mkirsch wrote:
"Buy another camper" assumes that the OP has the means and the will to run out and drop another big pile of cash.
A dealer is not going to give him a fresh roll of toilet paper for this camper. Sorry. You guys have no idea what good business sense is.
Odds are that camper is a LOT more sins than the OP has found so far. It would be one thing if a customer were paying to have it fixed. The dealer would be more than happy to soak the customer for whatever it cost. BTDT.
For a dealer to sink their OWN money into this with no guarantee that it can be fixed economically, and leave a little "meat on the bone" for a profit at sale time... That's just bad business all the way around.
To any profitable dealer, this camper is a write off. They'll gladly take it and make it look like they knocked some off the price for it. Yeah, MSRP. You could've gotten that price clean deal and burned this camper in your backyard.
Think positive... not all camper dealers do but, there is a better likely hood of a deal this time of year. Especially out west where dealers have a good attitude.
Making payments is cheap on a camper and the interest is tax deductable. The new owner ends up with a unit that has no surprises and gets to enjoy it rather than have a constant bad taste in his mouth.
Sure the dealer will absorb it into the deal from any angle but, at least the arrow gets pointed in the right direction.... pointing at having fun. Life is too short to worry about the little things.
