New member - hi, and a pre-purchase question

[Jack & Donna Smith]

I think Jeff Miller said it best a couple of years ago, in regards to
buying a nice coach, or a fixer-upper..
He Said, "Pay Now Or Pay Later"....
Of course, sometimes when we "Pay Later" it is also paying with a few
Vacation Days while the Coach is at the Repair Shop.
Jack Smith
1973FC31
SoCal.


--- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "Leroy Eckert"
wrote:
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> I sure don't want to get into a price war here with friends.
> I can say this. I paid a fair, not "book" price for my coach 3.5
years ago and I can in retrospect count on two fingers, at $1000 per
finger what I have spent on what I will call deferred maintenance. On
numerous upgrades that I elected to do including changing out the
Primus to Wabasto I have spent less than $10,000. To me, hydronic heat
is worth its weight in gold.
> We all know that reworking the interior of a coach with new
upholsery, carpet, tile etc is extremely expensive. A case in point,
lately my wife wanted to recover the couch, why I don't know, so I got
a bid. I decided I am in the wrong business. They sew, I blow out my
knees in the tile business. A new quality paint job is somewhere
between $12-20K.
> I would rather use the coach than work on it every day, but that is
just me. If an owner kept track of time at a reasonable hourly rate
and parts costs, one would be better off paying the piper at the date
of purchase rather than over a period of years, assuming that coach
was in the same shape as mine was when I purchased it. But then again,
that is just how I think. fwiw
>
> Leroy Eckert
> 1990 WB-40 "Smoke N Mirrors"
> Niceville, FL
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> Leroy Eckert
> 1990 WB-40 "Smoke N Mirrors"
> Niceville, FL
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: erniecarpet@...
> To: WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Wednesday, June 27, 2007 7:35 PM
> Subject: Re: [WanderlodgeForum] New member - hi, and a
pre-purchase question
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>
> Leroy- that is a beautiful coach. But the price, to me, is way
over-priced.
>
> Ernie Ekberg
> 83PT40
> Livingston, Mt
> --wanting a wide body and NO slides
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