Opinion on Pricing 2014 Class RV

Jackie P wrote:
Thank you all for the quick reply. We did walk away and weren't sure if we had done the right thing. Right now the dealer has only come down 15% off of MSRP. I should have mentioned that yes we did make an offer but it was declined. We are curious to know why dahkota didn't want the full wall slide? Has there been major issues with them?

Yes. Do a search on a user named mastercraft93. Over 40 pages of horror.

riven1950 wrote:

Whatever you do, don't make the same mistake we just made and buy from a camping world. If you do make all corrections prior to taking possession. So far, not much of anything they told us has turned out to be true.

May be looking for a TT soon......Just curious, what kind of things did the tell you that did not come true?

Honestly, except for an aftermarket installation which I pushed for expedition, they have yet to follow up on anything at all. We were told the "list"would be handled within the first week and that was a month ago. You will see a lot of "pass the buck" and blaming excuses, but after they got our money, the "customer service" pretty much stopped.
To be fair, there are some other details involved so I'm waiting with as much patience as I can muster, however, when you spend over $100k +, you should be able to enjoy the process. The stress in dealing with them has not been pleasant in our experience.
I don't want to go into more detail than that for right now, in case it ends up in court, but I can say with conviction, that I would never buy another RV from them under any circumstance. It is also important to note that there are some very good and hardworking people in the company that have been very nice to work with, but the "system" in our opinion, is designed to favor only CW, and not us the customers.
The point of my original post was to encourage everyone to do your homework. I wish I had read more about them before I bought from them. That's my mistake, not theirs, and I need to learn from the mistake.
Be informed, and don't count on anyone to protect your investment except yourself!

Jackie P wrote:
We are looking to buy a new 2014 class A Thor motorhome and we are finding that the dealer is still asking the same Price this rig would have been say 6 months ago. Our opinion is that this RV should be reduced since it is technically considered to be at least a year old already and the 2015s are coming in now at almost the same price. When we think about car dealerships they are clearing out their 2014 cars now and we are wondering if dealers do the same with RVs? Also does anyone have any feedback on thor motorhomes and getting them serviced?

This could be due to the decline in the Canadian dollar as of late. The dealer probably bought the unit when the CAD = US exchange rate was more favorable. The dealer may not be able to drop much more and still break even for a new model. Theoretically the dealer will want to take your money and purchase a new rig for inventory. This now costs him more Canadian dollars because of the exchange. Another factor could be the floor plan(financing) is from the factory in US dollars. The dealer may go upside down on the unit if he drops the price more. At some point he may be willing to take the loss and move on. You just have to motivate him to take the loss now.
About 6 months ago the exchange rate was about $1 US = $1.06 CAD now $1 US is about $1.11 5 cents does not seem like much until you get to the fact that each $100,000 CAD has shrunk $5,000.

Thank you all for the quick reply. We did walk away and weren't sure if we had done the right thing. Right now the dealer has only come down 15% off of MSRP. I should have mentioned that yes we did make an offer but it was declined. We are curious to know why dahkota didn't want the full wall slide? Has there been major issues with them?

Whatever you do, don't make the same mistake we just made and buy from a camping world. If you do make all corrections prior to taking possession. So far, not much of anything they told us has turned out to be true.

May be looking for a TT soon......Just curious, what kind of things did the tell you that did not come true?

We just bought a 2014 Thor Challenger 37 KT, and learned several things. Do your homework on the Internet and come up with a fair market price, make an offer on the unit based on the facts that you came up with while doing your research. The dealer will either accept, decline, or counter your offer. Then go from there. Whatever you do, don't make the same mistake we just made and buy from a camping world. If you do make all corrections prior to taking possession. So far, not much of anything they told us has turned out to be true.

one more thing, check the year of the drive train chassis against the year of the rv , alot are already one year old, like this rv is tagged a 2104 but the chassis tagged 2013 . even 2012. take 35% off his msrp figure the tax,s aoff that and make a offer your willing to pay.

YOU need to make the offer required! Don't wait for the dealer to drop the price....

You say the dealer is still asking the same price. They can, and will, ask for the moon. You didn't say whether you made an offer. If you did and the dealer stuck to the original price, move on. At least that's what I would do.

Don't let any dealer pressure you. Make them an offer. If they don't take it walk. I walked out of a lot of dealers. You will find a deal.

Biggest mistake is letting a dealer see you just falling in love with an RV. There may be a surcharge for that.:B