NADA Wanderlodge Listings

[davidbrady]

Good news!

I just got off the phone with Jackie at RV Guides NADA. She told me there are only 3 staff members who handle all the RV listings in the guide, she being one of them. She can be contacted by email at rvs@nadaguides.com, attention "rv department". But, please let's not bombard the rv department with email. I'm posting the email address so that BBBB, BirdConnection, and Parliament Coach can contact them.

Jackie explained that they'll gladly accept "real retail SOLD transaction prices" from brokers, no need to be a dealer member. She explained that they are a national outfit and their prices reflect this, so locality differences are to be expected. I explained that the pricing discrepancies in the guide go well beyond locality issues. She also expressed her concern that the number of sales that BBBB, BirdConnection, and Parliament Coach might be too small for them to be of any significant value to RV Guide. I explained that in Wanderodge's heyday they sold at most 50 coaches per year and that the sales at BBBB, BirdConnection, and Parliament Coach are of the same order. Jackie also said that they had this same issue with Airstream and they had difficulty coming together because many of the vintage Airstreams sold today had been gutted and significantly rebuilt. I assured her that the Birds that BBBB, BirdConnection, and Parliament Coach sell are basically original without significant modification and that some of the birds are as new as 2009.

So, it looks promising. NADA RV Guides has the door open and is willing to accept and act on data if BBBB, BirdConnection, Parliament Coach, and other dealer/brokers are willing to work with them. Together, if we act in good faith, we can reverse this path and fix the NADA pricing of Wanderlodges while retaining all the benefits that come with the NADA RV Guide. It's up to the Wanderlodge Community to politely ask these dealer/brokers if they are interested.

It's not going to be 100% easy. For instance, RV Guides may hesitate if only one 1993 WB is sold in a given year, and they may exhibit caution in immediately acting on that singular piece of data; there may be a delay before pricing reflects this new information. But, Jackie is reasonable and she's a wonderful listener. She understands the situation, has seen it before, and is willing to help. We need to be equally flexible, creative, and open minded in the suggestions we offer.

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