Future Used RV Market
There have been record numbers of RV's sold during the past year. Many are first time buyers who hope to enjoy the freedoms of camping during the pandemic. Many of these buyers have paid top dol...
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way2roll wrote:
Surprised (well maybe not) by some of the comments on this forum about new campers, "Covidiots" and the like. Do you have a monopoly on camping we didn't know about? Are newbies not entitled to be newbies simply because their motives to go camping were spurred by no real alternative to safe travel? Weren't you newbies at one point? Lots of assumptions about the lack of intellect on some new campers and presumed short sightedness. I know quite a few newbies this year and I can attest, they aren't stupid or naïve. And none of them have any intent of hanging up the camping hat anytime soon. Will some revert back to conventional travel post pandemic, whenever that is? Yes. But not all. But these comments about newbies being idiots is, well, idiotic.
I took the original intent as more an issue of people's normal recreational outlets have been shut down so many have diverted to new options. Not that they are idiots.
I would take current intent they tell you with a big grain of salt. Not many people would plunk down many thousands of dollars with the intention of calling it a blunder. Actually admitting to a blunder, usually comes years later after the wound is healed.
I agree, not all will revert back to their old recreational outlets but it's quite likely a sizable percentage will. If even 30% dump their rig in a year or two, that would be a lot of relatively new units hitting the market and likely would depress prices.
Honestly, I find it highly unlikely that all the new RVers will continue longer term. So the real question is how long before these RVs wind up on the market and do they do so in a large surge.
