How much wiggle room on a new trailer?
First all, I'll say Good Afternoon everyone! Been lurking around here for quite some time, and figured it was time to register. I almost but the bullet and picked up my first trailer this past Satur...
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What we did.
We recently bought a brand new 37 footer.
We were not going to buy for another year, but we just happened to find a trailer that had the exact layout that we wanted.
After getting the dealers "bottom price" we sat down that night and decided what our high end would be and if we couldn't get it for that we would just walk.
The next day we went back and offered 5K below his "bottom price".
He countered with 1K below his "bottom price". We countered with 1K above our first offer which was 1K below his last offer.
He said that was as low as he would go.
We thank him and said that was a tad too high and walked out the door. Before we got to our truck he came running out and said Ok.
The final out door price was $500 lower then the price our goal was, and we are happy owners of our new trailer.
I think the key is to have a reasonable figure as to what you want to pay, and make up your mind that you are not going any higher.
Then stick with it and what ever the outcome, you are a winner.
We bought our last two new vehicles the same way.
Jack L
We recently bought a brand new 37 footer.
We were not going to buy for another year, but we just happened to find a trailer that had the exact layout that we wanted.
After getting the dealers "bottom price" we sat down that night and decided what our high end would be and if we couldn't get it for that we would just walk.
The next day we went back and offered 5K below his "bottom price".
He countered with 1K below his "bottom price". We countered with 1K above our first offer which was 1K below his last offer.
He said that was as low as he would go.
We thank him and said that was a tad too high and walked out the door. Before we got to our truck he came running out and said Ok.
The final out door price was $500 lower then the price our goal was, and we are happy owners of our new trailer.
I think the key is to have a reasonable figure as to what you want to pay, and make up your mind that you are not going any higher.
Then stick with it and what ever the outcome, you are a winner.
We bought our last two new vehicles the same way.
Jack L
