West Coast RV purchasing
Getting ready to pull the trigger on my next RV, and I'd like to hear from the West Coast folks on here who have purchased recently. For those not located out West, we typically pay $5K or more for c...
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Are you only interested in hearing from people in the PNW?
I have a good story for Richardson's RV in Menifee, CA - I had been writing back and forth with the internet guy (I live in AZ by the way). My wife was able to go take a look at one of the 4 trailers on the lot that we were interested in on a Saturday. She said it had all of the features we were looking for, so I got in my truck and headed for CA on Sunday. I went down on Monday when they opened and didn't tell them who I was - got a standard salesman. Looked over the trailer, went to make the deal. He wouldn't go lower than $27500. I said $27000 out the door and he just kept telling me they would never go lower. I left, e-mailed the internet guy an hour later (I was sure the salesman would call me - I told him I was going to head home in a couple hours and give me a call if they changed their mind - he was slightly rude by telling me there was no way they would go lower and I should go buy from World Wide RV).
Internet guy (who was in Riverside - just a few miles up the road) said he could do $27162 out the door on the exact serial number I went and looked at. Bought the trailer over the net that day and picked it up the next - no, I did not see the salesman on the floor.
Also, why was I looking in CA when I live in AZ? AZ (World Wide RV) wanted $29000 for a 2013 and $34k+ for the 2014 out the door and would not budge. I had to drive 6 hours each way, but saved nearly $7000 by going out of state and got a year newer than I was originally contemplating(out the door including taxes).
Moral of my story, don't limit yourself to nearby places. Make the calculation on what you can save at a distance you can stomach driving. I was really close to driving from AZ to IL or ID.
P.S. World Wide RV still has those two trailers on their lot. I bought in May 2014.
I have a good story for Richardson's RV in Menifee, CA - I had been writing back and forth with the internet guy (I live in AZ by the way). My wife was able to go take a look at one of the 4 trailers on the lot that we were interested in on a Saturday. She said it had all of the features we were looking for, so I got in my truck and headed for CA on Sunday. I went down on Monday when they opened and didn't tell them who I was - got a standard salesman. Looked over the trailer, went to make the deal. He wouldn't go lower than $27500. I said $27000 out the door and he just kept telling me they would never go lower. I left, e-mailed the internet guy an hour later (I was sure the salesman would call me - I told him I was going to head home in a couple hours and give me a call if they changed their mind - he was slightly rude by telling me there was no way they would go lower and I should go buy from World Wide RV).
Internet guy (who was in Riverside - just a few miles up the road) said he could do $27162 out the door on the exact serial number I went and looked at. Bought the trailer over the net that day and picked it up the next - no, I did not see the salesman on the floor.
Also, why was I looking in CA when I live in AZ? AZ (World Wide RV) wanted $29000 for a 2013 and $34k+ for the 2014 out the door and would not budge. I had to drive 6 hours each way, but saved nearly $7000 by going out of state and got a year newer than I was originally contemplating(out the door including taxes).
Moral of my story, don't limit yourself to nearby places. Make the calculation on what you can save at a distance you can stomach driving. I was really close to driving from AZ to IL or ID.
P.S. World Wide RV still has those two trailers on their lot. I bought in May 2014.
