Need Qick Advice for Hershey Show Please

We paid $52K (total with taxes, etc.) for our new 2004 Tioga 26Q, with all the goodies, in late 2003. Sure, prices have gone up, but paying twice as much for a similar but better-built rig with fiberglass roof boggles my mind. I noticed that many of the standard features on lower cost rigs are pricey options on PC's website. It may be that PC option packages are negotiable too. Buying the "best" may not always be the best advice for beginning RV'ers. Looking at the "best" and comparing them to lower cost but "good" RV's is probably a good starting point in deciding what brand/model/floorplan/length to buy. I'd be concerned about salesman pressure and impulse buying at an RV show.