rolnhome
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Sounds like you left before you found out if they would accept your counteroffer. To relate to this bit, I was a contractor I figured if I got every job I bid I was working to cheap. RV dealers are going to have somewhat the same philosophy
We're in Arizona
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psmoore
Illinois
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He asked how far we were off and we told him at least 4500 and that I wouldn't pay to fix it, he just said it won't work and went to the sales manager, and he kinda smiled and shook his head no as we were on our way out the door. It was quite obvious they didn't want to deal.
Paul and Susan - 4 kids
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rockhillmanor
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They advertise those used units extensively in the local papers as a come on. Only thing is when you get there they don't want to take you out to that far lot where they keep them. I did make 3 trips total to that store and all three times they had one reason or another as to why they couldn't go to that lot and sales pitched a new one. When I agreed to look at a new one they were all up and ready to help.
Since then I have met several other RV'ers that have had the same experience. Apparently this is the way they have instructed their sales people to do business.
"We must be willing to get rid of the life we've planned,
so as to have the life that is waiting for us".
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JALLEN4
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When people look at a vehicle, 99.9% of them follow a pattern they have learned from reading on line or drinking at the local tavern. They first point out all the things wrong with the unit until you have to wonder why they would even buy it for any price.
The second step is to ask what you want for it followed immediately by what would you take for it. After answering both those questions, they then want to know what you would "really" take for it.
As a social experiment, I would occasionally answer the first price question with one-half of the actual price. If we were asking $30,000, I would tell them $15,000. Inevitably, they would still ask how much less I would "really" take for it.
Watching this dance, one comes to the conclusion that the buyer seldom has a clue what the vehicle is actually worth. If they did, they certainly would have responded to the first price with "I own it!". People seem to tend to buy based on a discount rather than true value.
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psmoore
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I do know the value of the RV based on NADA guide and what mine that was totalled was worth (as it was the exact same vehicle). And I can't imagine anyone with the exception of someone that doesn't know to agree to buy something that is broke AND expect to pay to fix it all up front.
I did tell them I liked it and we didn't talk price at all. I simply told them these are the things I would expect to be "right" before I would buy it. Then they wanted all my information on how much I had, etc etc. Then came back adding all the repairs into the price of the unit. I told him there was no way I would pay for the repairs that should be fixed, before I buy it.
I was willing to buy it (fixed of course) for a fair asking price.
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JALLEN4
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psmoore wrote:I do know the value of the RV based on NADA guide and what mine that was totalled was worth (as it was the exact same vehicle). And I can't imagine anyone with the exception of someone that doesn't know to agree to buy something that is broke AND expect to pay to fix it all up front.
I did tell them I liked it and we didn't talk price at all. I simply told them these are the things I would expect to be "right" before I would buy it. Then they wanted all my information on how much I had, etc etc. Then came back adding all the repairs into the price of the unit. I told him there was no way I would pay for the repairs that should be fixed, before I buy it.
I was willing to buy it (fixed of course) for a fair asking price.
Out of curiosity, how did the repaired price compare to what the insurance company gave you for the exact same unit?
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psmoore
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The amount they said they would repair it for was above what the insurance considered fixable, and they gave me about 2k more than the repair bill.
Based on NADA book the rv shop and I came up with the Sam retail value, and the insurance company came in with a higher retail value and that is what they gave me.
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