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jmtandem
Oct 23, 2013Explorer II
When you bought your trailer, what were you able to get the dealer to include into the price? For example you get the dealer down to $20,000 for a trailer, were you able to get them to throw in a Equal-i-zer, level pads, etc... I'm negoitating with a dealer out of state and want to get an idea of how much I can push for.
Thanks
The only thing dealers throw in to make a sale is their profit. It is called charging you for a PDI, charging you for a starter kit, charging you for a cheap budget low end Equalizer hitch, etc. Best to just buy the coach for the best price you can find and then get all the stuff you want when and where you want to get it. Paying $600 for a starter kit that has a sewer hose, a water hose, and some chemicals for the toilet is pure profit. You get $50 worth of stuff you probably don't care about and the dealer gets $550 worth of profit.
The dealer walks you through the coach, shows you how to turn on the hot water heater and AC and how to winterize the coach and it costs him an hour and you paid several hundred dollars for a PDI. Really, you don't know how to fill the water tank and make sure nothing is leaking, broken and everything is working. You need to pay somebody for that??? Just ask the dealer what the PDI is worth that they are throwing in for the deal and then ask them to deduct it from the price. You are supposed to have a warranty on a new coach, let the dealer fix stuff you find broken without paying them to help you find the broken stuff in the PDI. Before you get to the coach the dealer and manufacturer should make sure everything is working. Why should they wait until you purchase the coach and then walk thru it with you finding stuff that they should have fixed prior.
Be willing to walk away from the deal if the dealer starts adding all the things you don't want to pay for. I have several times.
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