| Author | Message | ||
     Court |
Nice. This came up on the newswires a little less than an hour ago . . I like this.
http://www.bizjournals.com/milwaukee/stories/2008/ 12/15/tidbits2.html This makes some sense. I, with our company being listed as a "5 Star - most likey to hit a huge rebound" company upped my personal ante today. HD is certainly more iffy but this is a no-loose deal for the dealer. | ||
| Xl1200r |
That's probably the most creative sales "gimmick" I've seen in a while, and one that could do well for a lot of folks. First, they give you basically $1700 when you buy the bike. Then, if the price goes back up (which I think it will) you make $3300 if it meets it's 52 week high. This is loads better than those "Buy an SUV and get an econobox 'free'" gimmicks. | ||
| Court |
Interesting that within minutes this came over. . .
Talk about not feeling the love . . . TPG group dumps them to buy Burger King a couple years ago . . . then this. | ||
| Court |
If the HD stock does what it did since my first purchase in 1987, and you are 25, you'll retire a millionaire! Talk about a sales gimmick! Quick . . . Paul tell us about that XR>  | ||
| Froggy |
One of my local dealers is doing no tax on 09s, which would save you about the same amount depending on where you live. The stock idea sounds cool. | ||
| Xl1200r |
Hey, I AM 25! Where are my millions?! | ||
| Ferris_von_bueller |
It's going to take 25 years to straighten out the worldwide economy. | ||
| Buellinachinashop |
Actually this has been on the HD site for 2 weeks. At least the owners area. | ||
| Cityxslicker |
or dont buy the new Harley Davidson XR1200 and spend the 11995 on stock.... hmmm | ||
| Court |
Apparently, at least in the "big picture", it's not a big enough deal that the Milwaukee Business Journal just picked it up or got around to running it today. That may be part of the problem. Dealers who toss out a neat program and who have forgotten how to "sell". Wouldn' you have been on the horn with everyone who'd bought a bike from you in the past 3 years? Who knows . . . kinda cool anyway. Yeah. . . I read somewhere recently what happened to the value of $1.00 of Harley-Stock bought in 1987 . . and it amazes me. Part of the trick, and this is the part that is tough to tell a 25 year old, is that the game is long. I look at my investments now and start to cry . . . then I re-chart to take them back to 1977 . . . and see that this is the 3rd time we've done this. But . . this time we have TONS of liquidity in the system, solid fundamentals and no 21% prime interest rate. My much smarter SCU saw this current deal coming and moved 75% to T-Bills (cash) about 100 days ago but left about 25% of my account in aggressive growth funds where I get my ass kicked daily . . the good news is that I am acquiring, in nominal terms, lots of shares and adding some Morgan-Stanley (I like to gamble a bit) and am looking at Ford . . . If I were 25 today I'd take a solemn vow to leverage the current chaos to be my ticket to not working a day past my 45th birthday. But then I am lazy . . . | ||
| Aeholton |
Thank you HD for helping me work on the wife. I want that new XR so bad I can taste it. Any indication on how long the stock for purchase is being offered? | ||
| Buellinachinashop |
I bought my V Rod on October 31, I'm trying to get HD to give me 25 shares. Nooooo response from Juneau Ave yet. | ||
| Court |
>>>> I'm trying to get HD to give me 25 shares. Nooooo response from Juneau Ave yet. I don't think HD has anything to do with it, it was (from reading) dealer specific. It it WAS Harley-Davidson specific the entire world missed hearing about it. | ||
| Court |
Media folks at HD are unaware . . . but it would be cool, eh? December 10, 2008 Harley-Davidson flexes Muscle on urban scene December 5, 2008 Geico Powersports to sponsor Richie Morris Racing Buell team December 1, 2008 Demand for Harley-Davidson XR1200 sparks American debut November 24, 2008 Buell racers wrap up a successful season of road racing November 17, 2008 H.O.G. rolls into Oklahoma for CLUB H.O.G. OKC November 16, 2008 Krawiec rides Harley-Davidson V-Rod to NHRA championship | ||
| Buellinachinashop |
Court, you're right, I didn't see it on HD's web page, I saw it on Milwaukee HD's page. They send SPAM mail to me all the time. Thanks for clearing that up. | ||
| Mikethebike72 |
My General Manager will be pissed. We discussed this in October as a possible January promotion. |
