How to buy a used toy hauler
I'm in the market for a 10-15 year old used toy hauler. I'd like to spend $6-8k on one. The book value on these units suggests that I have sufficient budget and just have to find the right one, but ...
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4x4ord wrote:
Years ago when I bought my first 5th wheel I saw a very nice Custom Coach advertised. It was a private sale. The guy had it listed for $18,000 and I believe he honestly thought it would sell for that. I showed him an ad for another trailer that I was interested in and offered him 13500. He told me that he had already purchased a new trailer and his dealership was willing to allow him more than my offer. Anyway he traded it and a week later I saw his old trailer on a used trailer lot with an asking price of 13500.
Isn't that wild? He was so married to the unit that he took $8k for it plus some sales tax savings instead of the $13.5k you offered!
I would drive 500+ miles to buy the right unit with a wad of 20s right now, and it's winter everywhere. It's not like I'm looking for something new or too good to be true.
