Rural Lifestyle Dealer editors encounter a variety of articles, social media posts, podcasts and videos that offer a unique look at various aspects of the rural lifestyle market. Here is our favorite content from the past week:

Best of the Web This Week is brought to you by Monarch Tractor.

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The Pitfalls of Charging "Other" Fees

To support infrastructure investment and recover costs, many dealers will charge “Other Fees” (e.g., document fees or administrative fees) to customers as part of a whole goods sale transaction. Unfortunately, even though there is an important business rationale for these fees, the legal landscape surrounding them can be confusing due to the various legal authorities and issues involved. Click the link here to read more on from the North American Equipment Dealers Assn. (NAEDA).

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Bayou Kubota Hosts Groundbreaking Ceremony

Louisiana Kubota dealer Bayou Kubota recently broke ground on a new building in Monroe. Dealer Principal Jeremy Gantt, a speaker at the 2023 Dealer Success Academy, spoke with KTVE regarding the new building, including how much time had led up to that moment.

Help Your Customers Avoid Online Equipment Scams

In the latest episode of "3-Minute Thursday," Neil Messick at Pennsylvania dealer Messick's Equipment explained an online farm equipment scam he recently witnessed on Facebook. For instances where finding a niche or rare piece of equipment requires your customers to search online instead of doing business with your dealership, it might not be a bad idea to show them this video so they can avoid this scam themselves.

Exploring the New Polaris Ranger XD 1500

Remember in our Aug. 29 Best of the Web, when we said we'd be back later with more product coverage from Farm Progress? Well, here you go! Check out this article on the all-new Polaris Ranger XD 1500, shot onsite at Farm Progress as a followup to last year's Polaris product coverage.

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Looking Back: Digital Communications Changed the Course of OEMs Working With Dealers

Reflecting on the last 55 years of Farm Equipment history, Tom Taylor, recently retired farm equipment executive, writes, “A defining moment came at different times for different businesses, but it eventually came to everyone and then it was adopted quickly. I remember that moment at which digital communication started to take the place of phone calls and snail-mail in our contacts between dealers, manufacturers and retail customers."

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