Question Selling a coach while traveling, yaye or naye?

[Neal]

The problem is I don't see prices coming down on NEW coaches. Pre-owned, yes. Maybe factory/dealer incentives will arise but take for example Newmar, have they ever lowered a price? I think they keep pushing them up the ladder but will freeze the price but never lower it. I don't know, just a guess. So I don't see NEW ever getting a better buying opportunity in the future but when the pre-owned market starts flooding when inflation hits hard, that's where the deals are. I just don't know if I can buy used, I always buy new, but there are great deals that come up as we all know due to a variety of crisis of owners that need to offload it and exit RVing.

 

[Jabber Jaw]

Neal......I too doubt that NEW prices will ever come down. The increases may slow a bit.
Only DEAL, if any, is that the "DISCOUNTS" will once again go up; making us think "we got a better deal"!

 

[sheridany]

You are right prices on new won’t come down even in the worse of times unless competition forces the market to do it. People exiting is already happening as I hear people who ran to RVing in 2020 are selling. Not a lot but some. I also see alot of people trading up with the same brand and units for something new. There’s a sweet spot of slightly used luxury line coaches (Newmar) around from those trade ups that I would look at or you can’t go wrong with a used Newell or a bus conversion. The great thing about used is you just saved yourself 20% in a depreciation hit. Something to be said for that.

 

[Neal]

I've seen barely used coaches getting listed on Facebook groups making me wonder why they ever bought. So yeah, there are deals to be had but they may be doing the same thing as others, selling at premium prices. I've watched prices all over the spectrum. Some I wonder "why are you selling so low" and others that seem to be crazy high.

 

[Old Bubblehead]

You don't know what you don't know. Not good business model to lower prices, much easier to provide deeper discounts when sales start to slow down. The market has bubbled up so fast, there will be a contraction some time in the not to distant future.

At the AIM rally in Vegas, Brett Davis was talking about how the high end coaches had slipped a bit faster than down line ones. He talked about the book on a MA vs a DS and how the dutchy was still holding values across book releases. Not enough data points to eke out trend lines yet, but interesting in its own right.

Can you do used? we struggle with that as well. I would say in somethings. I would have no issues buying a used sport car of a vintage I like, or a used high end watch if I found the price attractive and pedigree sound, or a hand gun I was looking for.

Houses have been an issue for us, we built three and only purchased one preowned. We enjoyed getting it the way we wanted. Coaches have been same, ordered two spec'd our way. I think I could find my way preowned if it was the right coach, like a cherry Newell that fit my budget. You have to do you, spend some time to figure out what that looks like.

 

[J&JD]

Maybe in two years @ARD will sell you her LA at a discount when she moves up to an Essex!!!

 

[sheridany]

Or a KADP.

 

[FLSteve]

@Neal ... I missed the part about you getting a plane. Was there a thread about that you can link us to?

FLSteve

 

[J&JD]

@Neal ... I missed the part about you getting a plane. Was there a thread about that you can link us to?

FLSteve

That’s because it’s a “stealth “ aircraft.

 

[sheridany]

And there’s a secret password to see it. P-I-N-E-A-P-P-L-E. We will send the rest of the password by secret decoder. Hint bread like with cheese on top.

 

[AbdRahim]

That’s because it’s a “stealth “ aircraft.

$$$$$$$$$

 

[Neal]

 

[redbaron]

@Neal ... I missed the part about you getting a plane. Was there a thread about that you can link us to?

FLSteve

It was in the Christmas letter Neal sent out with the Amazon gift cards and green mountain grills...didn't you read the letter?