Do I have to take the dealer's word on the MSRP?

Fleetwood posts starting prices for each of their offerings

loulou57 wrote:
You don't have to and shouldn't necessarily take the dealers word on anything.

Now I am not saying all dealers stretch the truth, embellish or even delete information, but I would do as much homework as I can on both $ value and the unit itself.

I'm turning over every rock!

bfast54 wrote:
When a trailer is delivered......... the paperwork we have list the price from the manufacturer and then..........Well,use your imagination.:E

..I have to look at the invoice,that way I know the Amount of the Check...they have to write me..(not me personally..I wish...)...which I then Send to my company,the shipper...who then pays us...:W

But that's the invoice price. There's no way in h-e-double toothpicks I'd ever get that out of a dealer.

kalynzoo wrote:
The MSRP, Manufacturer's Suggested Retail Price, should be compiled and posted by the manufacturer. You could check the websites of other dealers for the model and see if they list the same MSRP. Often the manufacturer's website will give a base price and range for models.

I've only seen a few manufacturers that listed the MSRP of their products. As far as checking the websites of dealers for a MSRP goes, that would be putting me back to trusting the dealers. Which is why I started the thread. I don't want to trust them.

When a trailer is delivered......... the paperwork we have list the price from the manufacturer and then..........Well,use your imagination.:E

..I have to look at the invoice,that way I know the Amount of the Check...they have to write me..(not me personally..I wish...)...which I then Send to my company,the shipper...who then pays us...:W

Farm Camp wrote:
I'm not 100% sure there is any such thing as MSRP for Campers, at least as you would think of when shopping for a car or truck.

Somebody correct me if I'm wrong.

In my own experience, I looked at dealers, and at various online sites. For my exact camper (and same options) I found no fewer than 4 different "MSRP" prices. I think it may have been more like 6...

Now, I was able to get a decent idea of "MSRP" from this research, but officially, I do not believe there is any such thing - again, as you'd think of it when car shopping.

Edit to add:
I think the only way to know for sure it to ask the dealer to show you the factory invoice, not the build or option sheet, but a real invoice.

If all that's true, why do those giving tips about shopping for a new RV always talk about this percent or that percent off the MSRP? Were they privy to something you and I aren't privy to? Those are the folks that need to let they rest of us know how they determined the MSRP they were negotiating against was real. Come on. Let us in.

You don't have to and shouldn't necessarily take the dealers word on anything.

Now I am not saying all dealers stretch the truth, embellish or even delete information, but I would do as much homework as I can on both $ value and the unit itself.

I'm not 100% sure there is any such thing as MSRP for Campers, at least as you would think of when shopping for a car or truck.

Somebody correct me if I'm wrong.

In my own experience, I looked at dealers, and at various online sites. For my exact camper (and same options) I found no fewer than 4 different "MSRP" prices. I think it may have been more like 6...

Now, I was able to get a decent idea of "MSRP" from this research, but officially, I do not believe there is any such thing - again, as you'd think of it when car shopping.

Edit to add:
I think the only way to know for sure it to ask the dealer to show you the factory invoice, not the build or option sheet, but a real invoice.

The MSRP, Manufacturer's Suggested Retail Price, should be compiled and posted by the manufacturer. You could check the websites of other dealers for the model and see if they list the same MSRP. Often the manufacturer's website will give a base price and range for models.