Motorhome Dealer window prices (1 Viewer)

[phil_in_npton]

Good Afternoon
I’d like to hear your experiences and thoughts on buying from a dealership. In particular did you pay the full window price or haggle for less?
I’m half way through the very informative buyers guide available here to members.
We are currently looking to purchase a low mileage, one owner motorhome but was wondering how much less can you hope to pay off of the advertised price. As the article says, we are not generally comfortable at the haggling bit and it does seem a bit daunting but obviously want the best possible price we can get.

What was your experience!

Phil in Northampton

 

[Jim]

This might help if you've not seen it.

How to get the best deal on a motorhome

How to haggle with your motorhome dealer and buy your motorhome at the very best price. This article shows you how.

www.motorhomefun.co.uk

 

[almichie]

We managed to get 10% off a ticket price very recently, and as sales are slow there will always been room to move. How much will be dependant on how long they’ve had it, Whether they take finance to buy it and how much they have in it. All that said , if they’ve had it a while they will want stock to move.

 

[FEC]

We bought our MH last summer so have gone through this not so long ago... (A 2019, one previous owner van low mileage van). Our situation was that we really wanted the particular model (having done all our research) and a dealer within 2 hours drive away. So there wasn't a lot of choice as it was the right model, with low mileage and price seemed consistent with other models and alterative models with same spec....(there were only 8 across the whole UK on Autotrader) So it was the van for us and I didn't want to miss it. When it came to the 'haggling', what I asked for rather than price reduction, was additional things that weren't included on the van that it would cost dealer less than me to get hold of. So a new Fiamma awning was thrown in and fitted for free which I wanted and would have cost me around £1K-1.5K to buy and get fitted afterwards. I think I also got movement on the warranty extension too. So in the end I paid the asking price but got +£1500 of adds ons that I would have needed anyway. Also the van has only arrived at the dealers so if it was one they found harder to shoft you would probably have more leverage on the price discussion? Good luck!

 

[Solwaybuggier]

If you're trading in an existing van, the key thing is really cost to change - at any event, that's what we haggle on, rather than the window price.

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[David and Sally]

Didn't know they sold the windows separately..................

 

[phil_in_npton]

Thanks all! (mostly)

FEC , very similar situation, however after first looking at Elddis Majestic 105 we were disappointed with the storage arrangement, especially no outside access. And the two underwear areas not being free from “stuff”
So now looking to see what fits the criteria

Central Kitchen, end bathroom.
Under 6.4
Up to 3/4 years old
Reasonable low mileage.
Nice colour upholstery ( she says)
Local ish to Northampton
As good storage as possible (some outside access) for the size of van.

We were probably spoilt for space in our old Autotrail Tracker that we no longer have.

Any suggestions?

Thanks

Phil in Northampton

 

[phil_in_npton]

typo.. underwear should read under seat!

 

[peterc10]

Don't worry about the mileage. Motorhomes are based on industrial vehicles designed for high mileage. Low mileage probably means that it has spent most of its life sitting still on a driveway or storage unit. That is not good for the engine, running gear and tyres.