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wooddl
podders Helping podders - pHp Joined: 16 Jun 2013 Location: Tacoma Online Status: Offline Posts: 12 |
Topic: Trying to become a R-poder Posted: 19 Jun 2013 at 12:08am |
Hello all, my wife and I are looking for an RV and we stumbled on the R-pod.. After some research and window shopping not only have we fallen in love, we have narrowed it down to the 172 or 182g.
Hoping some of you might have an idea what I should pay for one. The dealer prices here in Tacoma seem a bit outrageous . Looking mostly at new models. Thanks in advance, we are pretty excited to get our hands on one of these.. |
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JCMoran
Newbie Joined: 12 May 2013 Location: Snohomish, WA Online Status: Offline Posts: 20 |
Posted: 19 Jun 2013 at 2:24am |
Hi Wooddl,
We went to the Poulsbo RV lot in south Everett and they were great! Prices were not that far off MSRP and lots of goodies thrown in as well. I think it would be worth the drive. It's nice to see more from the pacific northwest joining the Pod family. |
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John & Stevie
Bella & Emma (Fur babies) 2014 RP178HRE "Hawg Pod" 2001 Silverado 1500 |
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Camper Bob
podders Helping podders - pHp Joined: 26 Sep 2011 Location: Portland Oregon Online Status: Offline Posts: 913 |
Posted: 19 Jun 2013 at 8:48am |
My suggestion is to look online at Couch's and download a copy of their prices. Show that to your local dealer. If they won't be more competitive, move on to another dealer. Look under Events and Campouts and see if you can join us for the Roundup at Seaside Oregon, August 15-18. Currently we have 19 Rpods coming as well as other Forest River products and 65 campers. Should be a ball. Safe Travels.
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Camper Bob and Camper Sue
Gracie the Wonder Dog (12 LB. Mini Dachshund) 2013 Rpod 171HRE(ORPod) 2016 Lance 1685 2015 Nissan Pathfinder |
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techntrek
Admin Group - pHp Joined: 29 Jul 2009 Location: MD Online Status: Offline Posts: 9059 |
Posted: 19 Jun 2013 at 9:05am |
Welcome. It is possible to get a price well below MSRP but you may have to go well out-of-state to get it. At the very least you can use the pricing from other dealers as leverage. Camper dealers have a lot of wiggle room in their pricing - many here have purchased their pods for about 1/3 off of the sticker price. The dealer I bought from cut the price from around $18k to $14k with haggling but wouldn't go farther. Then I mentioned another dealer that was selling it for around $12k and he instantly came within a few hundred dollars. I'm sure he still made a profit so that tells you just how much profit they build in.
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Doug ~ '10 171 (2009-2015) ~ 2008 Salem ~ Pod instruction manual
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P&M
Senior Member Joined: 13 Aug 2012 Location: Spokane, WA Online Status: Offline Posts: 454 |
Posted: 19 Jun 2013 at 9:34am |
We were able to get a fantastic deal on ours last October, but only because it was a 2012 model that had sat on their lot since February and they were desperate to get it sold. It was a strategy that we have always employed with buying our cars as well ... wait until the new year models come out in the early fall, and then make a deal on what they have remaining in stock.
However it only works if they have remaining stock sitting around that they want to need to get sold ...
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P & M ... and Comet too!
2012 171 -- The Monkey Pod 2018 Ram 2500 |
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bhamster
Senior Member Joined: 19 May 2011 Location: Washington Online Status: Offline Posts: 165 |
Posted: 19 Jun 2013 at 11:28am |
Check out Broadmoor RV in Pasco. They beat Poulsbo by $3k. Another dealer that beat Poulsbo by a lot was Sutton RV, but Broadmoor was a little cheaper and closer (plus no OR/WA issues to deal with).
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wooddl
podders Helping podders - pHp Joined: 16 Jun 2013 Location: Tacoma Online Status: Offline Posts: 12 |
Posted: 19 Jun 2013 at 11:49am |
Wow! Couch's RV is really cheap. RP-182g for 15K.. Thanks for all the input everyone. A cool community of campers is another reason pushing us to the R-Pod...
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Camper Bob
podders Helping podders - pHp Joined: 26 Sep 2011 Location: Portland Oregon Online Status: Offline Posts: 913 |
Posted: 19 Jun 2013 at 12:19pm |
Now take that bid and show it to all the dealers and see who will deal the best. Don't be bashful, it's your money. Better in your pocket than theirs. My own experience was just as I told you. Got a price on my 171 so low, that I'm not able to share it. I also had them throw in a pair of LP tanks and autochangeover, a much better AGM size 27 battery and install some accessories that I purchased separately. Such as removing the jack and replacing it with a swivel jack with wheel, and some other items. WORK 'EM. Safe Travels.
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Camper Bob and Camper Sue
Gracie the Wonder Dog (12 LB. Mini Dachshund) 2013 Rpod 171HRE(ORPod) 2016 Lance 1685 2015 Nissan Pathfinder |
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Camper Bob
podders Helping podders - pHp Joined: 26 Sep 2011 Location: Portland Oregon Online Status: Offline Posts: 913 |
Posted: 19 Jun 2013 at 12:23pm |
Another thought. Save yourself some travel time. Fax a copy of your lowest price to each of the sales managers of the dealers. Don't forget Oregon. Tell them you are ready to write a check and who is willing to take the least. Give them 24 hours and list all of the items that you want on your trailer. That is also the way to purchase a new vehicle, after you get their cost in the internet. Let us know your progress. Safe Travels.
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Camper Bob and Camper Sue
Gracie the Wonder Dog (12 LB. Mini Dachshund) 2013 Rpod 171HRE(ORPod) 2016 Lance 1685 2015 Nissan Pathfinder |
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David and Danette
podders Helping podders - pHp Joined: 24 Nov 2009 Online Status: Offline Posts: 1215 |
Posted: 19 Jun 2013 at 10:28pm |
If you are not able to get a low price near by travel to Couch's and make a vacation out of it. I was born in Hamilton and have family in the area worked out great for us. We traveled from south Florida, a good thing is you would only need to tow the camper one direction. David
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