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Maybe I didn't better explain the specific nature of Triumph's US reported business practice that is chaffing some of their dealers in my area. First, our state's law prohibit certain practices as described by one local Triumph dealership. These state laws came about primarily to control car delealership/car maker relations, and protect the consumer. Of course, a Ford dealership must send a repair technician to one of Ford's out-of-state training programs if that dealership wants to sell and service the F-150 pickup truck, for example. But Ford cannot withhold that dealership's "hold back" bonus incentive to that same dealership for its past Mustang sales. If my Triumph dealer source is correct in how he described the problem, the factory is controlling the franchise dealerships as thought they were wholly owned Triumph dealerships, which they are not. The result is my state's few Triumph dealerships (6) may or may go out of their way to do business in this manner, especially when they sell other bike brands as well. If a dealership decided to cancel a new bike shipment of 30 units, then somebody tell me how the consumer benefits?
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