jmtandem wrote:
I am struggling to think of what to ask for.
Often dealers charge you a PDI cost, or for a 'starter kit'. Don't pay that as it is only more profit to the dealer. You can dicker all day about hitches, jacks, etc. and at the end of the day you pay back all that free stuff in the cost of your PDI that can be as much or more than $600 pure profit to the dealer. Just have them eliminate all that foo foo cost stuff and deal only with the trailer cost and make them give you good tires or you will find yourself at the tire store buying them within a year or so. Maybe sooner. Check around for what other dealers sell the same trailer for and you start there with your numbers. Don't be fooled with bogus MSRP's.
While I agree one should not every pay for a PDI nor a starter kit one can get "EXTRAS" at bargin basement prices after they they have negotiated the best price and use these sweetners to close the deal. During the purchase of our current trailer I got a 12K/1.2K Equal-i-zer hitch installed and a dinette length slide out cover installed for $450 and got to keep my extra long shank from my current WD hitch along with them moving my electric tongue jack from my old trailer to my new one at no cost. So I highly recommend negotiating these add on sweetners after you have agreed on the final best price for the basic trailer.
Larry
