Internet RV Prices Today

MSRP probably means about the same thing as "List Price" as when you see something at a store and they say everything is 30% off list price. It is the price they invent so they can put it on sale and the buyer will think they are getting a good deal. I'm not trying to understand MSRP. I'm just checking so see if there are some recent buyers here and if they were able to get a new RV for less than the heavily discounted price on RV Trader. My guess is they may be able to get it for a little less, but not much less. But then maybe that's what the dealers what you to think when they price it on RV Trader and a sharp buyer might get it for a little less than "a little less". Like I said, I just don't want to be the fool who paid too much.

No idea what the "MSRP" for an RV means?? It does seem to be some made up number so that they can then say "35% off MSRP!!"...

Of course the dealer still has to make a few bucks on any deal they make.. Just as the manufacturer has to make a few bucks on any deal they make. That seems to be the 'game' of it all.. You want the best price and the dealer will either let you walk or not.

I compared prices and found the rig I wanted back in 2019 for the price I was willing to pay for it.. I think I can still get that same price I paid for it back then if I were to sell it now.. But, then to replace it, I would be paying a lot more.

Just like my house.. I can sell it now for a lot more then I paid for it back in 1998.. It's actually paid off now too! :) But, to get into anything even close to what I have now I'd be back to a having a mortgage again!

Anyway, buy what you want when you want it, as the prices are not going to get cheaper the longer you wait these days...

Good luck! Mitch

The RV market has seen such an ebb and flow in the last 2 years it's nearly impossible to know if you are getting a good deal. Prices were stable and the scenario you describe of 25-30% off MSRP was the norm. BTW MSRP is supposed to be set at the factory and dealers are supposed to abide by a MAP (minimize advertised pricing) to keep the dealers from the same manufacturer from putting one another out of business. But all that changed with Covid. Crippled supply chains, manufacturers losing employees, supply was at an all time low. Meanwhile, covid made conventional travel come to a halt. So everyone started buying RV's. Dealer lots were empty. Supply low and demand high to the extreme. Prices no longer needed to be discounted and people were falling over themselves to over pay just to get an RV. Now the market is saturated, supply chains restored and demand is low. Anyone who wanted an RV bought one, seasonality, conventional travel is restored and interest rates are at a historical high. Supply high, demand low. Ok, that was a lot to unpack, but if I were to forecast, come spring you'll see the used market saturated. But unless the Fed loosens the grip on money, people will still be hesitant to buy. If you have cash, it might be your time. But getting a good price and financing costing more, means your good deal still costs you more in the long run.

All that said, the only real way to know if you are getting a good deal is a LOT of homework to see what like models are listed and have sold for and a lot of shopping around and asking for best and final price. In the end, the seller and the buyer should both give a little and you just need to feel good enough that you got a deal that works. It's still a depreciating asset so it's always going to be worth less than what you paid.

Educate me a little bit here, since it's been a long time since I've bought a new RV.

Since new RV's don't have monroney labels as new cars do, how would I know what true 'MSRP' might be? Or, would a dealer show me an invoice, and work from actual dealer cost upward?

I hate to deal with pie-in-the-sky fabricated numbers, but unfortunately that looks like the way it is more and more today. Even when purchasing a new car, 'addendums' added to the factory monroney label can change the 'MSRP' drastically. Then, it is no longer an MSRP, since M stands for manufacturer, but it becomes a dealer's suggested retail price.

I was in the automobile business for 30 years, and I hate games and deception as much now as I did then.