How low can you go?
We're about a couple weeks away from buying a new fiver--looking at either the Keystone Mountaineer 290RL or the Grand Design Reflection 303 (REALLY like this one!). Both come in right at $48K MSRP...
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we are looking too.. making final decisions on a 2013 Keystone Alpine today. we live in Texas, dual a/c required here too.
its the end of the model year, so now thru end of January the dealers will be unloading left over stock.. these are the slow sellers. but the longer they sit, the more they will want to unload. (but the less choices you will have)
where we are, we can get the same trailer, exact same options, for $8-13k cheaper by traveling to Michigan. (same sales tax, so its only the trailer).. We are going up anyhow for a family thing by car, so it is just take the other vehicle to save 12k!.. 64,900 vs 52,900. hm.. what to do?!
(there is ONE known value in the calculation, the texas dealers have to pay to GET them to Texas.. transportation is about $1800 each unit). (yes the fuel costs are different, 37 vs 16 mpg in the dually, 10 towing 12k lbs, but at most around $400 different. to save 12k?)
my negotiating style is to offer what I WANT the deal to be, and be prepared to walk out, and see what the counter is. The 1st Counter offer is usually about 75% of where they can go.
Be outlandish, worst they can say is No. (and if you don't ask, the answer is already No).
Sam
its the end of the model year, so now thru end of January the dealers will be unloading left over stock.. these are the slow sellers. but the longer they sit, the more they will want to unload. (but the less choices you will have)
where we are, we can get the same trailer, exact same options, for $8-13k cheaper by traveling to Michigan. (same sales tax, so its only the trailer).. We are going up anyhow for a family thing by car, so it is just take the other vehicle to save 12k!.. 64,900 vs 52,900. hm.. what to do?!
(there is ONE known value in the calculation, the texas dealers have to pay to GET them to Texas.. transportation is about $1800 each unit). (yes the fuel costs are different, 37 vs 16 mpg in the dually, 10 towing 12k lbs, but at most around $400 different. to save 12k?)
my negotiating style is to offer what I WANT the deal to be, and be prepared to walk out, and see what the counter is. The 1st Counter offer is usually about 75% of where they can go.
Be outlandish, worst they can say is No. (and if you don't ask, the answer is already No).
Sam
