Checking out El Monte rental sales
I have read a lot of posts regarding the purchase of a rental unit and after PMing IAMICHABOD and discussing his experience with El Monte RV, I went to look this afternoon. We are not quite ready to buy but, I was interested in the various rigs they have for sale. The one I liked best from the online ads is the 2005 Jamboree 31W. I looked it up on NADA and the notes on that year and model state that a awning and some other items are standard equipment. I understand that rentals are special ordered without things like awnings, my question is does one deduct from the NADA price because they don't have those items? I feel I should deduct them from the low retail price before making an offer. What do you Guys think?
The salesman that I met with is named Howard and a nice guy but not an RVer. He said I was the first person who ever asked him what brand of converter/charger was in the rig in his 17 years selling RVs. In fact I had to explain what I was talking about. There were several other things I asked about that he was totally in the dark about. Other than that it was a really nice experience and he showed me what I wanted to see, even the one rig that he knew I was just interested in seeing what it looked like. Way out of my stated budget.
I pretty much settled on the Jamboree due to the storage. Most of the "C"s they have only have the one really big rear storage area and that causes the bed to be really high and hard for the DW to get into. Speaking of She who must be obeyed, she came up with this wild scheme, when we finish refurbishing the S&B, sell our condo, buy a Winnie VIA and spend a year traveling around the country and then when we're through touring, go home, sell the VIA and buy a "C" that is big enough to travel with the DGKs and maybe even their Mum on occation. That may be a viable thing but one thing that is important right now is that I spend a lot of time keeping the Bounder running smooth.
The salesman that I met with is named Howard and a nice guy but not an RVer. He said I was the first person who ever asked him what brand of converter/charger was in the rig in his 17 years selling RVs. In fact I had to explain what I was talking about. There were several other things I asked about that he was totally in the dark about. Other than that it was a really nice experience and he showed me what I wanted to see, even the one rig that he knew I was just interested in seeing what it looked like. Way out of my stated budget.
I pretty much settled on the Jamboree due to the storage. Most of the "C"s they have only have the one really big rear storage area and that causes the bed to be really high and hard for the DW to get into. Speaking of She who must be obeyed, she came up with this wild scheme, when we finish refurbishing the S&B, sell our condo, buy a Winnie VIA and spend a year traveling around the country and then when we're through touring, go home, sell the VIA and buy a "C" that is big enough to travel with the DGKs and maybe even their Mum on occation. That may be a viable thing but one thing that is important right now is that I spend a lot of time keeping the Bounder running smooth.
