Deb and Ed M wrote:
SJ-Chris wrote:
Can you share how much money you saved vs buying the same unit brand new? I'm just curious.
Seems like a strange business model that company has...They buy it new and THEY eat the immediate depreciation when they turn around and sell it with 6000 miles. Hard to believe the rental income from 6000 miles worth of rentals would be worth it to them.
-Chris
I have no idea how they manage it, but we saved about $20k compared to our local "Big Box" dealer on the same unit. And it's not too stripped down: has dual coach batteries and a 100W solar panel and the "pretty" interior. Downside: no power driver's seat.
You guys have a used car lot, right? I could see a couple reasons they do this.
Either, A. This is in anticipation of a declining market and they're trying to off load a bunch they can get cheaper next year (although RV season is just ramping up in the F L A).
Or B. They're a used RV dealer doing a similar thing as Ichabod showed. Great prices to buy new in bulk. Can't re-sell as a new car dealer for the Brand. Rentals are more local or lower miles (guessing most F L A vacation renters aren't driving the RV to California, but rather for a loop around the area and a week parked at Disney with the kids). They get more $ per mile revenue than what one may consider a typical rental, like take the family to Mt. Rushmore and Yellowstone from, wherever. So they make great $ per mile and then dump 'em quick while they're still literally "like new."
(Very similar to what I used to do with our personal vehicles when I had time, the economy wasn't weird and the internet didn't exist so every seller didn't "know what they got" and every buyer wasn't a wannabe Richard Rawlins. For years, my wife drove a new ish truck basically for free. Buy used low mile truck, only for a good deal, put it up for sale shortly thereafter for more money. Sell in 6 months or so before the miles went up much and no value lost, repeat as soon as another vehicle was found. Note this partly only worked due to the State's cheap title and tags and no sales tax implications on private party used vehicle purchases.)
