I do't know the exact policies on each rv outlets as it relates to how they fund lot inventory. But if its anywhere close to the auto industry taking in used inventory is a gamble and can cost them hard money when taking in trades. I sometimes think some of the crazy low numbers they offer for trades is a way to discourage a person from trading. from the looks of things I am beginning to think that the manufacturers are using retail dealers as their country wide storage lots. There are surely a lot of 2023 dated campers sitting around, unsold.
Of course on the other hand its a way to gamble on moving the used unit off the lot at a huge discount at a more realistic numbers if a consumer balks at the stupid prices and price structure that we see from the disconnect of the artificial MSRP pricing that people gets caught up on when thinking they are getting large amounts of money when the dealers play the numbers game.
I told one sales manager this past week that they think we are really stupid when they stated to our faces that the new unit is actually worth 67 thousand dollars , according to Jayco, but that they would sell it too us at a huge discount of 39 K.
I laughed and said, sure, Jayco is taking a 27 grand plus loss when the unit left the plant and they are giving it away at a loss from what they actually paid for it because they liked me. LOL, The true value for that TT has to be pretty low and an insult and a turnoff to any experienced owner that's owned just one unit and have been around the block for a couple of years and paying attention to the trends and pricing.
They also valued my camper, which is fully functional , at least for today anyway, [never know you know when you leave the driveway, my disclaimer to satisfy the truth and lending fake laws for rvs]LOL at less than what I could have parted out the unit and sold the parts in the used market for replacement to people dealing with broken stuff.
