offering a price on a used motorhome
I'm considering buying a used motorhome in very good shape. The dealer is asking $70,000, the NADA price is $55,000 to $66,500. I want to offer them less than $70,000, but I don't want to embarras...
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Here's how my story ended. We searched everywhere online and talked directly to dealers on the east coast and determined the coach we liked the most was going to be hard to find. We really didn't care whether we bought from a dealer or individual and even the price (within reason) wasn't as much of an issue as the state of the coach.
Luckily we happened on an individual who seemed to have the same philosophy wrt maintenance (something of a fanatic) but he lived 800 miles away. After LONG conversations, we pretty much agreed on a price before we even went out there. He'd reduced his price about 10% below his original asking price, which had been close to NADA in good condition.
So in the end we happily paid the pre-negotiated price.
btw, buying from an individual turned out, bureaucracy-wise, to be much harder for us than buying from a dealer. In the end, though, we're happy!
Luckily we happened on an individual who seemed to have the same philosophy wrt maintenance (something of a fanatic) but he lived 800 miles away. After LONG conversations, we pretty much agreed on a price before we even went out there. He'd reduced his price about 10% below his original asking price, which had been close to NADA in good condition.
So in the end we happily paid the pre-negotiated price.
btw, buying from an individual turned out, bureaucracy-wise, to be much harder for us than buying from a dealer. In the end, though, we're happy!
