Pricing confusion???????????
Was looking at an ad for a 2002 R-Vision Trail-lite 251 motorhome on RVTrader. It's listed by a dealer for $24,900. NADA average retail, accounting for mileage but no options added is $11,582. (T...
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PRodacy wrote:Dealers AND private party sellers are both sometimes almost 2 X NADA Low-Retail/High-Retail pricing.
When we were looking at TCs, our local dealer had one and was asking 15,000. I found the same year and model at a dealer about 5 hours away -they had it listed for 8500. I called our local dealer back, showed him the listing, and offered 8500. told them we needed a much better price or we'd go to the other dealer. They almost immediately came down to 9000, so we took it as it looked like it just came off the showroom. They also threw in Torklift tie downs and fast guns. Basically, just ignore asking prices and offer what you're willing to pay.
I do exactly what you've done when buying used. Offer -50% of what they're asking. And come away with the unit and an acceptable, competitive price.
