Strange Way To Do Business
I spent the $25 to find out how much a sidecar would cost for my Burgman 400. What I found out is that it would've cost me as much as a brand new AN650. Granted, their rig is very pretty and sleek, but it's almost twice what I spent for a Texas Sidecar Ranger model.
What I didn't like was being threatened by ARMEC with some unspecified consequence for sharing the price information with anybody. I'm not about to get into a peeing contest with ARMEC, so I'm not going to divulge exact numbers even though I never signed any contract not to tell anybody anything about the info they sent me for my 25 bucks, but I will say it's a hell of a way to do business. Why would you not want help in marketing your product? Your customers can be your best sales people, and straight talk about pricing instills confidence and credibility. Even my phone conversation with their office was not particularly warm.
In my opinion, a business must be willing to stand up to its competition by putting out the best product at the best possible price. To unilaterally demand that your potential customers keep your pricing information out of view of your competion and the public shows an apparent lack of confidence and poor manners. If they had stated that before I sent the $25, I would've kept my money.