ATV Florida Forum

Alright, were pissed.  Most of you active members know that we are new to ATVs and are looking into buying some.  We originally were going to buy from a local dealer here in FL but then had heard about the eBay way.  When you buy off eBay you dont pay any dealer fees or tax so you get them alot cheaper.  Even with shipping it is cheaper.  We have bid on atleast 10 different quads and lost ALL of them.  I dont know how or why but I guess we werent meant to have them?  We bid on 3 LTR450s, lost them.  2 Kingquads, lost those too.  A Ozark and Z250, and you guessed it... we lost em.  So then we tried Yamaha, went on eBay bid on a Grizzly 660 and lost it in the last few minutes and bid on a YFZ450 and Blaster and of course no surprise here didnt get them.  I dont know if we werent meant to have them?  Or maybe we just suck at eBaying? :D  But it seems we always loose because someone bids the last second, and I mean seconds.  There is usually 30seconds left in the auction and someone bids around 500 bucks so of course we go to bid and bid to low and loose it.  Now my dad says he gives up :(.  This sucks, and I have no idea why I made this topic lol.

In the last 30 secs or so make a bid and also put your maximum bid you want to pay for it.

I maybe wrong here, someone chim in anytime but, how do you get away with not paying taxes? You will not have to pay them on ebay but when you register in Florida and they ask how much you paid or you present them your bill of sale, you will pay taxes then. Unless you just plan on riding them in your backyard? any state park in FL they need a registration, many people are finding this out after the purchase and wishing they just would purchased here in FL. Wasting all there time and effort just find out they have to pay taxes on it anyway. Just trying to save you some trouble!

I would not let youreself get suckered in to the "last minute" bid on ebay,,,usually you ed up spending more than what you intended,,,,keep bidding if you want to go that way, but honestly, I wouldn't trust getting a quad via ebay unless it's still in the crate unassembled.

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ohhh... I didnt know that.  I thought you paid taxes as a one-time thing.  Maybe I heard them wrong and it was just the fees dealers charge that you can get out of. 

check out this thread ecspecially reply 5 and 14 about taxes!
http://www.atvflorida.com/forum/index.php/topic,20605.0.html

you can also get out of fees and dealer charges here as well. I have never ever paid any of that crap and I have purchased 7 bikes plus a rhino now. It's all part of negotiating or if you don't want to negotiate go to ARS in okeechobee(spelling?)  they don't F around just straight price, some people just don't like to do the back and forth thing, personally I love it, it makes you a stonger person, plus it's great practice for my real estate job ;)

ARS IN OKEECHOBEE IS THE CHEAPEST BUT A LOCAL DEALER IN THE TAMPA AREA HAS MATCHED THERE PRICES TWICE FOR ME

I have a 2002 Raptor 660 that is set up very nice.  My knee has really been giving me a lot of problems lately.  I rode for three hours yesterday and today I've been icing my knee.  It's swollen up like a balloon.  I injured it years ago when I rode street bikes and slid into a parked car.  Anyway, thinking about selling the Raptor.  It has +2 Laeger a-arms with TCS long travel shocks up front, rear rebuilt by TCS, CT Racing pipe, Renthal bars, AC nerfs, grab bar, bumper, full skids, steering damper, Lonestar Racing rear axle, 2 sets of bead locks for the fronts (one shod with Holeshots, the other with GNCCs - BTW, the GNCCs are mounted on Douglas Shamrock 4+1 to skinny the bike up when you're riding XC), one set of bead locks for the rear with Holeshots and a set of Blackwaters on ITP rims.  The quad is in excellent condition.  I'm thinking somewhere around $5,000.00 for everything, including whatever stock parts I still have (pipe, front shocks, a-arms, tie-rods, etc).  If you're interested, PM me and I'll send you pics.

But they are being sold from dealers, not individual sellers.  They have high feedback just for their motorsports store on eBay so I would trust them.

Sorry about your knee bro, and no thanks to the bike.  We really want to buy brand new and mod ourselves.  Family oriented thing ::)

well, you dont have to have it registered. get private property.

Not everyone can afford private property and some people ride to meet other people to ride with by going to group rides.

the Honda in Tennessee sells them real cheap, and if u pay cash and don't plan on registering then u don't have to pay tax either

He's referring to Holopaw.  There are many ppl out there and you can have friends there for group rides.

Who knew buying quads would be so stressful :D.  So many rules and regulations and blah blah blah.  I think were just going to go to a local dealership a pick out some nice bikes, not even worrying about the fees and taxes.  I just want to go riding :-\

you can buy new here http://www.abernathycycles.com they only charge taxes and nothing else brand new TRX450R (Kick Start)
M.S.R.P. $6,749.00
Our Price $5,864.00 I bought a brand new 06 crf450r and paid $5500 out the door plus the 250 it cost me to drive it down from tenesse but apparently there's a place in athens ga that has about the same deals...........same bike in Orlando was $6999 + 250 {dealer fees} + setup 500+ shipping 400=  $8149 + 6.6% tax =ouch

ehh, we really wanted to stay local not go out of state.  Would have to think about that one.  But man thats a big difference in price.

Yep I save about 3 grands on that one when i walk into kissimmee powersport to see if they would at least vagely match the price they almost laugh at me so I took my $$$ flew to Memphis (I fly gratis) and shuffle a brand spanking new bike in an Hertz MiniVan  ;D ;D You can even setup the financing thru their website.......ROAD TRIP?

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there or rr. it isnt a state park is it?

But Holopaw and River ranch is not close enough to me and may not be close enough to the people that made the thread or they may not be able to afford to but property yet.

just buy some off here there are some killer deals in the for sale section

Lakehill Motors in Corinth, Miss. have the best out the door prices, including Abernathys you just gotta pick it up yourself.
$7200.00 out the door for a 2007 camo grizzly, $6800.00 for all other colors. Check out the website lakehillmotors.com

Thats what we were thinking of doing if we cant buy new without being ripped off which looks likely to happen..

Why is everyone saying buy out of state?  Wouldnt it be almost as expensive or as expensive as buying them local to have them brought down to FL?

get the out of state price and bring it to the local dealer and tel them to match it... save the trip...my friend just bought a foreman that way

So find the cheapest price out of FL and bring it to a dealer and they will match it?  If they dont then it was a waste of time :D

Just a warning I have 2 friends that went to Miss. over two years ago and bought quads got letter from state just last year pay taxes and penalties. He was able to negotiate for just the tax. They paid cash for the quads. another thing to think about is alot of the dealers here are tired of this and if you need service you get put at the back of the line if they even agree to work on it. The dealer doesn't have to work on it. just something to think about plus the cost of travel, motel food, gas etc.

And if you go to ride at any state or federal riding area in the state you will have to have the registration and will get hit then.

Maybe we will just buy local and deal with the fees :-\  Or just buy used from here because we know we can trust the members here to cut us a good deal.