Thursday, September 06, 2007

What do you do when you have an extra day on a trip? We went RV shopping.

Stoltzfus RV & Marine is a Monaco dealer. We were hooked up with salesman Frank. He showed us two 40-foot 2007 Knights and one 40-foot 2007 Diplomat, all he had in stock. He explained that all 2008 models were out at a show and would not return for ten days. This story is a little hard to believe along with some others Frank told.

Frank went to the Sales Manager to come up with a trade price. The customer quote that he presented was a shock: the price of the Diplomat coach was ABOVE MSRP! Frank explained, “This is where the Sales Manager would like to be”. He was serious. Any discussion was pretty much over at that point. We left soon after.

The drive between Strasburg and West Chester is through the Amish farm lands of central Pennsylvania and very enjoyable. We had a deli lunch on the return trip and stayed home during the evening. Tomorrow is show time at the Sight & Sound Theater in the afternoon.