Negotiating Discount on a Tvan

I would imagine there would be very little discount, if any on Tvan.
They are quoting quite a few months delivery time.
There are few late models on the market at the moment that would save a bit of new price.

Al, to be looking at a Tvan you must have flogged your house.

You could look at a discount if you bought two of 'em.

I'll tow the other one for you.....hahaha.


Cheers......Lionel.

Hi,
There has been a couple of new ones on e-bay of late that did not sell.

See following closed auction

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=260483808652&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT

The thing I was not sure about, was what options / exact model was for sale.

Best of luck.

Cheers,
Mal

Sorry, but if you expect to get some/any discount off a new van, you really do need to be the first customer to walk through the showroom doors for more than a month. In which case, the salesmen/women will be falling over themselves to get to you and your wallet. Sorry mate, don't expect too much, the new caravan market is just too bouyant at the moment. It's a sellers market - not a buyers market. Mind you, no harm in asking. Good luck.

G'day Alan

I note that you are in the West, and that therefore there may be fewer used Tvans on the market over there, but used ones come up relatively regularly here in the East, and are likely to be in v. good condition.

When we bought our Tvan (2004 and sold in 2009) we ordered it at a 'show', and there were a number of options tossed in. I know that folks are cynical about ' show specials', and that your Perth show is not until early in the year, but my impression is that dealers/manufacturers do use shows to generate orders, so that might be a possibility.

www.campertrailers.org has a Trader section similar to Exploroz

Good hunting / bargaining

Cheers
John

Alan

I bought a new Miranji in 2006 with all the extras and could not get any discount due to the high demand and had to wait about 3 months for delivery.

They are an excellent built camper and will go anywhere your 4wd will go.
I sold mine after 4 trips because it did not suit my application, mainly due to storage room for longer trips.

I would strongly suggest to hire one for a trip to make sure it suits your application and style of camping. It can be an expensive mistake.

At the time it was a choice between the Tvan and a Kimberly Karavan and now I wished I had spent the extra money and bought the Kimberly.
The Tvan cost me $47K and the Kimberly was $53K, I saw a Kimberly at the 2009 Penrith show for $78K. A lot of extra money over 3 years.

I hope you make the right decision and can get a good deal.

Regards
John

Hi Alan, as has been said previously, GOOD LUCK! We bought a new T van in 2007, after a lot of haggling we managed to get $500.00 off of 40K. So Just over 1%. Agent said there was just bugger all margin in them and I tend to agree. Get every single detail, extra, exclusion, option all in writing, anytime you change your mind, send that change instruction in writing/email. This is where we saved quite a bit of money.

Regards

Krakka

If I built an exclusive product that was selling with no problem at the price I was asking why would I offer a discount??

You want it you pay the price, pretty simple.

Cash or pre approved finance is the way to go, I have never paid asking price for a car etc.

Walk in and test drive, if you like it say I will give you x amount right here right now, or what is your best price for a sale today, EG cash I guarantee you will get what you want for a better price and the salesman will get his commission and a sale as well.

Just be a better salesman.