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trx680
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May 08, 2020

our current FINANCIAL situation

So I read the post here where it's claimed that RV sales are up.
I heard that Class B van types campers are up slightly and everything else is down.
My thinking is... I'm not going in debt right now until things calm down and get more back to normal. And I have been out of work for 7 weeks.
Unemployment is through the roof right now. I really don't see how RV sales could be up since this crisis. Unless theres something I'm missing.
When you are out of work or on a reduced schedule why go into debt for something like an RV. Even if you are still working isnt it in the back of your mind "what does the future hold"??

I would expect to see alot of RVs, boats, motorcycles, etc up FOR SALE and an increase of repossessions.

Me personally, well, I was at the RV show earlier this year...just looking. Glad I didnt buy anything.
  • So just reread your first sentence. You're post is tied to that sentence being true.
  • I suspect a number of RV's are being bought as "isolation chambers" for folks trying to avoid potentially infecting family members if their jobs place them in potential CV-19 exposure situations. Others are likely being bought as replacements for vacations normally done by air or cruise travel. And of course some are just long planned purchases that happen to come together now. Certainly some of the sales are being financed, but I'd bet not all of them...

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