westernrvparkowner wrote:
dewey02 wrote:
ct78barnes wrote:
Just for fun I called a big dealer and ask him to give me what he would give for my 4 year old Winnebago Sightseer . It was 1/2 of what I payed for it. Does it ever stop going down or level off.
Well, maybe "just for fun" the dealer gave you a lowball offer.
Or maybe he has to make money to cover for all the wasted time he spends giving responses to bogus, non-serious inquiries about the value of someone's RV when they have no intention of doing a deal. You wasted his time and you are the one complaining?
Maybe it was just fun for you, it was non-productive work for the dealer.
Best post in this thread!!. On top of that, how can any dealer give a quote on a rig they aren't even looking at. They have two choices. 1) Give a safe quote, leaving them with a little bit of wiggle room should the rig is not be exactly as described. Trouble is, you get a situation like the first poster where they are upset with the value given. They of course don't come in to trade or sell the rig to the dealer and the dealer does indeed just waste time and money. 2) give a high quote and nit-pick the every detail about the rig when the guy brings it in to drive the actual price down to what it is worth. This might bring the customer into the dealership, giving the dealer at least a puncher's chance at making a deal. But almost always people take offense with someone telling them all the little things wrong with their RV and it just turns into bad blood and a waste of time.
Most of us would not waste the time of other businesses. We wouldn't have construction companies come out and give us estimates on remodeling jobs we have no intention of undertaking. Just like the "boy who cried Wolf", enough people waste the dealer's time with nonsense like this, you will end up with a dealer who assumes every such call is a waste of time.
And finally, is there anyone, anywhere, who didn't know that RVs depreciate about as fast as a punctured balloon?
I recently sold my MH and dealer offered 90+% below nada low retail sight unseen. Thought it was an honest wholesale offer as the deal on the new MH was 28.5% off MSRP.
Dealer did not waste his time made me want to trade my MH
My MH had various minor scars from trees attacking it etc. I thought the dealer would lower his offer a couple thousand when he saw the trade but went ahead anyway as we wanted the new MH. Dealer complained about this and that but in the end it was like $650 and the trade was lowered to 89.9% below NADA low retail.
Dealers can be honest and helpful or waste their time and your time with bogus numbers and not make sales.
How they make these offers sight unseen is beyond me.