Dealing with my local dealer who I purchased a new tt back in 05' from. When it was time for another new tt back in the summer of 2011, I knew exactly what model I wanted and options. Asked for a "out the door price" (paying cash). My sales lady from my last purchase took my info and returned with a price I felt was laughable.
Over the next 6 months was contacted with the same price. Maybe they thought I might cave in, I don't know why they were not interested in my cash?
6 months later, after talking to them again at the RV show, I was again given about the same price. So I Googled the tt I wanted and found a dealer 2-1/2 hours away, called them, within 60 seconds of telling them what I wanted and what my trade was, was given a price 50% less than the offer I was presented at my local dealer. My dealers offer was
$19.5k plus my 2005 tt. This dealers offer was
$9800 plus my 2005 tt. What would you do?
What I did do was call my dealer and say you have 24 hours to give me your last and final offer. They called me back 7 times and got the price down to $15.5k + mine. If it would have been $1000-$1500 difference I might have bought it there. Ended up getting it at the out of town dealer. The next day I drove to that out of town dealer and put down a deposit for him to order the unit I wanted. Both were offering $6500 trade value. I did end up selling it ( my trade ) for $8500 on Craigslist the next week. Took 6 weeks, ordered a 2012, but when it showed up March 1st, he said I was given a 2013 because they were done building 12's and are now on frames titled for the 2013 model year.
When my local dealer owner found out when I was there to pick up some RVing supplies, he ( dealership owner ) said don't bother bringing it here for any warranty stuff. Well as any new tt goes I had 7 warranty issues that were
not major. So I called at the end of the season (Nov) and found out they were more than glad to do my warranty stuff. I knew unless I had a major issue, I would just bring it in during their slow season. I know not to take my tt to a dealer for service during the spring and summer, where they hold it "hostage" in their "HOSTAGE LOT"
, waiting on a authorization, parts or shop space.