We just bought two more truckloads of non-current Cats. We are also listing our 2008 prices for the 1st time.
Here is what is available as of this morning:
New with 1 year warranty
2007 F120 Green -$1999
2008 F120 Pink - $2199
2003 Z440 ESR Black -$3299
2005 Z370LX Green -$3499
2004 Sabercat 500 Green (non LX) -$3999
2005 Z570LX Green -$4299
2006 Z440 LX Green -$4299
2004 Sabercat 700 EFI Black/Green - (non LX) -$4599
2005 F5 Red - $4599
2004 Sno Pro 440 Liquid - $4999
2004 T660 Turbo Trail Black -$4999
2004 F6 EFI Green -$4999
2004 SaberCat 600 LX Black/Red -$4999
2006 Sabercat 500 LX EFI Black or Green -$4999
2006 Sabercat 600 LX EFI Green -$5499
2006 Panther 660 Trail 4 Stroke -$5499
2006 F6 EFI Black - $5499
2005 F6 EFI with Reverse -Green -$5499
2006 Panther 660 Touring 660 4 Stroke -$5799
2005 T660 Turbo Touring Black -$5999
2005 ZR900 EFI Black - $5999
2006 F6 EFI Sno Pro Black -$5999
2006 F7 EFI Orange or Green -$5999
2006 Crossfire 600 Orange or Black -$5999
2005 Sabercat 700 EFI LX Green or Red -$5999
2007 F5 LXR Orange -$6199
2005 F7 EFI Sno Pro Orange -$6299
2006 Crossfire 700 Black or Orange -$6499
2008 F570 Orange or Green -$5999
2006 F7 EFI Sno Pro Green -$6499
2005 ZR900 EFI Sno Pro Green - $6499
2006 ST660 Turbo Trail Black or Green -$6499
2006 T660 Turbo Trail LE Black -$6999
2006 T660 Turbo Touring Silver -$6999
2007 F8 Sno Pro Green or Orange -$6899
2007 F6 Sno Pro -$6999
2008 T500 Touring Black / Silver -$7699
2007 F1000 Sno Pro Green -$7999
2007 Crossfire 1000 Green or Orange -$7999
2007 Crossfire Sno Pro Orange -$8499
2008 F8 Std. Green or Orange -$8599
2008 Crossfire 800 Black -$8599
2008 F8 LXR Electric Start Orange or Green -$8999
2008 F8 Sno Pro All Colors -$9299
2008 Crossfire 800 Sno Pro Orange -$9299
2008 Crossfire 1000 Black -$10399
2008 F1000 Sno Pro All Colors -$10,999
2008 TZ1 LXR Touring -$10,999
Used Sleds - Yes, these can go to Canada !!!
2001 Polaris XC800 2710 Miles -$2999
2003 Z370 Electric Start 2220 Miles -$2499
2002 Polaris Classic 600 M10 -Electric Start & Reverse Blue 2947 Miles -$3299
2005 Z570LX 388 Miles -$3299
2003 Pantera 600 EFI 1836 Miles -$3999
2004 F6 EFI w/ Reverse 5470 Miles -$3999
2006 Sabercat 500 LX EFI Red 345 Miles -$4499
2004 ST660 Turbo Trail Red 1941 Miles -$4499
2005 Polaris XCSP 800 Electric Start/Reverse/M10 2292 Miles -$4599
2005 ZR900 EFI Black 1449 Miles -$4999
2005 F7 EFI Black 2582 Miles-$4999
2005 F7 EFI Black with Reverse 3329 Miles -$4999
2004 T660 Turbo Trail Platinum 170 Miles -$4999
2007 F5 LXR Orange 621 Miles -$5299
2006 ST660 Turbo Trail 1986 Miles -$5999
2006 ST660 Black 345 Miles -$5999
2007 F1000 600 Miles -$6999
2008 Polaris 700 IQ with Reverse 30 miles -$6999
Full Version: Two More Truckloads of Leftover Cats
whaddya give me for an 05 f6 snopro with 4500 miles and picks for a trade in if i come up next weekend and want an 08 crosssfire 800 sp??
How about a swift kick in the head for driving a Cat? 
QUOTE(New Maine Rider @ Dec 13 2007, 07:49 PM) 
How about a swift kick in the head for driving a Cat?
ski-doo sucks
QUOTE(zr5boy @ Dec 13 2007, 07:35 PM)
whaddya give me for an 05 f6 snopro with 4500 miles and picks for a trade in if i come up next weekend and want an 08 crosssfire 800 sp??
You have a PM
Very nice response to a dealer who pays good money to support this site. Here is my answer:
1. I am a much newer (7 years) and smaller (I have 4 other Cat dealers in my marketplace) dealer than almost every other dealer in Maine. We all have the same opportunity to buy and sell sleds the same way. I choose to do it by selling a lot of sleds at small margins (current model years). We had the largest order of 2008 cats placed by any dealer in the State this year, so nobody can say I only sell leftovers. When I buy a truckload of leftover sleds from Cat, I have to write a check before they leave the factory. I assure you I do not have the type of cash that some of the more established dealers have and it is a a big chance to take when you write those checks as you never know if we will get snow or not. Last year, a bunch of dealers got together with the new Cat rep and had a meeting about me (I was not invited, which is not acceptable if "Cat" is holding a meeting, it needs to invite all dealers)
and tried to figure out a way to stop me from selling sleds so cheap. The answer was simple "There is no way to stop him as you all have the same opportunity to do the exact same thing".
When I opened up this store, I was greeted by a ad in Uncle Henry's from a Cat dealer who had purchased more than 200 leftover sleds from Cat and was selling them for a couple of grand less than I owned my current model sleds for. Seems my rep. had failed to mention this to me when he was taking my order. We survived and learned a lesson. We have great relationships with several Cat dealers who understand why we do what we do (this is the way I feed my family and my employees family's). There are some dealers (again, many have much deeper pockets that I ever will) who simply choose to sit back, charge more, do less volume and rely on other product lines and or different seasons for their primary profitability. The snowmobile business is our primary business in Houlton and it provides the majority of our profitability. I am in Houlton right now (200 miles away from my wife and 9 & 11 year old kids) as I am passionate about this industry, we are busy and I want to make sure everyone gets waited on and the phones get answered. I was here until 9PM last night and back in at 5:30AM this morning. I work over 100 hours each week.
Bottom line is that if we can save a guy $1-$2,000 on a sled, more than likely he is going to do more riding that year, spend more money on his trips and pump more money into the Maine economy. Hopefully, he will tell everyone about what a great deal he got on his sled or ATV at HPS and we will be considered the next time a buying decision comes up.
I could have your post deleted, but I won't as it will hurt you more to have it left up than it will for me to have it taken down. Like another poster said, either you are a dealer (or by your age, a dealers son), you work for one or more than likely, you paid too much for your sled elsewhere. Either way, I would suggest putting a bit more thought into your post the next time.
PS. I see your favorite riding area is the County. That seems to contradict your statement about " buy where you ride", but we will be more than happy to work on your sled whike your are up here, even though you did not buy it here.
1. I am a much newer (7 years) and smaller (I have 4 other Cat dealers in my marketplace) dealer than almost every other dealer in Maine. We all have the same opportunity to buy and sell sleds the same way. I choose to do it by selling a lot of sleds at small margins (current model years). We had the largest order of 2008 cats placed by any dealer in the State this year, so nobody can say I only sell leftovers. When I buy a truckload of leftover sleds from Cat, I have to write a check before they leave the factory. I assure you I do not have the type of cash that some of the more established dealers have and it is a a big chance to take when you write those checks as you never know if we will get snow or not. Last year, a bunch of dealers got together with the new Cat rep and had a meeting about me (I was not invited, which is not acceptable if "Cat" is holding a meeting, it needs to invite all dealers)
and tried to figure out a way to stop me from selling sleds so cheap. The answer was simple "There is no way to stop him as you all have the same opportunity to do the exact same thing".
When I opened up this store, I was greeted by a ad in Uncle Henry's from a Cat dealer who had purchased more than 200 leftover sleds from Cat and was selling them for a couple of grand less than I owned my current model sleds for. Seems my rep. had failed to mention this to me when he was taking my order. We survived and learned a lesson. We have great relationships with several Cat dealers who understand why we do what we do (this is the way I feed my family and my employees family's). There are some dealers (again, many have much deeper pockets that I ever will) who simply choose to sit back, charge more, do less volume and rely on other product lines and or different seasons for their primary profitability. The snowmobile business is our primary business in Houlton and it provides the majority of our profitability. I am in Houlton right now (200 miles away from my wife and 9 & 11 year old kids) as I am passionate about this industry, we are busy and I want to make sure everyone gets waited on and the phones get answered. I was here until 9PM last night and back in at 5:30AM this morning. I work over 100 hours each week.
Bottom line is that if we can save a guy $1-$2,000 on a sled, more than likely he is going to do more riding that year, spend more money on his trips and pump more money into the Maine economy. Hopefully, he will tell everyone about what a great deal he got on his sled or ATV at HPS and we will be considered the next time a buying decision comes up.
I could have your post deleted, but I won't as it will hurt you more to have it left up than it will for me to have it taken down. Like another poster said, either you are a dealer (or by your age, a dealers son), you work for one or more than likely, you paid too much for your sled elsewhere. Either way, I would suggest putting a bit more thought into your post the next time.
PS. I see your favorite riding area is the County. That seems to contradict your statement about " buy where you ride", but we will be more than happy to work on your sled whike your are up here, even though you did not buy it here.
QUOTE(HoultonCats @ Dec 14 2007, 06:54 AM)
Very nice response to a dealer who pays good money to support this site. Here is my answer:
1. I am a much newer (7 years) and smaller (I have 4 other Cat dealers in my marketplace) dealer than almost every other dealer in Maine. We all have the same opportunity to buy and sell sleds the same way. I choose to do it by selling a lot of sleds at small margins (current model years). We had the largest order of 2008 cats placed by any dealer in the State this year, so nobody can say I only sell leftovers. When I buy a truckload of leftover sleds from Cat, I have to write a check before they leave the factory. I assure you I do not have the type of cash that some of the more established dealers have and it is a a big chance to take when you write those checks as you never know if we will get snow or not. Last year, a bunch of dealers got together with the new Cat rep and had a meeting about me (I was not invited, which is not acceptable if "Cat" is holding a meeting, it needs to invite all dealers)
and tried to figure out a way to stop me from selling sleds so cheap. The answer was simple "There is no way to stop him as you all have the same opportunity to do the exact same thing".
When I opened up this store, I was greeted by a ad in Uncle Henry's from a Cat dealer who had purchased more than 200 leftover sleds from Cat and was selling them for a couple of grand less than I owned my current model sleds for. Seems my rep. had failed to mention this to me when he was taking my order. We survived and learned a lesson. We have great relationships with several Cat dealers who understand why we do what we do (this is the way I feed my family and my employees family's). There are some dealers (again, many have much deeper pockets that I ever will) who simply choose to sit back, charge more, do less volume and rely on other product lines and or different seasons for their primary profitability. The snowmobile business is our primary business in Houlton and it provides the majority of our profitability. I am in Houlton right now (200 miles away from my wife and 9 & 11 year old kids) as I am passionate about this industry, we are busy and I want to make sure everyone gets waited on and the phones get answered. I was here until 9PM last night and back in at 5:30AM this morning. I work over 100 hours each week.
Bottom line is that if we can save a guy $1-$2,000 on a sled, more than likely he is going to do more riding that year, spend more money on his trips and pump more money into the Maine economy. Hopefully, he will tell everyone about what a great deal he got on his sled or ATV at HPS and we will be considered the next time a buying decision comes up.
I could have your post deleted, but I won't as it will hurt you more to have it left up than it will for me to have it taken down. Like another poster said, either you are a dealer (or by your age, a dealers son), you work for one or more than likely, you paid too much for your sled elsewhere. Either way, I would suggest putting a bit more thought into your post the next time.
PS. I see your favorite riding area is the County. That seems to contradict your statement about " buy where you ride", but we will be more than happy to work on your sled whike your are up here, even though you did not buy it here.
1. I am a much newer (7 years) and smaller (I have 4 other Cat dealers in my marketplace) dealer than almost every other dealer in Maine. We all have the same opportunity to buy and sell sleds the same way. I choose to do it by selling a lot of sleds at small margins (current model years). We had the largest order of 2008 cats placed by any dealer in the State this year, so nobody can say I only sell leftovers. When I buy a truckload of leftover sleds from Cat, I have to write a check before they leave the factory. I assure you I do not have the type of cash that some of the more established dealers have and it is a a big chance to take when you write those checks as you never know if we will get snow or not. Last year, a bunch of dealers got together with the new Cat rep and had a meeting about me (I was not invited, which is not acceptable if "Cat" is holding a meeting, it needs to invite all dealers)
and tried to figure out a way to stop me from selling sleds so cheap. The answer was simple "There is no way to stop him as you all have the same opportunity to do the exact same thing".
When I opened up this store, I was greeted by a ad in Uncle Henry's from a Cat dealer who had purchased more than 200 leftover sleds from Cat and was selling them for a couple of grand less than I owned my current model sleds for. Seems my rep. had failed to mention this to me when he was taking my order. We survived and learned a lesson. We have great relationships with several Cat dealers who understand why we do what we do (this is the way I feed my family and my employees family's). There are some dealers (again, many have much deeper pockets that I ever will) who simply choose to sit back, charge more, do less volume and rely on other product lines and or different seasons for their primary profitability. The snowmobile business is our primary business in Houlton and it provides the majority of our profitability. I am in Houlton right now (200 miles away from my wife and 9 & 11 year old kids) as I am passionate about this industry, we are busy and I want to make sure everyone gets waited on and the phones get answered. I was here until 9PM last night and back in at 5:30AM this morning. I work over 100 hours each week.
Bottom line is that if we can save a guy $1-$2,000 on a sled, more than likely he is going to do more riding that year, spend more money on his trips and pump more money into the Maine economy. Hopefully, he will tell everyone about what a great deal he got on his sled or ATV at HPS and we will be considered the next time a buying decision comes up.
I could have your post deleted, but I won't as it will hurt you more to have it left up than it will for me to have it taken down. Like another poster said, either you are a dealer (or by your age, a dealers son), you work for one or more than likely, you paid too much for your sled elsewhere. Either way, I would suggest putting a bit more thought into your post the next time.
PS. I see your favorite riding area is the County. That seems to contradict your statement about " buy where you ride", but we will be more than happy to work on your sled whike your are up here, even though you did not buy it here.
Very well said!!
Let me preface this by saying I always supported my local dealer always until they all closed and left me alone!
I am a new customer of Houlton. My dealer for the past 30 years was sold (A-1 Sports in Manchester, NH) 2 years ago. I had purchased 16 new Cats with them over the years and would have liked to continue to do so. They sold to Concord Motorcycles. One visit to their shop told me they were not interested in selling Cat sleds like A-1 was for 35 years. Well I was right as they dropped Cat this spring.
That left me to shop around. I tried to buy where I ride in Rangeley, Maine. I called PJ's in Rangeley 3-4 times in Aug and Sept and sent e-mails as well and no response. I stopped in on Labor day weekend and they were closed. I was told they closed for the summer and MAY be open in October. My other option was Wildcat AC in Turner, ME but they were closed as well.
So that left me open to buying where I got a good deal and that was Houlton Power Sports. I saw their ads here as they are a sponsor.
I spoke with Ben a few times on the phone and by e-mail and was quoted a price of 6999.00 for a 07 Jaguar leftover. The 07 listed for 10,500.00. Thats a 3500.00 savings.
Ben said to add 200.00 for set up. We went up to pick up the sled in September on a Friday night and stayed overnight and picked it up on Sat Morning. We met Ben Saturday morning and the price was the price...no BS! Ben was very professional and the dealership was very nice.
They have a new customer ME!
So I guess saving 3500.00 was wrong TyracerCat???
Speaking from experience, I have nothing but good things to say about Scott. When my firecat did not light my fire, I contacted him for a trade on a ZR9. He PM'd me fast with a deal and I took the offer. He is very professional and saves us sledders some serious $$$$. I wish I had a dealer like Scott in southern NH. The US is a free market economy based upon capitalism, so if you are a dealer that wants to price fix with other dealers maybe you should be in the oil business!!! MY 2 cents.
NH Vector
NH Vector
I would aslo like to respond. I recently purchased a new sled from Houlton and it was a great experience. First of all no dealer in Mass. or Conn. would take a trade in and give you any money for it. I simply called Houlton, spoke to Ben told him what I had , he gave me a rough value , I then emailed pictures, he gave me more than an exceptable trade in value and it was a done deal. He delivered the sled to Manchester Me. and I drove from Mass. to get it. The dealership that dealt with before in Mass. stopped selling new sleds this year (giroux cats) which was to bad because he was a very fair dealer, the local cat in nothern Conn. SUCKS, so Houlton became a very viable option.
TyracerCat just got 
each dealer makes their own bed
each dealer makes their own bed
Same here I live in southern mass and also bought from russ giroux. I dont ride the county regulary but if my next sled is going to be cat i will almost definitely be buying from hps. I tell everyone about HPS and even took some ribbing from HCS mainers trying to tell me manchester me (I was telling someone that their manchester location had the sled he wanted) was no where near houlton. OBVIOUSLY thats the whole point of having two locations lol.
To whoever started this thread... 1st do a search HPS has explained in another thread exactly how he can sell sleds at the price he does... Maybe your dealership can learn something today. 2nd Since you had the "balls" to call out HPS how about you man up now and name the dealer thats over charging everyone (or I mean name the dealer you work at?)
EDit*** I almost forgot point 3. This site is owned by a cat dealer that realisticly is close enough to be direct competitors with HPS. Yet ODS dan still has HPS as an advertiser. I ve been around HCS enough to know shady business dont last even if they are paying to advertise. So if HPS was doing any shady dealings ODS wouldnt be having them as advertisers. I cant believe ods would go for money to run this forum over his livelyhood.
QUOTE(ccgtiger @ Dec 14 2007, 09:38 AM)
I would aslo like to respond. I recently purchased a new sled from Houlton and it was a great experience. First of all no dealer in Mass. or Conn. would take a trade in and give you any money for it. I simply called Houlton, spoke to Ben told him what I had , he gave me a rough value , I then emailed pictures, he gave me more than an exceptable trade in value and it was a done deal. He delivered the sled to Manchester Me. and I drove from Mass. to get it. The dealership that dealt with before in Mass. stopped selling new sleds this year (giroux cats) which was to bad because he was a very fair dealer, the local cat in nothern Conn. SUCKS, so Houlton became a very viable option.
To whoever started this thread... 1st do a search HPS has explained in another thread exactly how he can sell sleds at the price he does... Maybe your dealership can learn something today. 2nd Since you had the "balls" to call out HPS how about you man up now and name the dealer thats over charging everyone (or I mean name the dealer you work at?)
EDit*** I almost forgot point 3. This site is owned by a cat dealer that realisticly is close enough to be direct competitors with HPS. Yet ODS dan still has HPS as an advertiser. I ve been around HCS enough to know shady business dont last even if they are paying to advertise. So if HPS was doing any shady dealings ODS wouldnt be having them as advertisers. I cant believe ods would go for money to run this forum over his livelyhood.
Trying to make sense out of why someone would complain about a dealer that does a great job and is too low in price.
Must be riod rage.
Everyone has loyalties for all different reasons which is great...but too low prices ? lol
Mark
Must be riod rage.
Everyone has loyalties for all different reasons which is great...but too low prices ? lol
Mark
WOW! These are awsome prices! I will definitely be stopping on my way to Caribou. With prices like this I will probably buy something.
I find it sorta odd the "kid" who made that idiotic post hasnt replied to plead his case..... I'm way down in Connecticut and the next time i'm shopping for a Cat i'll make a vacation out of it and head to Houlton Cats. Those leftover ZR900's are calling me.... I can hear them from way down here.... Keep up the good work guys, you're doing great.
I also would like to add my dealership experience. I worked for a small town Honda shop which was the type of shop Scott mentioned, they'd sell a few bikes/ATV's a season but sell them for near full retail. We made all our money on parts and a great service dept., NOT sales. That was the way there father taught them to do business. Well 2 miles up the street theres a multi brand shop (Honda excluded) with all state of the art equipment and a parking lot FULL of cars constantly. Well come to find out they're like Houlton Cat, they sell high volume at a lower profit. Which in turn over the years makes your service department very busy and profitable also. Each dealer makes the choice on how they want to sell. The owners of both shops were adults and got along fine, no one was mad at anyone. It's all just a choice.
I also would like to add my dealership experience. I worked for a small town Honda shop which was the type of shop Scott mentioned, they'd sell a few bikes/ATV's a season but sell them for near full retail. We made all our money on parts and a great service dept., NOT sales. That was the way there father taught them to do business. Well 2 miles up the street theres a multi brand shop (Honda excluded) with all state of the art equipment and a parking lot FULL of cars constantly. Well come to find out they're like Houlton Cat, they sell high volume at a lower profit. Which in turn over the years makes your service department very busy and profitable also. Each dealer makes the choice on how they want to sell. The owners of both shops were adults and got along fine, no one was mad at anyone. It's all just a choice.
QUOTE(GearHd6 @ Dec 14 2007, 02:15 PM)
they're like Houlton Cat, they sell high volume at a lower profit. Which in turn over the years makes your service department very busy and profitable also. Each dealer makes the choice on how they want to sell. The owners of both shops were adults and got along fine, no one was mad at anyone. It's all just a choice.
Amen.
Mark
QUOTE(what?trail? @ Dec 14 2007, 05:30 PM)
Hannaford has chicken on sale for $1.19 a pound ... man they are fucking over IGA bigtime !!!!
Haha! THOSE BASTARDS! Let me find a grocery store forum so I can complain!
I dont even need a new sled but the prices are so good at HPS i am going to go buy one just to piss off TyracerCat
plus i can swing by hannaford for some chicken on the way home!
plus i can swing by hannaford for some chicken on the way home!
Have not ever owned a new Cat, but since Scott has such great inventory, and he is where I ride maybe? Still wish he could sell Yami's
QUOTE(what?trail? @ Dec 14 2007, 05:54 PM)
I dont even need a new sled but the prices are so good at HPS i am going to go buy one just to piss off TyracerCat
plus i can swing by hannaford for some chicken on the way home!
plus i can swing by hannaford for some chicken on the way home!
I got chicken breast at IGA last week for 99 cents a pound>>>
You might have to drive to Colebrooke NH to get it though
TTT. wow, you need to start selling ski-doo! lol
Got home last night after working 3 days at the Houlton store. For those of you who tried to call and did not get an answer, I apoligize if we did not get to it. We had 3 people answering phones and could not keep up. It is extremely busy. We have extra workers helping out and I will be going back up to help out as often as I can. With the amount of sleds we are selling, we need all the help we can get. We are not backed up too bad in service (yet) and have been able to turn customers sleds around in a few days. As always, if you ride in and have a problem, we will prioritize you (reguardless of where you bought your sled) to get you back on the trail.
Ben, Kim, Jim W, Steve & Derek have been all working very hard and puting in some long hours to keep up with everything.
Special thanks to Cindy for keeping us fed when we don't have time to leave at all.
On a different note, we had several customers come to pick up their new sleds who told us they had been being told by other Cat dealers (who they had called asking to match our price or at least come close to it) that we were selling "salvage sleds". They were relieved to see that the sled they were buying was just like any other new or left-over sled. We don't and never would sell salvage sleds. I guess that is the only response the other dealers can give as to why their prices are $1000, $1500 or even $2000 more than ours. One gentleman even told me that his buddy had just paid $1500 more for the exact same sled after the dealer convinced him that that it was not possible for us to sell new sleds at the prices we do. That is too bad. I don't expect everyone to buy from us, but I also hate to see a hard working guy spend $1500 extra when that could have gone towards a few extra weeksnds of riding or maybe fiilled up the oil tank at the house all Winter.
So come on up and see for yourself. The only difference in the sleds we are selling is the price.
Any by the way, we bought more yesterday, so we have 3 truckloads incoming now. The savings will continue!
We will get an updated list posted next week as we sold a bunch yesterday.
Ben, Kim, Jim W, Steve & Derek have been all working very hard and puting in some long hours to keep up with everything.
Special thanks to Cindy for keeping us fed when we don't have time to leave at all.
On a different note, we had several customers come to pick up their new sleds who told us they had been being told by other Cat dealers (who they had called asking to match our price or at least come close to it) that we were selling "salvage sleds". They were relieved to see that the sled they were buying was just like any other new or left-over sled. We don't and never would sell salvage sleds. I guess that is the only response the other dealers can give as to why their prices are $1000, $1500 or even $2000 more than ours. One gentleman even told me that his buddy had just paid $1500 more for the exact same sled after the dealer convinced him that that it was not possible for us to sell new sleds at the prices we do. That is too bad. I don't expect everyone to buy from us, but I also hate to see a hard working guy spend $1500 extra when that could have gone towards a few extra weeksnds of riding or maybe fiilled up the oil tank at the house all Winter.
So come on up and see for yourself. The only difference in the sleds we are selling is the price.
Any by the way, we bought more yesterday, so we have 3 truckloads incoming now. The savings will continue!
We will get an updated list posted next week as we sold a bunch yesterday.
toofast well? PUT UP OR SHUT UP????
QUOTE(what?trail? @ Dec 16 2007, 09:56 PM)
sounds like something a masshole would post
sounds like a stand up offer to me....
ya whats the deal... you put it out there lets see you back it
sounds like a stand up offer to me....
ya whats the deal... you put it out there lets see you back it
Here's another previous post from him he has already stated that he works or worked there!!! I wouldn't trust any Bill of sale.
QUOTE(toofast @ Nov 28 2007, 10:49 AM)
Plourdes in Caribou, That would be me Kurt. I remember you and young guy In his teens. I'm still in the business of playing with the snowmobiles. Good luck on selling nice talking to you
QUOTE(03classic700 @ Dec 17 2007, 08:39 AM)
Here's another previous post from him he has already stated that he works or worked there!!! I wouldn't trust any Bill of sale.
The plot thickens.
Lets see what the comeback is going to be now. We all know they have been reading the replies. Looks like their brand of advertising has backfired a little.
QUOTE(HoultonCats @ Dec 14 2007, 06:54 AM)
Very nice response to a dealer who pays good money to support this site. Here is my answer:
1. I am a much newer (7 years) and smaller (I have 4 other Cat dealers in my marketplace) dealer than almost every other dealer in Maine. We all have the same opportunity to buy and sell sleds the same way. I choose to do it by selling a lot of sleds at small margins (current model years). We had the largest order of 2008 cats placed by any dealer in the State this year, so nobody can say I only sell leftovers. When I buy a truckload of leftover sleds from Cat, I have to write a check before they leave the factory. I assure you I do not have the type of cash that some of the more established dealers have and it is a a big chance to take when you write those checks as you never know if we will get snow or not. Last year, a bunch of dealers got together with the new Cat rep and had a meeting about me (I was not invited, which is not acceptable if "Cat" is holding a meeting, it needs to invite all dealers)
and tried to figure out a way to stop me from selling sleds so cheap. The answer was simple "There is no way to stop him as you all have the same opportunity to do the exact same thing".
When I opened up this store, I was greeted by a ad in Uncle Henry's from a Cat dealer who had purchased more than 200 leftover sleds from Cat and was selling them for a couple of grand less than I owned my current model sleds for. Seems my rep. had failed to mention this to me when he was taking my order. We survived and learned a lesson. We have great relationships with several Cat dealers who understand why we do what we do (this is the way I feed my family and my employees family's). There are some dealers (again, many have much deeper pockets that I ever will) who simply choose to sit back, charge more, do less volume and rely on other product lines and or different seasons for their primary profitability. The snowmobile business is our primary business in Houlton and it provides the majority of our profitability. I am in Houlton right now (200 miles away from my wife and 9 & 11 year old kids) as I am passionate about this industry, we are busy and I want to make sure everyone gets waited on and the phones get answered. I was here until 9PM last night and back in at 5:30AM this morning. I work over 100 hours each week.
Bottom line is that if we can save a guy $1-$2,000 on a sled, more than likely he is going to do more riding that year, spend more money on his trips and pump more money into the Maine economy. Hopefully, he will tell everyone about what a great deal he got on his sled or ATV at HPS and we will be considered the next time a buying decision comes up.
I could have your post deleted, but I won't as it will hurt you more to have it left up than it will for me to have it taken down. Like another poster said, either you are a dealer (or by your age, a dealers son), you work for one or more than likely, you paid too much for your sled elsewhere. Either way, I would suggest putting a bit more thought into your post the next time.
PS. I see your favorite riding area is the County. That seems to contradict your statement about " buy where you ride", but we will be more than happy to work on your sled whike your are up here, even though you did not buy it here.
1. I am a much newer (7 years) and smaller (I have 4 other Cat dealers in my marketplace) dealer than almost every other dealer in Maine. We all have the same opportunity to buy and sell sleds the same way. I choose to do it by selling a lot of sleds at small margins (current model years). We had the largest order of 2008 cats placed by any dealer in the State this year, so nobody can say I only sell leftovers. When I buy a truckload of leftover sleds from Cat, I have to write a check before they leave the factory. I assure you I do not have the type of cash that some of the more established dealers have and it is a a big chance to take when you write those checks as you never know if we will get snow or not. Last year, a bunch of dealers got together with the new Cat rep and had a meeting about me (I was not invited, which is not acceptable if "Cat" is holding a meeting, it needs to invite all dealers)
and tried to figure out a way to stop me from selling sleds so cheap. The answer was simple "There is no way to stop him as you all have the same opportunity to do the exact same thing".
When I opened up this store, I was greeted by a ad in Uncle Henry's from a Cat dealer who had purchased more than 200 leftover sleds from Cat and was selling them for a couple of grand less than I owned my current model sleds for. Seems my rep. had failed to mention this to me when he was taking my order. We survived and learned a lesson. We have great relationships with several Cat dealers who understand why we do what we do (this is the way I feed my family and my employees family's). There are some dealers (again, many have much deeper pockets that I ever will) who simply choose to sit back, charge more, do less volume and rely on other product lines and or different seasons for their primary profitability. The snowmobile business is our primary business in Houlton and it provides the majority of our profitability. I am in Houlton right now (200 miles away from my wife and 9 & 11 year old kids) as I am passionate about this industry, we are busy and I want to make sure everyone gets waited on and the phones get answered. I was here until 9PM last night and back in at 5:30AM this morning. I work over 100 hours each week.
Bottom line is that if we can save a guy $1-$2,000 on a sled, more than likely he is going to do more riding that year, spend more money on his trips and pump more money into the Maine economy. Hopefully, he will tell everyone about what a great deal he got on his sled or ATV at HPS and we will be considered the next time a buying decision comes up.
I could have your post deleted, but I won't as it will hurt you more to have it left up than it will for me to have it taken down. Like another poster said, either you are a dealer (or by your age, a dealers son), you work for one or more than likely, you paid too much for your sled elsewhere. Either way, I would suggest putting a bit more thought into your post the next time.
PS. I see your favorite riding area is the County. That seems to contradict your statement about " buy where you ride", but we will be more than happy to work on your sled whike your are up here, even though you did not buy it here.
Keep doing what you do, you always have great deals and seem to me to be a very helpful guy. Everybody loves to find a deal, if other dealers are concerned they should do the same thing. Sleds arev very expensive these days, so a leftover is a really good bargin on a new sled.
Houlton Cats I have never seen such a stand up deal from any business in my life. I'd buy from you in a second without ever having met you. Thats good business Dont care who ya are.
QUOTE(Ajak @ Dec 17 2007, 08:56 AM)
The plot thickens.
Looks like their brand of advertising has backfired a little.
Looks like their brand of advertising has backfired a little.
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After reading through this thread and seeing the numerous posts trying to bash Houlton cat I am still wondering why? All these guys are doing is trying to help anybody who wants to buy a cat for thousands less than other dealerships. While I would never buy a sled 2-3 years old or newer I can appreciate the fact that Houlton Cat is selling sleds for much cheaper than anyone else.
Too bad you had to go ahead and do that Kurt.... Bob has always been a great guy to work with and now you go ahead making ridiculous comments like that. I am sure if he had any idea what was going on he would be mighty upset.
But now it is looking like you have to buck up and make good on this. Post your slip so we can all see. Or you can be a bigger person and send an apology to Scott. Story tellers are not appreciated.
But now it is looking like you have to buck up and make good on this. Post your slip so we can all see. Or you can be a bigger person and send an apology to Scott. Story tellers are not appreciated.
QUOTE(AmphibXP @ Dec 17 2007, 01:41 PM)
Too bad you had to go ahead and do that Kurt.... Bob has always been a great guy to work with and now you go ahead making ridiculous comments like that. I am sure if he had any idea what was going on he would be mighty upset.
But now it is looking like you have to buck up and make good on this. Post your slip so we can all see. Or you can be a bigger person and send an apology to Scott. Story tellers are not appreciated.
But now it is looking like you have to buck up and make good on this. Post your slip so we can all see. Or you can be a bigger person and send an apology to Scott. Story tellers are not appreciated.
Lets see it toofast.... back up your mouth here now that we have everyones attention...or you busy working on a new bill of sale?
Scott;
If you ever fall over an NEW 06-F7/ w/reverse ..+..SnoPro even!....and was inclined to take in a 06 900 efiZr w/ snopro shocks/mirrors/ 550 miles...
Pm me...if its worth a ride from NJ 07058.
If you ever fall over an NEW 06-F7/ w/reverse ..+..SnoPro even!....and was inclined to take in a 06 900 efiZr w/ snopro shocks/mirrors/ 550 miles...
Pm me...if its worth a ride from NJ 07058.
Just for the record I did some calling today for a 07 f1000 hold over that I am looking to buy. I called three different dealers. Bangor motor sports, Houlton arctic cat, and Plourde & Plourde. I don't have any ties to any of the three, all I am trying to say is what I was quoted. Bangor was $9625 plus tax. They were the highest by far. Houlton was $7995 plus tax, set-up, and freight. Plourde was $8111.25 out the door and ready to ride. I am not trying to stir any shit, but fact of the matter is Plourdes was cheaper. I am not discounting Houlton arctic cat at all. They sell a pile of sleds and from what I hear have a good service department. This is just my situation and maybe it is not the same for everyone, I don't know. I am going to pick it up tomorrow so if anybody questions it I can scan the invoice and post it. For that matter all you have to do is call and I am sure they will quote you the same price they quoted me.
QUOTE(what?trail? @ Dec 17 2007, 05:34 PM)
Lets see it toofast.... back up your mouth here now that we have everyones attention...or you busy working on a new bill of sale?
Thats what Im talking about
If its true it's a quick $600 for you, but we all know you owe Scott $100 for the TRASH talk. 
QUOTE(NJSnoNut @ Dec 17 2007, 05:57 PM)
Scott;
If you ever fall over an NEW 06-F7/ w/reverse ..+..SnoPro even!....and was inclined to take in a 06 900 efiZr w/ snopro shocks/mirrors/ 550 miles...
Pm me...if its worth a ride from NJ 07058.
If you ever fall over an NEW 06-F7/ w/reverse ..+..SnoPro even!....and was inclined to take in a 06 900 efiZr w/ snopro shocks/mirrors/ 550 miles...
Pm me...if its worth a ride from NJ 07058.
I appreciate a shot at your business. No F7SP w/ reverse right now, but I do have a new 2005 F6 EFI with Rev. for $5499
If I find what you are looking for I will get back to you. Always happy to take nice ZR9's in trade.
QUOTE(what?trail? @ Dec 14 2007, 05:30 PM)
Hannaford has chicken on sale for $1.19 a pound ... man they are fucking over IGA bigtime !!!!
Hey, back off the chicken talk!
Last year, my Dad and I stopped into Houlton and chatted with the gang. I think they just had received the new style cat, maybe a 1000, I can't remember. He let us out back in the repair shop to check it out. I though that was pretty cool. My local dealer no longer sells Cats either, but still will sell parts and do service. If I need a new cat someday, I'll certainly give Houlton a shot. Most folks from The County are good folks through and through...
QUOTE(redsaber700 @ Dec 17 2007, 05:57 PM)
Just for the record I did some calling today for a 07 f1000 hold over that I am looking to buy. I called three different dealers. Bangor motor sports, Houlton arctic cat, and Plourde & Plourde. I don't have any ties to any of the three, all I am trying to say is what I was quoted. Bangor was $9625 plus tax. They were the highest by far. Houlton was $7995 plus tax, set-up, and freight. Plourde was $8111.25 out the door and ready to ride. I am not trying to stir any shit, but fact of the matter is Plourdes was cheaper. I am not discounting Houlton arctic cat at all. They sell a pile of sleds and from what I hear have a good service department. This is just my situation and maybe it is not the same for everyone, I don't know. I am going to pick it up tomorrow so if anybody questions it I can scan the invoice and post it. For that matter all you have to do is call and I am sure they will quote you the same price they quoted me.
I think we have a slight mis understanding here. I am sure he will sell you a 2007 F1000 for less than $7995. So would I if I had any. I posted a 2007 F1000 Sno Pro for that price, not a F1000 std.
Now I know who toofast is. He used to work at Plourde & Plourde. That explains part of it, but I don't think he got a new 2007 F1000 Sno Pro for less than $7995. Was it a Sno Pro or std???
Also, you might want to mention that you have a long history with that dealership when you say they have better prices. There goes all your street cred
Also, you might want to mention that you have a long history with that dealership when you say they have better prices. There goes all your street cred
QUOTE(ska-doorider @ Dec 16 2007, 11:27 AM)
TTT. wow, you need to start selling ski-doo! lol
That would be nice. Then I could get all you family back as customers!
haha ya, or the other's could smarten up and just ride doo. 
but that wouldnt be any fun if everyone rode the same brand....
not to hi-jack your thread more than it already has but do you know what the jag is suppose to tach? my grandfather likes the nightfire z1 he got off of you.
but that wouldnt be any fun if everyone rode the same brand....not to hi-jack your thread more than it already has but do you know what the jag is suppose to tach? my grandfather likes the nightfire z1 he got off of you.
I don't but I will find out for you. That is a cool looking sled.
I got someone coming to look at my sled saturday. Hopefully I'l be up there monday with cash!!
QUOTE(hlhinc2000 @ Dec 17 2007, 08:18 PM)
I got someone coming to look at my sled saturday. Hopefully I'l be up there monday with cash!!
Great. Thanks for a shot at your business!
QUOTE(hlhinc2000 @ Dec 17 2007, 08:18 PM)
I got someone coming to look at my sled saturday. Hopefully I'l be up there monday with cash!!
You're getting rid of that sled already? You havent had it long have you?
QUOTE(GearHd6 @ Dec 17 2007, 08:36 PM)
You're getting rid of that sled already? You havent had it long have you?
nope, but I got a good deal on it and I'll get an even better deal at HPS with there prices!!
I did not want to come on here make trouble with Scott. I did forget the overall picture here, That Scott has sold a lot of product for acrtic cat over the years. Which is very good. I have to give credit were credit is due him. Yes I made myself look like a ass here but, I have Big shoulders I will stand up and say It was not right to bash which I had no intent to.
Bob Is selling A F1000 lxr $8050 With set up and deliver included, And if you purchase before dec 24 you get $300 of liquids( arctic catoffer) plus we have not figured in the set up and freight yet Which about $250, $550 right there. The closes price that I to compare from Scott list is 07 F10 snopro for $8000. So $500
But I mentioned Std in the post. Which would be a $875, F10 std $7725 with set and freight
Arctic cat offer $300, set up freight$250, $275 =$850 More than $600 I think.
Anyboby on this site can call for yourself and talk to him to prove it. Like resaber700 did.
Bob Is selling A F1000 lxr $8050 With set up and deliver included, And if you purchase before dec 24 you get $300 of liquids( arctic catoffer) plus we have not figured in the set up and freight yet Which about $250, $550 right there. The closes price that I to compare from Scott list is 07 F10 snopro for $8000. So $500
But I mentioned Std in the post. Which would be a $875, F10 std $7725 with set and freight
Arctic cat offer $300, set up freight$250, $275 =$850 More than $600 I think.
Anyboby on this site can call for yourself and talk to him to prove it. Like resaber700 did.
First, if I had a former employee who left on good terms, I would (and have) sell to them for a better price than a guy off the street. Next, you can take either the Cat offers or the rebates (which are figured into the discounted price) but not both. If he will sell a F1000 LXR for $8000, he has a better price than me (we don't have any left, but I did not sell them that cheap). Also, we pay $230 for freight and only charge $199 for freight and set up.
Sounds like you are getting a great deal and I hope you enjoy your sled. All I ask is that next time you think before you post and don't bother to if you have no interest in buying. I am paying to post on here and Bob is not. Thanks to you, he got a lot of free advertising though. I still would like to see a bill of sale showing a new LXR for $8K.
Sounds like you are getting a great deal and I hope you enjoy your sled. All I ask is that next time you think before you post and don't bother to if you have no interest in buying. I am paying to post on here and Bob is not. Thanks to you, he got a lot of free advertising though. I still would like to see a bill of sale showing a new LXR for $8K.
cleaned some of this up.. don't be upset if your "quoted" post is gone.. it just hurts the situation
thanks guys
Dan
thanks guys
Dan
It is obvious that you have earned the loyalty and respect of alot of people at HCS and otherwise for a variety of reasons Scott.
Handled this mess in a profesional manner on top of it.
Keep up the good work.
Mark
Handled this mess in a profesional manner on top of it.
Keep up the good work.
Mark
QUOTE(EastMark @ Dec 18 2007, 01:53 PM)
It is obvious that you have earned the loyalty and respect of alot of people at HCS and otherwise for a variety of reasons Scott.
Handled this mess in a profesional manner on top of it.
Keep up the good work.
Mark
Handled this mess in a profesional manner on top of it.
Keep up the good work.
Mark
I 2nd that. He held his cool throughout this whole thread. Great job! That speaks a lot for you and your business.
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