Best Time to Buy - Event Date: 31 Jul 2017

Good News.  RV buying is not like car buying.  There are no end of year clearance sales in the summer to get rid of the 2017 models and make room for the 2018.  That does not mean  an individual dealer will not have sales.  The only time there are "authorized" sales from the manufacturer are between August and March when there are the large RV shows  (Raleigh NC show is end of August, Tampa is January).  At these shows there is dealer pricing marked on all RVs and these are usually the best prices.  I have never seen these prices lowered except if there is a single dealer who for whatever reason has to sell at cost or even below but this is extremely rare and I do not know of anyone who bought at that price so cannot say if it is real.  That being said if you want one now go to a wholesaler (such as Couch's nation).  Their prices are LOWER than the RV shows. They currently are selling 180/179 for 14,9/15.1. I would then try to bargain your way with your local dealer to get close to that price as possible.  Our dealer was $500 over Couch but he was 100 miles away.  Our "local" dealer was thousands over and would not budge.  Keep in mind most local dealers will not perform warranty work if you bought the RPOD somewhere else.  Forest River has big brochures that says BUY LOCAL with 11 bullet points why you should buy local.  Good luck