{"id":31,"date":"2026-11-10T10:49:34","date_gmt":"2026-11-10T10:49:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tractorscore.com\/?p=31"},"modified":"2026-11-10T10:49:34","modified_gmt":"2026-11-10T10:49:34","slug":"reading-a-dealer-quote-fees-freight-and-prep","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tractorscore.com\/?p=31","title":{"rendered":"Reading a Dealer Quote: Fees, Freight and Prep"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Two quotes for the same tractor can differ by hundreds of dollars once fees are added. Always ask for an out-the-door price in writing.<\/p>\n<h3>Questions to ask<\/h3>\n<p>Is freight included? What do setup and prep cost? Are documentation or delivery fees extra? Are attachments, a battery or a first service included?<\/p>\n<h3>Compare like for like<\/h3>\n<p>Ask each dealer for the same configuration so the numbers can be compared fairly.<\/p>\n<h3>Keep the paper trail<\/h3>\n<p>Save the quote, the invoice and your messages in one place.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two quotes for the same tractor can differ by hundreds of dollars once fees are added. Always ask for an out-the-door price in writing. Questions to ask Is freight included? What do setup and prep cost? Are documentation or delivery fees extra? Are attachments, a battery or a first service included? Compare like for like [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-31","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ts-guides"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tractorscore.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tractorscore.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tractorscore.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tractorscore.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tractorscore.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=31"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tractorscore.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tractorscore.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=31"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tractorscore.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=31"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tractorscore.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=31"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}