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Just some thoughts.
Might be worth thinking about what is most important for you. “Off-lot price” or “Warranty service.”
I’m not familiar with Lazy days, however, we were surprised to find out that Camping World / Gander RV for warranty work is a “Model specific relationship.” For instance, we bought our Thor Axis from Camping World San Antonio based on price quote (Which was about $10,000 lower than the local Thor Axis dealer.) … However, we found that our very close dealer Camping World Houston / Gander RV is a Thor Vegas dealer … and as such will not do warranty work on a Thor Axis!
We developed a relationship with the Thor plant prior to ordering. We contacted 7 major dealers and chatted about our needs and specifications. Once we had settled on the dealers and the exact specs we sent out a “request for bid,” with exact specs. and decision criteria, by email with a bid closing time and explained our plan to order the next day after bid close and analyses. In the bid process we explained it was a onetime, closed bid process. There was no going to and from one dealer to another or “checking with the manager.”
We received all the bids on a Tuesday evening and awarded the bid by COB the next day.
We bought for 34% under MSRP drive off the lot price.
(After purchase, the local Axis dealer did our significant warranty work)
Best Regards
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