Depreciation of new RVs
Some time ago there were several posts regarding the seemingly excessive depreciation of RVs. I can't find anything now, so does anyone have a good guide of what to expect?
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beemerphile1 wrote:
I buy what I want and assume it will be worthless when I get rid of it.
Me too...
I was pleasantly surprised to sell a 2006 pop up I paid 4700 new in 2005 for for 3500 this spring.
BUT, as someone noted, location is everything on new and used. That 3500 I got up here in MT would have been about 2K in Kansas where I came from. Same for Subaru's up here worth a bunch back in KS, not so much.
I actually think you could make money buying campers back in KS and driving them up here to sell them, same for used Subys.
Look at RVTrader is you want to see the difference in pricing by regions of the country. It is worth driving a thousand miles to save 5k to 20,000 bucks on various models. You will note, upon occasion, that pricing can be directly related to distance traveled from the plant where they were constructed...but not always. Georgia and Texas always seems to be selling units extremely cheap. Northern IN, where a large chunk of all campers are made, can be a good place to go.
