New member - hi, and a pre-purchase question

[Jon]

--- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "Jack & Donna Smith"
wrote:
>
> 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:
> >
> > 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
> >
> > 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
> >
> >
> > 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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I kind of think its buyers market and will be for along time to
come. There are allot of Bluebird owners that are looking at there
big investment and see the price of fuel to get them from point A to
point B is the biggest problems for using there rigs. I get around
10 mpg or so and if I owned a PT that number probably would be cut in
haft. I would think of selling mine but its still one hell of a
shelter for unseen problems. Good luck on your buying adventure and
like I said it a buyer market!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Good-luck

RebeBird
Bremerton Washington