Is this a good deal?
Ok, Ive got an offer to buy a 2017 Gulf Stream Vintage Cruiser 23RSS used for $13,115 minus $2100 for my 2000 Terry 26H trade bringing it to $11,015. Then he says he's add's in $995 for dealer prep wh...
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hot rod wrote:
Last year when I was looking for a different rig I found the $1000 clean up fee to be kind of standard at dealers. I told one salesmen I thought it only make good business sense to have the unit in great looking shape before putting it out on the lot. He didn't agree, they don't clean them ahead of time and get people for $1000. I ended up buying from a private seller. The last 2 RVs I've sold lasted less than 24 hrs on Craigslist.
They also don't typically do anything to new units. They wait till someone buys it then complete or correct the build defects under the warranty, which the manufacturer will not cover until the unit is sold. They (dealers) then try to get into the buyers pocket some more as a prep fee. And then the buyer finds out they have to drop it off and wait a couple months to have it completed. Oh goody, you get to pay for the manufacturer doing a crappy incomplete job to begin with and then for the selling dealers service department to fix or complete stuff, just hope you get a competent tech which is a victory in itself.
The entire RV Industry from the holding companies, to the manufacturers, to the dealers and service places is a sham.
