retiredvegasmetrocop
Celebration, FL (Mickey's town)
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So we traded for this '07 Monaco Camelot 42PLQ with 5900 miles. Bank repo and very dirty interior. Dealer tried, not very hard, to clean it up for us. Wife spent countless hours on the carpet and couches, and the fabric couches defied all efforts and was an ugly fabric anyway. Read a lot of posts on re-upholster vs new and found that most suggested that re-upholstering would run as much as new... Not even close. We went to a custom upholsterer, chose a high end $55 a yard fabric. Hide-a-bed couch, jack knife sofa, two fully upholstered dining chairs, and two upholstered folding dining chairs, cost us $2500. New sofas from Villa, same brand and model as we have go for $4690, and the fabric selection is greatly limited, plus the chairs were not even priced.
Point being, by all means look at re-upholstering vs new cost. You may save a lot of bucks.
If you are in Western Washington and have the need for upholstery work, send me a private message and I'll give you the name of the shop.
Joe Greenwood
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BudParrish
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Did the dealer offer an explanation as to how a relatively new coach with such low mileage could get so dirty!!??!! That has to be a story worth telling all by itself!
Congrats on your new coach. Thanks for sharing on the reupholstery too - that's good to know (for those of us who occassionally sit down with a screwdriver in our back pocket.
Bud
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You may want to contact the manufacturer for new upholstery as well. I know Jayco for example can supply new upholstery for old models.
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LindsayRichards
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There are several salvage dealers in Elkhart, IN who well furnature that they get from overruns and the like from RV makers. We were there recently and they have a huge supply of all types of RV furnature. Might we worth a trip. Prices are very low.
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Chief45
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Congrats on your Camelot.
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Getup'ngo
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Congrats on your new coach. Thanks for the info -- I've been pondering the reupholster/replace question in my older rig (the couch fabric has reached its start-to-disintegrate point).
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Chrisatthebeach
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We found the same thing, my parents Newmar coach the ultra (fake) leather was peeling the outer layers, Got the recliner done for 200.00 in a vinyl that looked about the same as the fake leather, color was an exact match, no way we could have bought the same chair for that price.
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Getup'ngo
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Congrats on your new coach. Thanks for the info -- I've been pondering the reupholster/replace question in my older rig (the couch fabric has reached its start-to-disintegrate point).
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retiredvegasmetrocop
Celebration, FL (Mickey's town)
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BudParrish wrote:Did the dealer offer an explanation as to how a relatively new coach with such low mileage could get so dirty!!??!! That has to be a story worth telling all by itself!
Congrats on your new coach. Thanks for sharing on the reupholstery too - that's good to know (for those of us who occassionally sit down with a screwdriver in our back pocket.
Bud
Being a bank repo, no one knows the history, but the dealer and I surmised may have been used as an office on a sales lot. The bed appears to never have been slept in. The shower looks unused as well as the fridge and the range. Only the microwave had any signs of usage. There was a considerable amount of dog hair in the couch fabric weave and carpet. Kinda looked more like a dog house than a human dwelling. It's all tidy now and looks and smells like a low mileage coach. We've never bought used before, a fiver, 5 motorhomes, and 4 houses, so I knew it would be a real challenge to make my wife feel comfortable.
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Of course you are comparing to the most expensive RV furniture you can buy. For average Flexsteel RV furniture would cost about half that for the same pieces, which is what you paid to have it redone. The big cost in re-upholstering is the labor, which is going to be the same, whether you are redoing expensive furniture or the average RV furniture.
Its pretty much that way with everything. If you are dealing with high end stuff, its worth rebuilding. If your dealing with the average, its cheaper to just buy new.
Dave
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