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kylekai
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Topic: Toy Hauler Liquidators in Fresno? Posted: 03 Sep 2014 at 11:07pm |
Anyone purchase from Toy Hauler Liquidators in Fresno? They seem to have some pretty good prices for r-pods. For a 179, the price is about $2,000 to $3,000 less than the exact same units here in San Diego. Seems worth the trip to Fresno to me, unless I hear something bad about them?
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JStrube
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Posted: 03 Sep 2014 at 11:13pm |
I stopped in and saw them all there. They were helpful.
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kylekai
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Posted: 03 Sep 2014 at 11:14pm |
That's good to know. The sales person is very responsive when communicating via email. I worry there's a catch on why their price is so much lower. I'll find out soon I hope.
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Whatmud
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Posted: 04 Sep 2014 at 10:21am |
There was a dealer in Ky that was about 2000 less, but I suspected the same thing. I'm sure doing warranty work would be difficult locally, and I didn't want to drive a couple of hours to get it done, so I bought here. I thing they had rolled in their warranty forever into the price.
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kylekai
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Posted: 04 Sep 2014 at 11:06am |
I was under the impression that you could get warranty work done at any r-pod dealership? The local dealership told me his customers come first for service work, but otherwise they'll do warranty work. $2,000 is a lot of money to save even for a 6 hour drive!
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Whatmud
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Posted: 04 Sep 2014 at 12:55pm |
Yes, it is a bunch, but the other quote did not include any tax(which was over half the difference), risers, license, etc. I suspect the idea was to get me in the door, high pressure tactics. We did not get that locally. I have also heard of tactics that put a warranty repair of a purchased elsewhere unit at the bottom of the list. As the saying goes "You get what you pay for".
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kylekai
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Posted: 04 Sep 2014 at 12:59pm |
In my instance, I'm comparing apples to apples. Both units are identical. Both are price plus T&L. No PDI or anything else. The local prices is $2K more.
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JStrube
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Posted: 04 Sep 2014 at 1:14pm |
THL deals in volume. They are not a stocking RV doo-dad dealership, you walk in, they have trailers, hitches, that's about it. If you want to browse flagpoles, toilets, dog toys, and a selection of 4 different poop hoses, go down the road a bit, Fresno has about 4 RV dealerships.
The salesman was courteous, they had sales rooms for signing off on paperwork, and cold water to offer. It was 108 degrees outside when we went by & they took time to walk us around a bit.
I would do the complete walk-through before leaving though, as you are a ways away.
If I did not buy used, I would have purchased from them. I drove 12 hours away to buy used though...
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kylekai
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Posted: 04 Sep 2014 at 1:30pm |
Good to know, thanks!
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R-PodInsider
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Posted: 06 Nov 2014 at 3:15pm |
The manufacturers have what is call "Minimum Advertised Price" or "MAP" pricing for short. They only allow us to advertise a price so low. Many dealers violate these terms and the manufacturers wont go after the bigger dealers because they sell allot more product than the little guys. I am not here to advertise my business in San Diego (i am a proud owner of a 2013 R-Pod 177) I can tell you I will meet or beat any r-pod dealers pricing. If you ask for the owner or manager of my place. Happy Pod'ing!
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