RV dealers and MSRP above RV maker prices?

OH48Lt wrote:
A RV has a MSRP sticker? I've never seen one, have looked at hundreds, maybe thousands if you include those at RV shows, have yet to see a MSRP sticker on any window. Plenty of dealer manufactured sheets and cards, and a few supposedly factory invoices and some factory order sheets, but no factory sticker.

Go back a few posts. I posted my MSRP sticker from my new factory ordered 2005 Itasca Suncruiser. All new Winnebago motorhomes have a window MSRP sticker.

Please read the fine print on the top of my window MSRP sticker.

-Tom

Duke-44 wrote:

FunnyCamper wrote:

Duke-44 wrote:
The rig I bought (see previous post) had a $45,500 MSRP. The factory price to the dealer was $27,500. I actually paid $31,500.

Go figure!

How did you find out the factory price?
that isn't something I see out there when pricing campers.

When a vehicle is registered in WY., the state somehow has access to the factory prices. So when I received the registration it had the factory price listed on it.

Maybe someone on this site who works for a state DMV can tell us?

I would be more inclined to think that is some sort of taxable value provided by the manufacturer. Like automobiles there can still be other incentives to the dealer not disclosed to arrive at the actual price paid by the dealer.

A RV has a MSRP sticker? I've never seen one, have looked at hundreds, maybe thousands if you include those at RV shows, have yet to see a MSRP sticker on any window. Plenty of dealer-manufactured sheets and cards, and a few supposedly factory invoices and some factory order sheets, but no factory sticker.

Only way I know of to get a decent deal is via completion. On the last RV we purchased (about 1.5 years ago), we had already decided we were going to order the unit so we could get the options we wanted. I contacted six different dealers - and I told each of them what I was doing - contacting a number of dealers and was planning on going with whoever gave me the best deal. To do this you may have to go out a ways in regard to distance. Several of the dealers were over a thousand miles away from me - but I figured if they gave me a great deal, the drive was worth it. And with the internet it's simple to track down dealers all over the country. In any event, I got offers that varied by thousands of dollars - and I went with the lowest which was around 300 miles from home. I did the same thing when purchasing my last car. And regarding the RV MSRP, most dealers sent me order sheets, which showed the factory MSRP and contained a list of options. In my instance, these matched up - same MSRP and same cost for options.

I found this site to be helpful - seedealercost.com

Tim

One Mfg prices their MHs more than double reasonable profit levels. The Dealers negotiate for what they cna get. A savy Buyer, familiar with what the units cost and reasonable profit for the Dealer can get a reasonable deal. However some Dealers won't sell at a reasonable price because they think or know someone else will come along, that doesn't know and they can make a big killing. It would be a good investment to have someone intimate with pricing etc to buy for us or acompany us to buy. Whne you see Mhs with "all wood" pressed wood cabinet doors etc, for 800,000.00 plus you now there is a huge mark up. Even the paint quality has been backed off, the last couple or few years to gie a larger margine of profitability.

FunnyCamper wrote:

Duke-44 wrote:
The rig I bought (see previous post) had a $45,500 MSRP. The factory price to the dealer was $27,500. I actually paid $31,500.

Go figure!

How did you find out the factory price?
that isn't something I see out there when pricing campers.

When a vehicle is registered in WY., the state somehow has access to the factory prices. So when I received the registration it had the factory price listed on it.

Maybe someone on this site who works for a state DMV can tell us?

Funny thing is that most MSRP prices are higher to make it easier to take a trade and to finance the unit. The lender looks at down payment and MSRP and if you are underwater on your trade you can make the numbers work but you will be drowning then.

Duke-44 wrote:
The rig I bought (see previous post) had a $45,500 MSRP. The factory price to the dealer was $27,500. I actually paid $31,500.

Go figure!

How did you find out the factory price?
that isn't something I see out there when pricing campers.

kcmoedoe wrote:
Before you condemn the dealer to hades, be sure you have followed all the permutations regarding all the options on the rig. For example, on my motorhome, the in motion satellite system showed an option msrp of $1575.00, but to get that option you had to buy the Automatic satellite system for $2750.00, making the net msrp for In Motion satellite $4325. It would be real easy to just take the $1575 and add it to your list and skip the $2750 if you were spec'ing it out on your own.
Also, you need to check the MSRP line by line to be sure each rig is EXACTLY the same. Personally, I have never encountered a dealer that screwed with the actual MSRP from the manufacturer. There is plenty of markup in that price for any dealer. They will, however add a bunch of "stuff" at the dealership you probably want to avoid, like paint protection packages, and they may even add a few things you might want like a bundle of accessories such as hoses, leveling blocks, adapters and the like.

No matter how you slice it, the above is still balogna..:R

Dealers do what dealers do - plenty of price-mutations and manipulations, ROTFL.

Buyer beware - buyer be informed - buyer "BOHICA"...:S

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