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Originally Posted by dalford
I saw this presentation on YouTube about the current state of the RV industry. Maybe all the talk about a buyers market is wishful thinking at least for now..
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Interesting video. I was skeptical at the start, but if his numbers are accurate and they really cut production by 1/3 this year, there may not be nearly as big a glut of inventory as we would expect, and manufacturers may hold on to a lot of there price increases.
His take on Grand Design seemed spot on - we were leaning toward toward a Grand Design last year at the height of the madness and prices were increasing every time we looked at something. Ended up going to the Hershey show (Sept '21) thinking maybe we would see a little relief in price, but the GD was even higher than the last unit we looked at. BUT, we stumbled on the FR Columbus. Same floorplan, similar features, but we actually thought it was a little nicer and had a few key upgrades. Ended up getting it for over 10K less than the GD. Some of that was the dealer and some was the manufacturer, but still a huge difference in the end to soften the pain of buying in 2021.
I hope he's right on the stuff coming back from China, but that is the one part of his comments I'm most skeptical of. Seen it too many times in my career - as soon as things shake out, the cost differential will be irresistible to manufacturers and they will be sourcing there again as fast as they can.
Anyway, good video and will be interesting to see how things play out.
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