Tiffin Acquired by Thor for 300mil.

dougrainer wrote:

gemsworld wrote:

dougrainer wrote:
When Thor purchase Jayco, NOTHING was done to change their people or management. Doug

And your point is? You don't think Thor is going to tell management of acquired companies what to do and how to run the business? I've seen RVs made prior to Thor acquiring a company and the same RVs made after Thor's acquisition. The drop in quality was glaring.

1. I work for a Dealer that sells Airstream/Jayco and Tiffin. ALL have been purchased by Thor
2. I DEAL with all 3 companies almost daily and the Employees tell me not one thing was changed after Thor purchased them
3. I have known Bob Tiffin for 41 years. We have been a Tiffin dealer for 45 years. Doug

I'll give you my history. Jayco purchased Open Range. Thor purchased Jayco. When my 2012 Open Range unit had a major frame issue. Jayco, Thor, Jayco and Highland all denied responsibility.
Randy Graber the founder of Open Range lacked the authority to stand behind his product.
Had the buyouts never happened I am confident OR would have repaired my frame however under the Thor umbrella I was told the Open Range company doesn't exist anymore.
Tiffin owners beware the buyout allows Thor to assume the brand and all the goodwill that comes with it. However the are absolved of any liabilities and responsibility of the old (original) company.
In the end the consumer loses. Especially, if you purchased from the original company before the buyout!
At some point the new Thor Tiffin's begin to roll out and everyone pretends the original Tiffin company never existed. New Thor favorable policies will be put into place and the original Tiffin company fades away. Despite all the marketing jargon and claims that Tiffin will remain the same. There will be a new management hierarchy and Tiffin never be the same.
Unfortunately I've seen this show before, the re-runs don't get any better for the consumer.