him collect the referral fee from the seller, I'd like to know how much it would amount to and would it affect the total discount offered to me? (vice versa -if the fee is a % of the price I pay then it grows smaller with the increase of my discount) |
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