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North Eastern States

Ledgewood Powersports Review

Had two experiences here over the past two years, neither of them were good. The first, two years ago, I was hunting for a Sportsman 550xp EPS for my girlfriend, walked in, talked to the sales guy, who seemed like a genuinely nice guy, got a price that was very competitive and I was happy with. I threw down a deposit signed all the paperwork and was in & out in under 30 minutes, very pleased, called up my girlfriend and gave her the good news so she was very excited. A few hours later when we were getting ready to go pick up the machine we got a call from the salesman asking us to come in because he screwed up on the price he gave us and said they couldn’t give us the bike at that price… Seriously? I ask how much they could give us the bike for, and it was over $1000 more then the price listed on our agreement, and they would not work with me at all, I understand people make mistakes, but we had a signed agreement, at least work with me, but no, they were firm on the extra $1000 and wouldn’t budge. I had a written signed agreement with a deposit, I’m sure i could’ve legally forced them to sell it to me, but I’m not that kinda guy, so I just got my deposit refund and went elsewhere.

Now just a couple weeks ago I was hunting for a new Sportsman 850 EPS for myself, I saw a CL ad for a sportsman 1000xp for $8999, even though i still had a bad taste in my mouth I figured that was a good price i’d give them a shot. I walk in to find a new sales man sitting at the desk where the last failed sale took place, and again, seemed like a real nice dude just doing his job. We walk around, look at some bikes, chat a little bit, I explain to him what happened last time and he said he’d do what he could for me and I mention the CL ad. Well then here come the REAL prices, the CL ad shows a price before all the fees, fees include Freight at around $8xx, that one i could swallow I’ve done my homework and found out which fees are legit and which are just BS or Inflated, the other reasonable fees include, tax, title/registration, MV fees, etc. but there was another fee that was quite hefty and out of the other 3 – 4 dealerships I called, was unique to Ledgewood Powersports, $6xx for "prep". This fee is one of the main reasons I’m writing this poor review.

Most other dealerships I called (admittedly they were out of state since most NJ dealerships seem to suck and all have these practices) either wanted $1000 less then Ledgewood Kawasaki right off the bat, then added 1 fee for Freight & Prep of around $800 OR they just gave me a price that included everything except tax that was the same as what ledgewood wanted to charge BEFORE fees. The other thing to note is that you know what "Prep" involves, putting gas, oil & all the other fluids in the bike and starting it up, they don’t even have to bolt the wheels on anymore the bikes come pretty much fully assembled now a days, don’t believe me? Google it, or just walk into the back and you can see them in the crates with clear plastic wrapped around them. Anyway, with all the fee’s and junk the bike came out to $200 over MSRP before tax.

When your looking to buy a machine, seriously, do your homework, make phone calls, get on ATVtrader, look at the prices available out there. I just dropped a deposit on a machine, and i’m saving $1800 off the price I got from here which I find to be pretty absurd. A few hundred dollars difference I can understand, but $1800 that’s just taking advantage of people.

I posted the same review to their google plus page, and funny enough no less then 15 minutes after I posted this review the salesman I dealt with sent me a text asking if I had made a decision on the ATV they quoted me on. I told him straight away I was going with another dealer because they were too high. The salesman asked me what price I received so I told him, and I think I blew their minds apart, he first told me the price couldn’t have included tax and was a non power steering model, so i gave him the specs of the 850SP I was picking up and told him it included 7.75% NY sales tax. He insisted that the price didn’t include tax, but I explained it did because i was financing the machine. Ultimately they beat the price of the dealership in NY state by $200. However I declined the offer out of principle, I shouldn’t have to write a scathing review exposing your BS fees to get a good price, and I didn’t want to take down the review so maybe a few other people can avoid being taken advantage of.

North Eastern States

Ledgewood Powersports Review

Had two experiences here over the past two years, neither of them were good. The first, two years ago, I was hunting for a Sportsman 550xp EPS for my girlfriend, walked in, talked to the sales guy, who seemed like a genuinely nice guy, got a price that was very competitive and I was happy with. I threw down a deposit signed all the paperwork and was in & out in under 30 minutes, very pleased, called up my girlfriend and gave her the good news so she was very excited. A few hours later when we were getting ready to go pick up the machine we got a call from the salesman asking us to come in because he screwed up on the price he gave us and said they couldn’t give us the bike at that price… Seriously? I ask how much they could give us the bike for, and it was over $1000 more then the price listed on our agreement, and they would not work with me at all, I understand people make mistakes, but we had a signed agreement, at least work with me, but no, they were firm on the extra $1000 and wouldn’t budge. I had a written signed agreement with a deposit, I’m sure i could’ve legally forced them to sell it to me, but I’m not that kinda guy, so I just got my deposit refund and went elsewhere.

Now just a couple weeks ago I was hunting for a new Sportsman 850 EPS for myself, I saw a CL ad for a sportsman 1000xp for $8999, even though i still had a bad taste in my mouth I figured that was a good price i’d give them a shot. I walk in to find a new sales man sitting at the desk where the last failed sale took place, and again, seemed like a real nice dude just doing his job. We walk around, look at some bikes, chat a little bit, I explain to him what happened last time and he said he’d do what he could for me and I mention the CL ad. Well then here come the REAL prices, the CL ad shows a price before all the fees, fees include Freight at around $8xx, that one i could swallow I’ve done my homework and found out which fees are legit and which are just BS or Inflated, the other reasonable fees include, tax, title/registration, MV fees, etc. but there was another fee that was quite hefty and out of the other 3 – 4 dealerships I called, was unique to Ledgewood Powersports, $6xx for "prep". This fee is one of the main reasons I’m writing this poor review.

Most other dealerships I called (admittedly they were out of state since most NJ dealerships seem to suck and all have these practices) either wanted $1000 less then Ledgewood Kawasaki right off the bat, then added 1 fee for Freight & Prep of around $800 OR they just gave me a price that included everything except tax that was the same as what ledgewood wanted to charge BEFORE fees. The other thing to note is that you know what "Prep" involves, putting gas, oil & all the other fluids in the bike and starting it up, they don’t even have to bolt the wheels on anymore the bikes come pretty much fully assembled now a days, don’t believe me? Google it, or just walk into the back and you can see them in the crates with clear plastic wrapped around them. Anyway, with all the fee’s and junk the bike came out to $200 over MSRP before tax.

When your looking to buy a machine, seriously, do your homework, make phone calls, get on ATVtrader, look at the prices available out there. I just dropped a deposit on a machine, and i’m saving $1800 off the price I got from here which I find to be pretty absurd. A few hundred dollars difference I can understand, but $1800 that’s just taking advantage of people.

I posted the same review to their google plus page, and funny enough no less then 15 minutes after I posted this review the salesman I dealt with sent me a text asking if I had made a decision on the ATV they quoted me on. I told him straight away I was going with another dealer because they were too high. The salesman asked me what price I received so I told him, and I think I blew their minds apart, he first told me the price couldn’t have included tax and was a non power steering model, so i gave him the specs of the 850SP I was picking up and told him it included 7.75% NY sales tax. He insisted that the price didn’t include tax, but I explained it did because i was financing the machine. Ultimately they beat the price of the dealership in NY state by $200. However I declined the offer out of principle, I shouldn’t have to write a scathing review exposing your BS fees to get a good price, and I didn’t want to take down the review so maybe a few other people can avoid being taken advantage of.