Negotiation Process

Maybe this is a good topic for a another thread. PDI by definition is the pre delivery inspection. THere are 2 sides, the due diligence the dealer should be doing as part of being a dealer. This is not a perk, it's part of selling motorhomes. If you are not doing PDI before letting it drive off the lot you shouldn't be in business. If you charge for what you should be doing as part of being a dealer you obvioulsy struggle with your monthly books and shouldn't be selling RV's, or simply taking advantage of buyers for doing what you should be doing in the first place. The buyer's side of PDI is really a lot of check everything CYA and due diligence to get a good product. But this should all be business as usual. No dealer - IMHO - should be charging for PDI. It's your job as a dealer to make sure the product you sell is safe, functional and free of defects. Anything otherwise to me is knowingly selling a bad product. I can't think of any other product, car, house, anything that the seller actually charges you to make sure the product is and performs to the claims of the seller. "I am going to sell you this $100-$300k motorhome, but if you want to make sure it's ok, and everything works, well that's another $4k" How is that logical? Apparently it costs extra to make sure it works and it's safe??? And lets not forget this astronimical figure. $2-4k really? Are these guys nuclear engineers? What sort of hourly rate is the PDI guy charging? Is there a PHD in PDI? Come on. Does he come in with a lab coat and an RV MRI? And they must be operating under the same premise as metoeroligist cuz the only job I know you get paid for doing it wrong. Nope, no PDI for me.