Who buys an RV from an RV show?

Don't kow if the models we are looking at will be at the show or not. Comparing two different models at two local dealers. We are in no hurry to take possession of the camper. The show here is in the middle of January and the last camper we purchased at a show had to come from the manufacturer so we did not get it until March 1 but it worked out because it ws a newer model year than we agreed on for the same price. We have agreed not to take the unit from the show that we are looking at since it had bunks and we figure the bunks would have been climbed in and out 1000 times by other kids at the show.

We have checked at shows for a couple and found we could get the same price at the dealer and finding the exact color scheme, etc.

Well, I do not know if this counts.. Wife and I went to the NOVI RV show, and found the rig we wanted.. This Damon Intruder I'm sitting in had one feature that was a SELLING POINT. I mean when we saw this feature we had to have it.

Bath and a half, 2 holes no waiting.

We went to the dealer the next week and got the show price. (A rather nice discount)

pigman1 wrote:
We special ordered our Bus at the Hershey show. We'd been after Bob to do a 43' without Hydro-Hot for 3 years and with the help of the Tiffin show representative and the dealer pressure, they agreed. Got just what we wanted and at the price we were willing to pay. It did take until mid January until it was delivered, but it also took a lot more special engineering work than I thought it would. Do your homework and enjoy.

Just curious why no Hydro Hot ?

Caveats:
Often competing dealers of/for the same brand are excluded from shows.
(Competition is beneficial for *you*!!).

Are you looking for an expensive MH - or an inexpensive pop-up?

Are you willing to *order* what you want -or- do you want it now?

*If* you are willing to *order* what you want, and shop across the country for the best price....you will be in the driver's seat before you attend the show.

IMO - chances are (for that one) the dealers at the show won't meet or beat the price you found with a bit of research.....
however - will they get close enough to make a "local" deal - a good (or great) deal for you?..:@

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Decisions, decisions...

We special ordered our Bus at the Hershey show. We'd been after Bob to do a 43' without Hydro-Hot for 3 years and with the help of the Tiffin show representative and the dealer pressure, they agreed. Got just what we wanted and at the price we were willing to pay. It did take until mid January until it was delivered, but it also took a lot more special engineering work than I thought it would. Do your homework and enjoy.

I always do my homework BEFORE going to the show. Shop close dealers and internet. Then when you go to the show you know if the deal is better. Every time I did this the show price was always better by a lot. The show I attend is the PA show at Hershey. It was in Harrisburg originally. This show is a manufacturer show so its my understanding that the manufacturers provide some cash incentives. Shows produced by dealers only will not have as much discounting. Worked for me many times.

We did. It was actually an RV display at a Home Show.
I had a heart attack and surgery that late winter, and the home show was my first time out of the house for some R&R. It was purely an impulse buy, after a major life moment like that, you tend to make silly decisions sometimes.

We love the travel trailer we bought, but the dealer was an absolute jerk to deal with, and he was 100 miles away from the home show and where we lived. He later listed the trailer we traded him (3 years old) for more money than we paid for it brand new. We also had some options that he told us were standard that didn't show up on the trailer. After arguing out loud in his showroom later that spring (before we took delivery) he finally agreed to have them installed. One was installed wrong, so I ended up fixing it myself.

Again, it was an impulse buy that eventually turned out well. We liked the trailer, got a decent price, but had to deal with a really lousy salesman/dealer.

Bought our last 2 at the Boston show. Like to window shop as well...

Big show coming up January 14-18, 2015 in Tampa. We're going while down in Florida, but not really expecting to purchase...just lookin'.

http://events.frvta.org/florida-rv-supershow/