Charging for a PDI??

Who is the dealer?

It's the same "add on" car dealers hit you with, ie; paint sealer, scotch guard, undercoating and all that******that adds another thousand dollars to the price of a car. If they don't drop the charge, then I'd go elsewhere.

ependydad wrote:
How did you negotiate your deal? Mine was on an "out the door price". Quite literally, what I negotiated was what I took a check in on the purchase day. I could care less if they had "Clown Training" as one of the line items as long as the final price was what I wanted it to be. In fact, I'm fairly positive that I was charged a $5.00 "Internet fee". Don't know, don't care. My price was the same when I called up to negotiate price.

X2 on this!!

You'd think that they would try to hide this "fee" somewhere else, and not let you know that they're trying to rip you off for an additional $1,300!!

WoodGlue

Free Range Human wrote:

...PDI $1300
New owner school $0

I expect expect them to clean for delivery.
"New owner school" is the part where they take hours to make sure you know how everything works and you can even stay over night if you wish. Sounds great to the uninitiated, but we all know EVERYBODY does this.

$1300 for a walk-through inspection...

You are making a common mistake. The Pre Delivery Inspection (PDI) and the walk through are two different things.

The PDI takes place before the buyer ever arrives at the dealership and can take a full day of a technician's time if done correctly.

The factories have about zero quality control. They rely on the dealer doing a quality PDI before delivery. During that PDI some warranty issues will likely be found and corrected before delivery to the customer.

You and every new buyer pays for the PDI. Either it is included in the price or charged separately. The total cost of the purchase is important, not the breakdown of costs.

The PDI is often the difference between a quality dealer and a slipshod one. There is no excuse for delivering an RV to a customer with roof leaks and things not working.

I occasionally see complaints on here about buyers having lots of problems with new RVs. It is usually the fault of a sloppy dealer doing a sloppy or no PDI.

TIP: Insist on a pressure leak test as part of the PDI.

Edit: I see where you stated this is a used RV. The above is for new RVs but some points may still be valid on a used RV.

Another "great" reason to avoid dealers. Purchase only from individuals and you avoid this plus the lack of customer service. Individual customer service is exactly what you get when you make the deal. Take it or leave it.

Never mind.

All that ever matters in any purchase is the bottom line cost. How the seller breaks down that agreed upon price is totally irrelevant.

RV dealers use the phrase "PDI". Car dealers use the phrase "Dealer Prep" Both rip offs.

I just draw a line thru that type of add ons, they can take it or leave it. I am used to a standard $100 "processing" charge locally for a new car, but saw in the Richmond paper an ad that the given prices do not include a $495 (I think that was it) processing charge. :s
bumpy

I would never pay to inspect something I was going to buy - but maybe I'm not understanding what they are charging for?