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Mike_Up
Mar 27, 2015Explorer
The most I'd consider paying is 75% of MSRP and it better be some very good reason it's that expensive. MSRP does NOT include prep, delivery or other fees even though some dealers tack them on and try to deceive you into thinking they are part of the MSRP.
I negogiate hard. Usually takes me a month or so for a trailer I want because I'm not going to be taken.
I use resources of what I can actually buy the trailer somewhere else. I like to buy local but it's not worth an extra $3,000! I also consider the so called 'throw ins' as money against the trailer to be 'fair'. That being a hitch and/or accessories.
The most I've paid was 72% of MSRP (no prep, or delivery/freight charges).
You must also consider a trailer that's on the lot will cost more than a trailer you order. I've seen from $1000 to $2000. Also if the floorplan is very popular, you can expect to pay more. My Jay Flight 26BH is Jayco's most popular floorplan so it took some negogiating but I got it for about 71% of MSRP and it was on the lot. It also was 2012 in 2012, when 2013 were available through order but not on the lot. So I could had ordered a 2013 for the same price but it wouldn't had been able to be used until the next season.
Year end and ordered campers are the cheapest. Lot campers are the most expensive.
I negogiate hard. Usually takes me a month or so for a trailer I want because I'm not going to be taken.
I use resources of what I can actually buy the trailer somewhere else. I like to buy local but it's not worth an extra $3,000! I also consider the so called 'throw ins' as money against the trailer to be 'fair'. That being a hitch and/or accessories.
The most I've paid was 72% of MSRP (no prep, or delivery/freight charges).
You must also consider a trailer that's on the lot will cost more than a trailer you order. I've seen from $1000 to $2000. Also if the floorplan is very popular, you can expect to pay more. My Jay Flight 26BH is Jayco's most popular floorplan so it took some negogiating but I got it for about 71% of MSRP and it was on the lot. It also was 2012 in 2012, when 2013 were available through order but not on the lot. So I could had ordered a 2013 for the same price but it wouldn't had been able to be used until the next season.
Year end and ordered campers are the cheapest. Lot campers are the most expensive.
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