My wife and I bought brand new from a reputable local dealer for a few reasons.
1. The used market in Boise is complete garbage. We looked at a range of "like new" and "used a few times" campers ranging from pop ups to large travel trailers only to discover what previous commenters have, most people set their price point too high for what they're selling. Most that we saw we didn't even bother to meet with the seller because of glaring problems exposed in the crappy cell phone pictures alone. We even made and offer on an aincent pop up that was in good condition and the owner wouldn't go below 4 grand. 4 grand for a 2004 Flagstaff pop up with no A/C heat or bathroom. Every TT we looked at was old as dirt as well with equally outrageous prices.
2. We have kids and were in need of a bunkhouse model which are impossible to come by used here in Boise.
3. Warranty. In fact, I'm already having some warranty repairs done on my new Whitehawk. I'd rather know the history of my rig and be able to have manufacturer defects fixed at no cost.
4. Modern features; we have young kids so making and breaking camp in a timely manner is crucial. New trailers have more push button features and better heat and A/C meaning that we can make our campsite comfortable in a matter of minutes after arrival. Tired and hungry babies don't like to wait.
5. I got want I wanted, not what I comprised on. We wanted a compact, easily towable bunkhouse with an open floorplan and a separate master suite. We found all of that in a Jayco Whitehawk 25BHS. It's almost a ton under my towing capacity dry, tows and backs easily and has the floorplan we were looking for. Couldn't find that on the local classifieds.
Overall, I'm happy with our purchase and plan to hold on to it for the foreseeable future.
