Disappointed in my new Lance
I've had it 2 weeks today. The fridge didn't work on propane, which cost me a 500 mile, 2 day round trip to the dealer, much of which was in an ice storm. Should have found the faulty thermoco...
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Jfet wrote:
I wonder if they do have a high turnover rate. $20,000 camper that uses $10,000 of materials. Assuming the dealer makes a 25% profit on the camper, that is $16,000 to the manufacturer. $6,000 for labor, tools/building overhead, management, taxes.
Assuming a camper takes 150 man hours to build, they have to be paying less than $20 an hour. Actually that would only mean about $100 profit to Lance after all of those overhead expenses.
I don't think I will go into the camper business anytime soon :-)
Can you even buy a new lance for $20 grand?
