Trade In Values
I was considering the purchase of a for sale by owner travel trailer. For price negotiation I expected to find the trade in value at nadaguides but only found the low and high retail values. Does an...
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Sandia Man wrote:
NADA is rarely precisely accurate for what a RV is worth in value in current market situations. Doing an internet search for similar RVs can yield a realistic price range for current market conditions. Everybody believes their rig is worth more than what the current market dictates, plus if they are upside down in their financing they will price it high hoping some unknowing sucker will bite and that does happen more than some would think.
Dealers can sense when somebody is infatuated with a particular rig and routinely make a killing way beyond their minimum profit margin. It's very seldom that 2 identical rigs on a dealer's lot sell for the same exact price. The more research you do beforehand will net you a better price and probably a nicer used RV to boot. It may take a bit of effort but usually a better deal can be had purchasing directly from owner, with dealers always ask for the out the door price.
Yep. Someone mentioned NADA does not reflect sales data and is a formulated discounted based upon MSRP. I have used rvtrader to get "requested" price data but the actual sales price is a mystery.
