bob8687
Sep 03, 2013Explorer
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.
Couple of buying questions:
Is there a great deal of difference in "haggle room" between an "on the lot" unit or ordering a new one from the factory via the same dealer? (neither has the second A/C and that is a must, we are in the Tucson area and will be traveling summers in the southwest)
Realistically, how much of a reduction from MSRP can one expect without going through six months of back and forth? I HATE THAT GAME! I've read somewhere that profit margins run about 35% and to expect about 20% from MSRP as a point to shoot for-- everybody wins. Is that at all realistic?
If you would weigh in on this question very honestly I'd really appreciate it--and that said, I know some will have gotten screaming deals on a year old unit that had sat on a lot for 15 months, or because they 'know someone', or....well I think you know what I mean. I'm looking for some reference point from where I sit--never bought one before, don't have any contacts in the business, etc. and don't want to drive away with my new fiver only to find out that I should have gotten it for several thousands more off; nor do I want to get into a stalemate with the dealer over a figure that is unrealistic.
Give me your best folks.......we are so jazzed about joining the "on the road" community!!!!!!
Bob
Couple of buying questions:
Is there a great deal of difference in "haggle room" between an "on the lot" unit or ordering a new one from the factory via the same dealer? (neither has the second A/C and that is a must, we are in the Tucson area and will be traveling summers in the southwest)
Realistically, how much of a reduction from MSRP can one expect without going through six months of back and forth? I HATE THAT GAME! I've read somewhere that profit margins run about 35% and to expect about 20% from MSRP as a point to shoot for-- everybody wins. Is that at all realistic?
If you would weigh in on this question very honestly I'd really appreciate it--and that said, I know some will have gotten screaming deals on a year old unit that had sat on a lot for 15 months, or because they 'know someone', or....well I think you know what I mean. I'm looking for some reference point from where I sit--never bought one before, don't have any contacts in the business, etc. and don't want to drive away with my new fiver only to find out that I should have gotten it for several thousands more off; nor do I want to get into a stalemate with the dealer over a figure that is unrealistic.
Give me your best folks.......we are so jazzed about joining the "on the road" community!!!!!!
Bob