Do dealers get paid from factory for PDI time?
I was out trying to make to make a deal on a 5th wheel and salesmen was trying to include a fee for the PDI. We didn't make the deal price was too high besides the PDI fee.
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It doesn't matter to you what fees there are and what they call them. The only thing that matters to you is the bottom line price and what you are getting for that price.
To answer your question, the dealer pays the manufacturer a wholesale price for the unit. After that, the manufacturer only pays for warranty, at a set rate.
Now the dealer has to mark up the price in order to pay the bills, pay the salesman, make a profit, and stay in business. If he makes a decent profit he can do a decent PDI and throw in some extras like propane, etc. If he makes very little to no profit, you can forget getting a PDI and anything thrown in; you'll get ushered out the door PDQ. that's why you have to compare price, and what you are getting for the price.
The RV I bought recently, I shopped RVW in Indiana. I actually paid $900 less when I bought locally for the same RV and that included a PDI fee (the actual PDI was adequate, covered everything, but nothing special). I had two friends that bought at the same dealer, wouldn't pay the PDI fee, and got about zero for a PDI. One was a first time RV owner and is severely lacking in basic knowledge about his RV; he really needed the PDI (and still does), the other not so much.
To answer your question, the dealer pays the manufacturer a wholesale price for the unit. After that, the manufacturer only pays for warranty, at a set rate.
Now the dealer has to mark up the price in order to pay the bills, pay the salesman, make a profit, and stay in business. If he makes a decent profit he can do a decent PDI and throw in some extras like propane, etc. If he makes very little to no profit, you can forget getting a PDI and anything thrown in; you'll get ushered out the door PDQ. that's why you have to compare price, and what you are getting for the price.
The RV I bought recently, I shopped RVW in Indiana. I actually paid $900 less when I bought locally for the same RV and that included a PDI fee (the actual PDI was adequate, covered everything, but nothing special). I had two friends that bought at the same dealer, wouldn't pay the PDI fee, and got about zero for a PDI. One was a first time RV owner and is severely lacking in basic knowledge about his RV; he really needed the PDI (and still does), the other not so much.
