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    Quote Originally Posted by Canyonlight View Post
    John, no, it was not. It was a central IA dealer. If you want the email, I will PM the txt to you. Pleasureland is posting discounts for Momentums on their website (not seen for a few years) but not Solitudes. And yes, 2023s are around the corner so part of this is the "normal" early/mid year time to move inventory which has not been there the last few years......exacerbated by the worsening economic conditions and outlook.

    Hope your trip to the east coast is going well. Too bad Carol and I did not get an opportunity to meet you and Robin a couple weeks ago but maybe the Hills this late summer/early fall.

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    Thanks Dan - one RV is enough

    Sorry we didn't get a chance to hook up and yes - Aug-Sep trip!

    So far, trip is going well except more broken screws and I left a set of keys on the tonneau while working on the gooseball - gone somewhere in TN and the two extra sets the dealer gave us aren't for our trailer..... Heading home a couple of days early from NC - one of the dogs is ill and daughter is soooo busy. Cutting our trip from 30 days to 26 but so far, so good.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Canyonlight View Post
    a local GDRV dealer advertising $40,000 off Solitudes a little over a a week ago. And after a couple conversations she called back to share that GDRV was now offering another $10K off as a a factory discount as well. Hmm.....not sure what the real story is but none-the-less not a surprise.
    Grand Design just released their new MAP pricing policy (Minimum Advertised Pricing), so dealers can now advertise lower than MSRP on 2022 and older models.

    No factory authorized discounts on Solitudes at this point. Only thing from GD is the Transcend rebate.
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    https://rvbusiness.com/ssi-april-202...wn-31-vs-2021/

    Looks like it all began in April or sooner.

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    Quote Originally Posted by huntr70 View Post
    Grand Design just released their new MAP pricing policy (Minimum Advertised Pricing), so dealers can now advertise lower than MSRP on 2022 and older models.

    No factory authorized discounts on Solitudes at this point. Only thing from GD is the Transcend rebate.
    I have often wondered why companies like Grand Design enforce a MAP pricing policy. Is this solely to protect their customers that do not routinely "discount" the products as much? This seems like a great disadvantage in a free market.
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    Quote Originally Posted by dryfly View Post
    I have often wondered why companies like Grand Design enforce a MAP pricing policy. Is this solely to protect their customers that do not routinely "discount" the products as much? This seems like a great disadvantage in a free market.
    IMO it's a boon for GD and a bust for the buyer. The buyer is going in to deal at MSRP on a GD product, while across the street another buyer is looking at an advertised 30% off MSRP before even walking in the unit.
    Assuming equal products which for the most part thats the case, where would you want to go to start dealing?

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    Quote Originally Posted by goducks14 View Post
    IMO it's a boon for GD and a bust for the buyer. The buyer is going in to deal at MSRP on a GD product, while across the street another buyer is looking at an advertised 30% off MSRP before even walking in the unit.
    Assuming equal products which for the most part thats the case, where would you want to go to start dealing?
    Well, as in any product, to the savvy buyer it really makes no difference. They could care less what MSRP or MAP is because they have done their homework and have some reasonable idea as to what the trailer they want is going to sell for.

    As for the other buyers, they are going to pay what the dealer asks regardless of the starting point. No disrespect to dealers intended.
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    Before I cancelled my F-350 order we looked at a 320 and 350G, and a couple different valor models. The valor dealer had 2 of the same model, with the exact same options and set up. One was ordered in January, one in April. The one ordered in April was listed at $40k more.

    All of the toy haulers are still sitting on the dealers' lots 3 months later.

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