Lazy Days Tampa

Just like buying a car, good days and good salespersons.........bad day - you know the rest. Like others said, if you do business with them, insure it is all done before you leave..good policy to follow anywhere. We hear good and bad about other places, you never know. Safe travels.

We bought an RV from Lazydays Tampa. We talked with two salesmen and were not impressed by them.
Then while looking at unit we liked an other salesman - Todd Earwood- was showing that unit to an other couple. We talked briefly with that Todd about the unit. He said the other couple were buying the it. We told him that if an other unit like that one came in to let us know. A few days later Todd called he had a unit for us. He told us the price. We said no this is the price we will pay. Todd negotiated with his people and got the price down to an agreeable amount. We went back to Tampa and met with Todd. He stuck with us through entire transaction. If you want a real professional, ask for Todd and tell him Sandy and Rex said mentioned him.

If Ken Ware is still there He will talk straight with you.

Great feed back, thanks

my friend bought a coach from jay brunner. great experience and a easy guy to deal with.

If you tell the sales person up front that you want to be left alone to look at the RVs, they will leave you alone. Get their card, ask which of the 3 numbers on the card will get them the quickest, and go look at RVs. Bring pencil & paper & note the questions you have and which RV they refer to. If you don't find "your" RV, note the ones you really like. The sales person may know of a similar RV in service at that moment, or just being turned in as a trade-in.

When you're done looking go home or call the sales person. If you didn't like the sales person, call reception & start from scratch with a new one.

When you go to LazyDays you will understand what the main complaints are. The place is HUGE. Bring your patience with you. Usually you will be treated like a V.I.P., but everything takes a long time.

A good thing about them is one-stop shopping. You can get e v e r y thing done there, but that's another reason it all takes a long time.

I, too, have a few friends that have purchased multiple times from LazyDays. I did, have returned a couple of times to have work done, and would purchase from them again.

Bought our current coach at LD and was very happy with the deal. I think the key to dealing with salespeople, and some of them are very good, some are not, is to set the ground rules early on. There is no way to get to the coaches without going through the office. But once through, all the coaches are unlocked. We told the salesman we were assigned that we were not going to buy that day, but wanted to just look around. We asked for his card and told him that if we saw something we liked we would call him,, which we did.

Because of the age of our Dynasty it came with no warranty. However, after Josams in Orlando told me that there were several mechanical issues which made the coach unsafe to drive, I took it back to LD. Although there was no warranty, they agreed to pay for repairs.

If the deal was good, I'd buy from them again.

We came close to buying a few years back and wondered why the salesperson always wanted to be right there with you as you looked at the rig. I think he was wanted to hear what we were saying to each other. Finally found him tied up with another customer and looked at the coach by ourselves. Some things you just need to do with only your wife/husband in the discussion. We thought there might have been a bit much on the 'we need to get this deal done now before someone else comes along and buys it out from under you'. Friends bought there and complained about the time it took to get warranty work done. I understand they have added more service lanes since then so that might not be a factor now.

Dimartini's in Grass Valley did me the best. Just sayin'

I have not bought anything from Lazy Days, But I have spent time talking with several of their sales folks.. Also spent a half day at the Lazy days facility spending time exploring in detail coaches I had an interest in. If I were to buy from Lazy days, the individual that I would choose to deal with is Greg Raczynski... He was very knowledgeable, and for those questions I asked that he did not know the answer to he said he did not know and would find out...which he did... I have no way to calibrate the delivery or after sales support

The only aspect of my interactions with Lazydays that was a distraction for me is that they work very hard in trying to get one to the next step in the purchase process and they are more skilled and professional doing so than most... Principally by trying to infuse a sense of urgency in committing to buy. The main tactic is selling that the deal/price needs to be jumped on...

So my advice is;

There have been several referrals for a sales person...I have no way to know if one is better than another. Deal with one that you feel comfortable talking with.

Do not be persuaded to alter your choices or timeline.

Get what you agree to in writing including timeline.

There are a few who habitually jump on the boo hiss bandwagon re Lazy Days... If I were in the market, I would have no hesitation in selecting LazyDays as a dealer if the deal and the RV was a match for me.

Good luck in your search...

JohnnyT