Negotiating Price on a New Trailer
Hello, Thanks for everyone who has helped with my previous questions in finding a trailer. We have finally narrowed the trailer that best suits are needs and we are able to safely tow with our v...
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DanNJanice wrote:
I ran a google search and found a 2016 listed on RV Trader for an MSRP of 22,600USD. The sale price was 14,900USD and the trailer was listed as new. True, it is last years model, but that gives you an idea what the markup is.
US pricing is irrelevant here in Canada. :(
I purchased our own KZ Spree back in 2007 from Niagara Trailers here in S Ontario which currently has a 2016 KZ Sportsmen S242SBHSS listed for $23,900 Cdn plus all the usual costs of course. One can always negotiate additional items such as weight distribution, battery or batteries, perhaps a power vent fan, etc, to help ease the pain but the actual selling price won't be much lower, certainly not anywhere near the 30% our US friends so often brag about. Further west where you are the advertised price you mentioned doesn't surprise me at all as the dealer has to factor in substantial freights costs to get that trailer from Indiana to Alberta which is almost 4x further than to here in S Ontario.
