Upsell and Add-ons for New Purchase
I will be buying a 5th wheel soon and was wonder what kinds of services and add ons do the dealerships typically try to add on beforr closing and in your opinions which ones are good or worthless? We ...
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They will try to sell you extended warranty and other services. Just like car dealers, they will come down on price on them if you want them. They work good for some and others don't want them. To each their own. We purchase them as we want to enjoy our camping experience and if something goes wrong, we want someone else to be responsible for it. Ours also included roadside, which is good to have. Of course if we were retired and had time to deal with things, not have to worry about our schedule, or time to do things (and knew how), then we wouldn't opt for it either. Budget is another factor as well. If i'm maxing my budget on the RV and cant afford the extras, then I would rather lower my budget on the RV and get the extras.
As far as extras that you might want to have on the RV, it will depend on what it already has...but some good things to have are... black tank flush, solar (or solar prepped if you don't want solar), beefed up battery bank, fantastic fans throughout, covers for fans/vents, convection/microwave, 4 season package, etc....Some of these things you may think that you won't need, but it will be better to have than not to have. Your style of camping may change. When we started, we were not interested so much in boondocking or dry camping. so our RV purchases reflected more of the type that you go, plug in and sit in a resort. We still enjoy that, but we also want to be able to enjoy the other type of camping.
As far as extras that you might want to have on the RV, it will depend on what it already has...but some good things to have are... black tank flush, solar (or solar prepped if you don't want solar), beefed up battery bank, fantastic fans throughout, covers for fans/vents, convection/microwave, 4 season package, etc....Some of these things you may think that you won't need, but it will be better to have than not to have. Your style of camping may change. When we started, we were not interested so much in boondocking or dry camping. so our RV purchases reflected more of the type that you go, plug in and sit in a resort. We still enjoy that, but we also want to be able to enjoy the other type of camping.
