blucrabbie
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Does anyone have any experiences with purchasing a Class A from these people? Looking for some feedback.
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vfrmarc
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I talked to them earlier this year regarding an 08 Tiffin they had. They gave me a good price on it and a terrible offer for my existing MH so I passed. For awhile they were completely out of Tiffins, I ended up buying used elsewhere and got much better trade-in on my old Class A.
This is not to say they won't deal, the 08 was marked way down. I just needed more out of my Class A and found a used 08 Tiffin in VG condition and the other dealer wanted to move it. I think it took them less then 2 months to re-sell our trade-in so it worked out well for all.
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blucrabbie
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Thanks for feedback. We have already tried 2 dealers on a trade on a Tiffin. They want to give us virtually nothing for ours and that is a no go with us. I know what this thing will sell for and may try to sell it ourselves first before shopping again.
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vfrmarc
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Are you buying used or new? I dickered with four Tiffin dealers, three of them on new 08 leftovers. The first wasn't dealing much (they later had the same MH significantly reduced) the other two including All American were close in price but lousy trade-in offers. That's when I realized that I needed to find a used FRED chassis MH. The one I found had been traded against a new Phaeton and was only 15 months old - had 24,000 mi on it but its a diesel so no big deal. I made them an offer - my trade and x dollars, which they countered and I stuck to my numbers and they said no so I told them I was walking away.
They called me back and took my offer.
I figured they had the wiggle room and they still made money on the deal. I also paid on on line web site to give me a wholesale price for my old MH so I knew what they (the dealer) would be looking at - you can't believe the NADA books online.
I hope this helps you.
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blucrabbie
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vfrmarc wrote:Are you buying used or new? I dickered with four Tiffin dealers, three of them on new 08 leftovers. The first wasn't dealing much (they later had the same MH significantly reduced) the other two including All American were close in price but lousy trade-in offers. That's when I realized that I needed to find a used FRED chassis MH. The one I found had been traded against a new Phaeton and was only 15 months old - had 24,000 mi on it but its a diesel so no big deal. I made them an offer - my trade and x dollars, which they countered and I stuck to my numbers and they said no so I told them I was walking away.
They called me back and took my offer.
I figured they had the wiggle room and they still made money on the deal. I also paid on on line web site to give me a wholesale price for my old MH so I knew what they (the dealer) would be looking at - you can't believe the NADA books online.
I hope this helps you.
This sounds like good info. This is a used Phaeton we are looking at. We have not called them yet. What is the web site that you used to give you a wholesale price for your old coach? I might would be interested in doing the same. Our coach is a little different as we had a full body paint done on it. So for the year, 02, it has a full body paint. Does this website take things like this into consideration as far as pricing?
Thanks
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