Bad experience at dealer.
My wife and I went to place a down payment on a TT today.. The price on the trailer was $9999, we wanted to add, WD hitch and brake controller, rv cover, and full screen room for the awning. Want to t...
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Exactly...and bottom line I don't think the deal is bad at all, especially if he has that exact unit you are looking for exactly as you want it equipped. I'm not a big fan of these sales tactics where they lowball the vehicle and then try to make some money in the manager's office....but at the end of the day the bottom line is fair, and as you say is the only number that matters.
I wouldn't say that the dealer is to be avoided either, you just need to understand the deal and what game they are playing.
Hard to say if $850 on the hitch is expensive, depends on whether your truck has a hitch and wiring, or they are running fresh 7-way wiring all the way to the back. I'll bet if you offered $12,000 for what you;re looking for they would take it.
People like to compare buying an RV to buying a car, and part of that is true. BUT, the RV business is a LOT more cyclical than the auto business. People may nurse their old cars longer during tough times, but when it's time to buy you can't be without a car.
When times are tough the first things to go are the toys, boat, RV, bike, ATV, etc. We bought our current TT in the Fall of 2007, and the RV business had been booming for several years. We looked at one dealer that had opened a huge new facility with flat screen TVs in the waiting room, playground outside for the kids, state of the art security so he could leave his giant inventory unlocked for browsers.
The dealer where we had bought our previous TT operated out of what could generously be called a shack, but he was the oldest RV dealer on LI, and sold a lot of high end DPs, 5ers, etc. I asked the owner why he didn't spend some cash on his facility, and his answer was simple: In good times the cash goes in the bank, so in lean times I have a cushion to pay the staff and keep the business open until the next boom comes around.
2 years later in 2009, Sunnybrook closes, Fleetwood closes, etc. The dealer with the fancy building is taken away in cuffs by the local sheriff for using the proceeds from RV sales to pay overhead instead of paying off the floor plan financing. Defrauded the finance comapny to the tune of $2mm. My dealer in the little shack is still humming along in his little shack.
I wouldn't say that the dealer is to be avoided either, you just need to understand the deal and what game they are playing.
Hard to say if $850 on the hitch is expensive, depends on whether your truck has a hitch and wiring, or they are running fresh 7-way wiring all the way to the back. I'll bet if you offered $12,000 for what you;re looking for they would take it.
People like to compare buying an RV to buying a car, and part of that is true. BUT, the RV business is a LOT more cyclical than the auto business. People may nurse their old cars longer during tough times, but when it's time to buy you can't be without a car.
When times are tough the first things to go are the toys, boat, RV, bike, ATV, etc. We bought our current TT in the Fall of 2007, and the RV business had been booming for several years. We looked at one dealer that had opened a huge new facility with flat screen TVs in the waiting room, playground outside for the kids, state of the art security so he could leave his giant inventory unlocked for browsers.
The dealer where we had bought our previous TT operated out of what could generously be called a shack, but he was the oldest RV dealer on LI, and sold a lot of high end DPs, 5ers, etc. I asked the owner why he didn't spend some cash on his facility, and his answer was simple: In good times the cash goes in the bank, so in lean times I have a cushion to pay the staff and keep the business open until the next boom comes around.
2 years later in 2009, Sunnybrook closes, Fleetwood closes, etc. The dealer with the fancy building is taken away in cuffs by the local sheriff for using the proceeds from RV sales to pay overhead instead of paying off the floor plan financing. Defrauded the finance comapny to the tune of $2mm. My dealer in the little shack is still humming along in his little shack.
