RV show Travel Trailer pricing
We attended our first two RV shows in Hersey PA and another near Baltimore over last week. As we expected the pricing at the two shows seemed rather similar. We heard from almost every salesmen at b...
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DownTheAvenue wrote:BeerBrewer wrote:
For instance we saw a trailer with a MSRP of $30,500 selling for about $24,000, plus almost $2000 for delivery, dealer prep.....Frankly it really really rubs me the wrong way, almost feels like a "scam".
Then you haven't bought a new vehicle in 40 years! Every vehicle will have a delivery charge added on the window sticker. almost every dealer (there are a few exceptions) charge a "documentation fee".
DownTheAvenue ... I'e bought lots vehicles and I've never seen this done before. Yes I'v paid for delivery, but I knew about it right upfront. That said I've never paid for "dealer prep". If the dealer had any prep fees he included it in the price that he gave to me. In my opinion they were being deceptive and they knew it. There was a large yellow label on the side of the trailer that said that the show price is $XX,XXX and there was no mention of any other fees. So we assumed that delivery and setup was included in the price, of course excluding the sales taxes. Only after we sat down and started to talk about pricing did the salesman mention the addition fees. I don't know if this is or isn't a standard practice in the RV industry, but I say, as soon as the salesmen said it my wife and I looked at each other and without saying a word we both got up, thanked the salesman for his time and left.
