Booth dinette

[KSScubaDiver]

Yesterday when we bought our 2015 Heritage Glen 302FK travel trailer, we asked that the table and chairs be changed to a booth dinette. We were told it would cost us $500 plus labor. I was surprised we would have to pay for that. Shouldn't the RV dealership absorb the cost?

I am torn in half as to whether to leave the table and chairs alone or exchange it for a booth dinette which will provide us more storage and extra sleeping accommodations.

Thoughts?

[RVcircus]

I wouldn't expect the dealer to absorb the cost of that change. The floor plan is set for that model from the manufacturer and the dealer is pricing out a custom modification to that trailer. It's like buying a new truck and expecting the dealer to upgrade to nicer wheels at no charge.

[KSScubaDiver]

NanciL wrote:
We have the dinette with a booth on either side of the table.
Both of them have storage under them. One is a storage compartment that is accesed by an outside door and is perfect for my weight distribution bars, sway bar and water hoses and the other is a large drawer that pulls out from the inside and my wife keeps all the pots and pans in it.
I am curious with you who have a table and chairs: what keeps the chairs from moving around when you are traveling and if they are attached to the floor wouldn't that be a pain if you wanted to move them around.

To the OP, I would suggest that you stay with the as is situation and if there is not storage under the benches, make some yourself

Jack L

The table is screwed to the floor. The chairs have belts attached to the floor.

We have decided to leave the table and chairs for now and see how it goes. Maybe we will end up liking them after all. Who knows.

[goducks10]

If the dealer is ordering the booth from the manufacturer then there's shipping +the booth cost. $500 is pretty cheap.

JMO but go sit in a similar booth for 45 mins and see if your butt hits the plywood support under it. I've never found a booth that I could sit in for more than 30 mins. I'm not heavy either. Actually a light weight. Most foam used in booths is cheap.

99% of the time a free standing dinette is an option for more money. I would negotiate a deal with the dealer. He should give you something for your FS table. They can sell that to someone. Most RV shops I've been around have a back room with these things.

[tnscoutr]

Just like any other change the buyer would like made, the price is negotiable. I would not expect the dealer to switch them for free, but I would try to work the price down as much as possible.

[wmoses]

We prefer a booth dinette.

If it is not the setup that is on the lot then it is a "change" - upgrade or downgrade is immaterial and in the eyes of the beholder. The dealer does not have to do this for free, especially if labour that exceeds a nominal amount (e.g. 15 minutes) is involved.

I would pay the $500 if I were you and get on with the camping. Either that or find another floorplan.

[Dog_Trainer]

On my TT the table and chairs were a $375.00 addition Booth was standard.
As others have mentioned you probably should not expect a dealer to take his proffitt and pour it back into a revision. The alternative is to buy a unit with what you want in it, and negotiate the price from there.

[beemerphile1]

I would never expect a dealer to provide hours of labor and appropriate materials for free. Do you work for free? The dealer's service department employees don't.

[NanciL]

We have the dinette with a booth on either side of the table.
Both of them have storage under them. One is a storage compartment that is accesed by an outside door and is perfect for my weight distribution bars, sway bar and water hoses and the other is a large drawer that pulls out from the inside and my wife keeps all the pots and pans in it.
I am curious with you who have a table and chairs: what keeps the chairs from moving around when you are traveling and if they are attached to the floor wouldn't that be a pain if you wanted to move them around.

To the OP, I would suggest that you stay with the as is situation and if there is not storage under the benches, make some yourself

Jack L

[path1]

Isn't a booth dinette like a downgrade, no?

If you get more storage out of the booth then it's a upgrade, no?

[MargaretB]

KSScubaDiver wrote:

MitchF150 wrote:
?? You bought a unit off the lot with table and chairs and you want a booth and you want the dealer to pay for it??

Ummm.... No.... If I was the dealer.. 😉

Unless the dealer agreed for that before the deal was made, I'd say the dealer has no obligation to do that for you.. And $500 sounds about right to me.. 🙂

Good luck!

Mitch

We had not bought the trailer at that time and asked that the table/chairs be changed to a booth dinette. We were told it would cost $500 plus labor. Isn't a booth dinette like a downgrade, no?

It may be a style downgrade, but there still labor involved. Why would you expect the dealer to absorb those costs?

[dadmomh]

Don't know that I would consider the booth a "downgrade", more like a standard item. The table and chairs would likely be the "upgrade". Since the trailer is already built with the standard dinette, it's not just a matter of pulling the table and benches out. There is likely a good bit of rework on the wood area + the cost of the table and chairs. If you were ordering it as a custom unit, the cost might be less since you wouldn't have the tearing out and replacing job to do. If you feel that strongly about the table and chairs, I would suggest ordering one that way or finding a dealer with one on the lot. Our Rocky was shown in the pictures with the larger size, standard design dinette and that was perfectly fine with us. Our HTT had the regular size standard and it served us well. Later I discovered that the table and chairs was an option. But it was not included in what we bought and not worth the effort and $$$ to even ask to have it changed.

[MitchF150]

KSScubaDiver wrote:

MitchF150 wrote:
?? You bought a unit off the lot with table and chairs and you want a booth and you want the dealer to pay for it??

Ummm.... No.... If I was the dealer.. 😉

Unless the dealer agreed for that before the deal was made, I'd say the dealer has no obligation to do that for you.. And $500 sounds about right to me.. 🙂

Good luck!

Mitch

We had not bought the trailer at that time and asked that the table/chairs be changed to a booth dinette. We were told it would cost $500 plus labor. Isn't a booth dinette like a downgrade, no?

Sure, it's a "downgrade" in the grand scheme of things.. But, since the unit does not have it, it's a pretty labor intensive change to be made after the fact and $500 is not too bad of a deal...

I tore my dinette OUT of my trailer and can see where it would be a PITA to put one in... 🙂

Here was my original dinette



Here it is when I ripped it out.. 🙂



Where is what I did with the parts. 🙂



This took me about 8 hours of time to do, and I re-used all the material I already had, so the dealer is gonna have to come up with the booth parts too... 😉

Anyway.. If the dealer is desperate for the sale, he'll do it... If not, well.. There you go go.. 🙂

Mitch

[mockturtle]

If you placed the order from the factory, then it would have been delivered as ordered. But if the unit is already on the lot, you would have to pay for any remodeling.

[loulou57]

KSScubaDiver wrote:

MitchF150 wrote:
?? You bought a unit off the lot with table and chairs and you want a booth and you want the dealer to pay for it??

Ummm.... No.... If I was the dealer.. 😉

Unless the dealer agreed for that before the deal was made, I'd say the dealer has no obligation to do that for you.. And $500 sounds about right to me.. 🙂

Good luck!

Mitch

We had not bought the trailer at that time and asked that the table/chairs be changed to a booth dinette. We were told it would cost $500 plus labor. Isn't a booth dinette like a downgrade, no?

If you buy a trailer off the lot, with table and chairs you paid for them

If you ordered a TT with the dinette it may have cost less than what you bought on the lot.

If you want to trade your table and chairs for a dinette, then to change it would be considered a renovation to what is already there and would cost you the money.

Dealers are not in business to do things for nothing. If you had wanted a dinette then you should have only considered TT with one.

Sorry but the dealer is correct this time.