Assessing RV Value

PButler96 wrote:

klutchdust wrote:
"Talking about stickers and MSRPs when it comes to the RV Industry is mental masturbation. "

Only to the misinformed. :B

:B. Enlighten me......where are you getting the accurate MSRP/Sticker numbers from when it comes to RV's?

Must be only one person that isn't "misinformed"?

Per HERE

"Most RV brands sell through a dealership network.

The RV manufacturer-dealer relationship is quite complicated.

Dealerships must be approved by the manufacturer. Bob’s Bargain RV Dealership, for instance, can’t just arbitrarily order Rough n’ Ready RVs from a catalog. Rough n’ Ready, the RV manufacturer, has to approve Bob’s Bargain’s dealership application.

If the manufacturer accepts too many applications, it won’t be able to fulfill orders. Too few dealers, however, and the brand will struggle to gain market share.

The manufacturer may insist a dealership blacklist “Competitor X;” they don’t want to be sold alongside their competition!

Money is governed by floor plan financing, usually offered by big 3rd party financial institutions. Contracts vary, but usually dealers have a certain amount of time to sell an RV before interest on their credit loan kicks in.

Dealerships commonly mark up an RV by 30-50% over invoice cost as “MSRP.” Then, they’ll throw on “discounts” so the final sale price is 20-40% over invoice, somewhere around the Fair Market Value.

Dealerships are responsible for warranty service, inspections and walk-throughs, but warranty claims must be pre-approved by the manufacturer. This can create long customer service delays when the two disagree!

The relationship can be tenuous and tense, at times. But it allows both parties to focus on what they’re best at: Sourcing and manufacturing vs. Sales and service.

Also, because RVs and campers are considered Motor Vehicles under U.S. law, there’s Big Government and bureaucracy to contend with. Many states require that commercial sellers of motor vehicles be licensed as motor vehicle dealerships. This means bonding insurance, permanent office space, customer parking, commercial zoning, FBI fingerprints, etc. These are things many RV manufacturers don’t have (or don’t want to mess around with)."

Note the section I put into bold..

From that I take it that there is no "window sticker with factory MSRP on it and while the manufacturer may have some sort of MSRP in mind on the dealers invoice paperwork, the dealer may be able to come up with their own MSRP and sale price as long as it does not breach the manufacturers terms of their manufacturer/dealer agreement.

Now KD may be talking MOTORIZED RVs (IE Motor Homes) and that may be vastly different from non motorized (trailers) as now you are hopping into the world of auto sales with a different set of rules.

Every dealership and even RV show I have ever gone to, I have never seen a factory window sticker posted on any trailer.. They all have been either sloppy handwritten sales splash format or some quickly typed non descript looking generic sheet of paper..