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    Posted: 03 Nov 2014 at 6:25am
I think Choke Canyon may have some spots for this weekend and not to much farther Mustang Island may be open.
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Originally posted by Luv2Q

...with Princess.  Maybe I laid some groundwork for you a month or so ago:  I told them dealerships in IA & OH had 'em beat by 3 thousand bucks.  They seemed not to care for that .. But didn't come down.  Maybe they've reconsidered since then!  Big smile
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<span style="line-height: 1.4;">Me too! I made them a very </span>reasonable<span style="line-height: 1.4;"> cash offer and they moved, but not enough. Good to hear that maybe the local region may have a dealer with a </span>reasonable<span style="line-height: 1.4;"> price now. </span>




I am grateful for the prep that y'all did for us! I really didn't want to travel to Iowa this time of year.

I am ready, however, to visit some state parks around here, but man, everyone else had the same idea before i got to the reservation website. Geez. The ones reasonably close are full!
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Originally posted by Luv2Q

...with Princess.  Maybe I laid some groundwork for you a month or so ago:  I told them dealerships in IA & OH had 'em beat by 3 thousand bucks.  They seemed not to care for that .. But didn't come down.  Maybe they've reconsidered since then!  Big smile

Me too! I made them a very reasonable cash offer and they moved, but not enough. Good to hear that maybe the local region may have a dealer with a reasonable price now. 
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Hot dawg!  We're havin' fun now!  Congratulations on getting a deal done with Princess.  Maybe I laid some groundwork for you a month or so ago:  I told them dealerships in IA & OH had 'em beat by 3 thousand bucks.  They seemed not to care for that .. But didn't come down.  Maybe they've reconsidered since then!  Big smile

Let us know how everything goes.  I'll have our story to tell, too:  Maiden voyage this weekend and our 8-yr old granddaughter is on her first camping trip!

Have fun with that grandbaby! Can't wait to hear your tale. We may be brave enough to take our 2 grandsons some day.  They are quite a handful at their ages - 3 and 6.  Broken HeartConfused
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Hot dawg!  We're havin' fun now!  Congratulations on getting a deal done with Princess.  Maybe I laid some groundwork for you a month or so ago:  I told them dealerships in IA & OH had 'em beat by 3 thousand bucks.  They seemed not to care for that .. But didn't come down.  Maybe they've reconsidered since then!  Big smile

Let us know how everything goes.  I'll have our story to tell, too:  Maiden voyage this weekend and our 8-yr old granddaughter is on her first camping trip!
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Yes, it is the late model. Manufacture date of August 2014. We were so surprised that the dealer in Round Rock was willing to make a deal with us. Came close enough to the Iowa price + travel expenses that we felt good about it to say yessssiirrreee! They - at Princesscraft dealership - were very nice and helpful too. We will pick it up Friday afternoon and head directly to the campground - no wasting time to give her a whirl! Ha!
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Congratulations! Hey I think you got one of the late model 2015s, I think this model includes an outdoor shower! 
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We pulled the trigger today!  We take ownership on Friday.  2015 RP 178.   Woot!
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Originally posted by Luv2Q


Originally posted by MissyBuck

 
I vote for the Hillcountry!  Have you ever been to Inks Lake State Park?  Pretty awesome.

I've heard that.  Never been there though.  Sounds like a plan!

Inks Lake is a nice park, been camping there for years. 



Us too. Prob our favorite State Park - so far. As soon as we actually have our Pod purchased and home, I will conact y'all so we can start a plan!
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100% true... I bought from Couch's in Ohio, I live in Connecticut, and a dealer of R-Pods is 15 minutes from my house but was $3000+ more than Couch's. So i drove to Ohio, and towed the new Pod back.
Ended up having a water leak in the water heater (turned out to be a bad Heat Element gasket), but the local R-Pod dealer WOULD NOT touch it. Very abrupt , and matter of fact, "No, we do not have to service any RV we don't sell"... Couch's had to call around and find a Forest River dealer (40 minutes away) who would fix it. They did not sell R-Pods but were very good about doing the work (even though it took 2 attempts, and a lot of towed miles back and forth to get it done).

Same experience on price as ours.  We drove from TX up to Ohio to buy from Couch's.  Rather than turn right around & head back, though, we overnighted at Couch's lot (water & shore power hooked up).   Found a small leak in the city water line + a bad entertainment system.  Fixed first thing next morning & no problems since.
If you drive any distance to pick one up, the advice we got was to stay in the area at least one night to test everything.  Sure paid off for us.  
As luck would have it, a new RV dealership (which carries FR) recently opened up and is only  around 15 minutes from us.  Needless to say, we're getting to be friends.  Smile



Good advice!   Thanks!
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