How to Negotiate an Equitable Price
Am pretty well locked into getting a Class C, B, or even a van motor home as I not only want a small motor home but a vehicle to act as a 2nd car, so to speak. Have scanned the dealers in my area for ...
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fireflock wrote:
Forget MSRP. It's made up and based on nothing real.
NADA can range from sort of OK to really bad depending on how many of a particular make/model are sold via dealers. NADA doesn't track private sales. Data can be sparse for thinly traded RV's.
My strategy would be to decide on what you want and then look nationwide for prices at other dealers as well as on sites like rvtrader and craigslist.
Anything other than a van for a daily driver will get old quick. If you plan to use it less than once a week and have plenty of parking options then using something small as a second car could be OK.
If, as you suggest, I search dealers countrywide, should I get some pricing for a couple of units that I am interested in and then go to the local dealers and show them the pricing if they do not agree to negotiate? Is there any organization that publishes approximate pricing for types of RVs. Kind of like Kelly Blue Book?
