I seem to notice a lot of people freaked out at the price.... it's not a big deal.
As someone mentioned there are a lot of retired single users, and even more retired couples.
People that have full retirement pensions,full social security benifits, and participated fully in their employers 401K plans have money
These people should have their primary houses paid for... they will have lots of excess $$$ coming in and not much going out. Their kids are gone, their education paid for.
It's not about being smart... it's about not making mistakes... like retiring too early, expensive bad habits, paying divorce lawyers, etc...
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The list price on my 2003 truck was $48,000 and my 2003 Lance 1161 was $28,000...
Thats $76,000
with taxes, mods, etc.. it was soon $80,000
I was two years from retirement... everything in place. I never considered quiting early... And wasn't shocked by the price.... I also knew that we needed at least a 1000 nights in our camper to make it pay for itself. (We have now passed 1032 nights :B
Some of the guys I worked with quit at 53 or 55 years old... took retirement. It wasn't long before we'd see them working at Walmart... they'd tell us that they got bored staying home all the time, still insisting they are retired. In reality they are working full time greeting customers, cleaning the bathrooms, stocking shelves for a maximum of $11,000 a year
The benifits that were acruing on the $60K/year job they had previously stopped getting better the day they took the buy-out. They will never have a new RV... a new TC and Truck... dreaming won't make a difference to them... it won't help... they are now about 70 and still working after more than 15 years of low wages and the insufficiant benifit package from their previous well paying job..
I don't think the prices of this super truck camper are out of line with the price increases of everything else
A top of the line GMC truck might be in the $60K range now.
It'll still take a 1000 nights to recoupe the $$$ or a motel would be cheaper over all.
To get to a 1000 nights... you really need to be fully retired... not working part time.
We have met a lot of WM greeters... but none in a truck camper.
Best of luck to those who want what might be the fanciest TC that will ever be built. do a little planning... it's within your grasp.
