reubenray
Pearl River, LA.
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What is local? I am currently working/living in Dallas and will be for at least another year. After that I will most likely head back to Charleston, SC. for a year or more. After that who knows until I retire in 5 years and 8 months (but who is counting the days).
If I buy in the Dallas area I can do the PDI on a Saturday and not have to take any vacation days off. If something is not wrong then I can take it out for a trip to check everything out the following weekend. The issue with buying it in Dallas is I will have to pay to store it where if I buy local I can park it at my house (hopefully - it has been years since I have pulled a trailer).
If I buy it local at our permanent home (Pearl River, La.) I will have to take vacation time to do the PDI and the trip to test everything out. I understand that warranty/service is an issue with Dealers if the trailer is not bought from them.
So now I believe it may boil down to the best deal. There is a dealer about 6 hours away (Pearl River) that has the model I am looking for, but minus some of the options. I am debating going there the next time I am at home. It is a 2011 model and he is a little over a $1000 less than my lowest quote. I am assuming the two quotes I have received are for the 2012 models.
I will contact Family to see if it would be worth my time to drive 2 days up there. Edit: See below.
How long does it normally take to get the trailer after it is ordered?
Edit: The trip to Family would not be feasible (time wise) to me. It would take 3 days (1450 miles)to get there plus 2 days to do the PDI and spend a night or two for the checkout. Then it would take about 5 days to come back to Dallas. This would eat up all of my vacation time. I also figured it would cost me about $1,000+ just for gas/motel for the trip and back. This does not include the RV park cost coming back.
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cherrykiss3
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I ordered my new one the end of Sept last yr and it took 4 wk and it was in. They told me to plan on 4-6wk.
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crickeydog
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connex wrote:crickeydog wrote:We don't do quotes from dealers. We just don't have the patience for that. We take the time to physically look at whatever RV it is we wish to order even if it takes us out of state. We decide for sure what we want then obtain a buyers build sheet from the manufacturer. We build the RV on paper including all options, deduct 35% from the MSRP including all options, then send out offers to dealers to sell us the RV at our offering price. Whoever bites first gets our business. If it's a dealer that's out of state long disance that accepts our offer, we simply fax them the build sheet, give them a $500 credit card deposit over the phone to order the RV, and wait for it tobe delivered. No haggling or BS. The dealer has two options with our offer: Take it or leave it. It's always worked for us.
Happy camping!!! See y'all down the road!!!  Take 35% of the MSRP that's a joke....LOL What MSRP the dealers made up MSRP never ever use the MSRP on an RV like you would on an automobile.. Im sure you know actually hope you know that you can have 100 dealers price up the exact same coach equipped the exact same way and get 97 different MSRP,s don't base anything on there BS MSRP.. What always worked for me was gold old fashioned Hi Low negotiating...Take 60% off whats quoted with your counter and watch the reaction and go from there.. And don't ever be worried about insulting a dealer by offering a ridiculously low counter offer his expressions will let you know where you are @ with your offer...... Example @ the 2010 Hershey show I negotiated to buy the Big Horn 3800BH for out the door to me for $37K and they were advertising a list of like 72K show special like 48K and the last minute I decided to keep my fiver and buy it next year @ the 2011 show.. Well in that year that I wanted to wait Big Horn Discontinued that model and we loved it... So I decide to try and find used ones and I did 09, 10, and people were wanting more used then I could have bought it for new and when I told them what I could have bought it for new the all thought I was the biggest BSer on the planet but it wasn't a word of lie.. So always go to the basement and come up from there ... Good Luck
Nobody with any brains uses a dealer's made up MSRP sheet!!! READ MY POST... IT WOULD HAVE SAVED YOU ALOT OF WRITING. As I stated, I use the MANUFACTURER'S MSRP BUILD SHEET THAT I OBTAIN DIRECTLY FROM THE MANUFACTURER WHEN MAKING MY OFFER!!! I don't have the patience or time to waste a dealer's time offering some ridiculous 60% off the actual manufacturer's MSRP. Nobody's going to take such a ridiculous offer on a new RV. 35% off the manufacturer's MSRP is realistic. The dealer who takes my offer makes a few bucks, I save a few bucks, and it's a one phone call sale. Using your back & forth negotiation tactic with a ridiculous price guess, you can close a deal and still not know if you paid too much. Your way I come away thinking I got a good deal while the dealer's laughing his a$$ off at me.
Happy camping!!! See y'all down the road!!!
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