$48,447

RVIA claims that RV ownership (US households) went up .5% from 2005-2011. That's 6,250,000 additional RV's being purchased -- 1+ Million per year. Supply and demand indicates prices are going to go up and discounts are going to go down.

Someone mentioned a 35% discount as typical, but this topic seems to always come up and the responses from actual buyers don't bear that out. I think you would struggle to get more than 15% these days based on some experiences I had in 2013 at a couple of Lance dealerships. I finally gave up and bought a used Arctic Fox.

Anybody have any recent purchase discounts to share?

downtheroad wrote:
Load that on a $60K truck and...well you do the math.

Ya gotta pay to play.... $48k and ONLY 1 slide.... ;)

Yea, and what's really sad .... someone will actually pay that much, keeping the price that high.

That's probably the MSRP. So when the savvy buyer negotiates down the generally accepted 35% to $31,490.55, they THINK they got a good deal. But then you ask, $31.5K? Is that a good deal?

I think that's actually kind of a "low price" if you want quality of build and materials (sarcasm BTW). Anybody will tell you - you get what you pay for. Trim that falls off, stereos that fail, vinyl flooring that scuffs from the slide pads, high r-value insulation that was "stuffed" instead of "placed", cheap carpet pad and carpet that must be replaced too soon (see latest Trailer Life article on RV renovations), cold air drafts in the bedroom at the headboard - these are just some of the things such a "cheap" price will net you. (Nothing against Lance here, it's the industry).

But then I might be considered a Negative Nellie.

We bought a realy nice Lance TC (825 model I believe) in 2001. Paid $600. Think it was an 88 to 90 model year. Very nice, worked out well, no major issues or repairs. Point is....when we have looked at Lance (and other TC's) recently I choke at the cost. If we went that way in the future, it would have to be used. For now, a TT works well for us with the kiddies.

Bonesquatch,
The new Ranger my husband WANTED (didn't get!) was around $65k.

About the same as some of the newer bass boats.
Cost of all things recreational has gone sky high over the past few years.

I agree, that's tough to swallow.

Who would buy new?

Yea, you can buy a pretty nice 30+ foot trailer for that kind of money. Makes a person wonder...........