Tazshido
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The only reason I can come up with, besides that they have all been taken in by the hype, is that AAFES (Army and Air Force Exchange Service) only deals in Buell and Harley-Davidson motorcycles. I tried for years to petition the AAFES to give some incentives to get other makers involved and they simply won't. The prices are drastically reduced (from insanely overpriced to somewhat overpriced) and it can be payed for and delivered so that the Soldier gets to come home and immediately take possession of their bike.
Even the guys bragging about what they are buying have to admit that I'm going to blow their wheels off when I return with my savings and buy a Rocket III outright. When I ask why they don't do the same they shrug and say "I always wanted a Harley". They also use the excuse that it's easy to buy this way. I like to mess with the AAFES sales people by walking in and telling them I'm ready to sign for a Triumph and watch their faces fall as they have to tell me that they don't deal in them. One guy was from Ireland and I could tell that it actually caused him physical pain to inform me that his office would not handle Triumphs (poor guy).
Harley is making a butt-load of sales doing this. Where's Triumph? They could start their own on-line Military sales and work the same magic. Oh well, I guess I don't have to worry about losing that exclusivity facter huh?
Even the guys bragging about what they are buying have to admit that I'm going to blow their wheels off when I return with my savings and buy a Rocket III outright. When I ask why they don't do the same they shrug and say "I always wanted a Harley". They also use the excuse that it's easy to buy this way. I like to mess with the AAFES sales people by walking in and telling them I'm ready to sign for a Triumph and watch their faces fall as they have to tell me that they don't deal in them. One guy was from Ireland and I could tell that it actually caused him physical pain to inform me that his office would not handle Triumphs (poor guy).
Harley is making a butt-load of sales doing this. Where's Triumph? They could start their own on-line Military sales and work the same magic. Oh well, I guess I don't have to worry about losing that exclusivity facter huh?