why don't they put prices on there vans in magazines and on there web sites. New vans I'm talking about. Shopping for one but as I work away for month at a time I can't get to the yards and I have a budget . So spend a week looking at a particular brand only to find out its way over budget .More just a statement than a question , something that peves me.
Better now I got that off my back.
Pete ( OMD )
GaryKelly said
07:18 PM May 10, 2014
If the price had been published, you would have known immediately that it was way over budget. So you hung around, which is what the retailer wants you to do, hoping that you'll make contact, or visit the showroom, so that they get the chance to give you the big sell in person.
-- Edited by GaryKelly on Saturday 10th of May 2014 07:19:45 PM
moamajohn said
07:49 PM May 10, 2014
2 years ago ,when I was looking for a van,I would scour the two main mags for product.As I would come to a review I would go direct the section that had the price ,if no price or a "refer to manufacturer " I simply move on to the next review. I frankly don,t understand why the mags do not insist on a base price at least .Whats the big deal ? In fact it also peeves me with regard to new products at the rear of the mags too that give you a big spiel and no price !.John
SnowT said
08:04 PM May 10, 2014
Don't know about the price in mag's..
but if whatever I'm looking at does not have a price.. I just look somewhere else...
Juergen
Casey said
09:39 AM May 11, 2014
Prices for caravans, even the same van, can vary so much, depending on the options you want. Just as important is where you buy the van. A van built and sold in Melbourne will cost less than the same van in Perth or Brisbane.
You can't be too interested in buying a particular van if you can't be bothered making a phone call to your nearest dealer. Charlie
Bryan said
09:48 AM May 11, 2014
So true Casey. The one I ordered costs just on 60% more than the base price.
Vic41 said
10:35 AM May 11, 2014
Casey wrote:
Prices for caravans, even the same van, can vary so much, depending on the options you want. Just as important is where you buy the van. A van built and sold in Melbourne will cost less than the same van in Perth or Brisbane.
While that is true with many vans due to transport costs to other states, however for some reason it is not true with Coromal.
They are built in Perth subs, but the price is the same in all states. You would think they would be cheaper to buy in Perth but that is not the case. It would seem this is just greed seeing the Perth bought ones do not have transport costs if bought in Perth, I can't see any other reason for it.
Casey said
01:15 PM May 11, 2014
Vic Every rule will have an exception and Coromal could be the exception with caravans. They may have amortised the cost over the whole country. I remember being camped along the TCR and seeing half a trainload of Jaycos heading west, and thinking it must have cost them a few bucks.
Maybe Coromal should shift their production to Melbourne where most caravans are built, and then restructure the costs from there. Charlie
Vic41 said
01:28 PM May 11, 2014
Yes Jayco costs more in WA Charlie to those bought in Victoria as the freight cost is added, no stamp duty on caravans though in WA and rego is cheaper compared to some states. Still cheaper to buy Jayco here with more bells and whistles than Coromal.
Coromal/Windsor/Camec are owned by Fleetwood....
PS: Hope Coromal don't move to Victoria, won't be good for our local jobs etc.
-- Edited by Vic41 on Sunday 11th of May 2014 01:29:09 PM
ozjohn said
03:47 PM May 11, 2014
Caravan Mags would be the last place I'd be looking for caravan brands to buy, with or without published prices. Ozjohn.
oldbobsbus said
05:47 PM May 11, 2014
Just slightly off topic but one o0f my pet peeves is when someone puts something up for sale with just a
FOR SALE Sign on it when for less effort they could put the price on it and that would also indicate it is for sale..
I refuse to go and ask I just assume they are unsure of the amount they want and make up a price dependent on what they think they may be able to screw out of you..
KFT said
10:18 PM May 11, 2014
Caravan world magazine has a listing of new caravans in each issue with price ranges for the different models
that might help
or maybe an internet search on rvpoint.com.au and search for new vans
why don't they put prices on there vans in magazines and on there web sites. New vans I'm talking about. Shopping for one but as I work away for month at a time I can't get to the yards and I have a budget . So spend a week looking at a particular brand only to find out its way over budget .More just a statement than a question , something that peves me.
Better now I got that off my back.
Pete ( OMD )
If the price had been published, you would have known immediately that it was way over budget. So you hung around, which is what the retailer wants you to do, hoping that you'll make contact, or visit the showroom, so that they get the chance to give you the big sell in person.
-- Edited by GaryKelly on Saturday 10th of May 2014 07:19:45 PM
but if whatever I'm looking at does not have a price.. I just look somewhere else...
Juergen
Prices for caravans, even the same van, can vary so much, depending on the options you want.
Just as important is where you buy the van. A van built and sold in Melbourne will cost less than the same van in Perth or Brisbane.
You can't be too interested in buying a particular van if you can't be bothered making a phone call to your nearest dealer.
Charlie
So true Casey. The one I ordered costs just on 60% more than the base price.
While that is true with many vans due to transport costs to other states, however for some reason it is not true with Coromal.
They are built in Perth subs, but the price is the same in all states. You would think they would be cheaper to buy in Perth but that is not the case. It would seem this is just greed seeing the Perth bought ones do not have transport costs if bought in Perth, I can't see any other reason for it.
Vic
Every rule will have an exception and Coromal could be the exception with caravans. They may have amortised the cost over the whole country.
I remember being camped along the TCR and seeing half a trainload of Jaycos heading west, and thinking it must have cost them a few bucks.
Maybe Coromal should shift their production to Melbourne where most caravans are built, and then restructure the costs from there.
Charlie
Yes Jayco costs more in WA Charlie to those bought in Victoria as the freight cost is added, no stamp duty on caravans though in WA and rego is cheaper compared to some states. Still cheaper to buy Jayco here with more bells and whistles than Coromal.
Coromal/Windsor/Camec are owned by Fleetwood....
PS: Hope Coromal don't move to Victoria, won't be good for our local jobs etc.
-- Edited by Vic41 on Sunday 11th of May 2014 01:29:09 PM
Caravan Mags would be the last place I'd be looking for caravan brands to buy, with or without published prices.
Ozjohn.
Just slightly off topic but one o0f my pet peeves is when someone puts something up for sale with just a
FOR SALE Sign on it when for less effort they could put the price on it and that would also indicate it is for sale..
I refuse to go and ask I just assume they are unsure of the amount they want and make up a price dependent on what they think they may be able to screw out of you..
that might help
or maybe an internet search on rvpoint.com.au and search for new vans
frank