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Entertainers ?
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Have we heard from Sid Tuls lately?
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Hello Roger, I’m here in amarilo thinking about which trailer I want to put behind the bus!!! lol
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RE: Who is inside………….
I’m just the driver.
RE: How much did it cost……….
I don’t know what the final total will be. I am buying it a piece at a time.
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One guy asked me very loudly in front of several people in a restaurant, “Would I be imposing if I ask how much that bus cost you?” I replied quietly and with a smile, “Yes.”
The converstation ended right there. He was so embarrassed that I actually felt sorry for him.
DKO
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Usually the leading comment is; sure is a nice coach, then what year is it, then how long have you had it, did you buy it new and how much does something like that cost.
My answer is, thank you a 1997 Liberty, your other questions are too personal to answer. You then turn to the side and walk away or stand there until they do.
JIM
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While the purchase price of a coach is personal, the reluctance of owners to make people aware of the price, or at least a price range works against us.
It is obviously nosy and nervy for folks to ask questions like that , but there are a lot of people in the marketplace that are in a position to own a Prevost financially, yet if we treat that information as a secret we may be keeping someone from buying one instead of a plastic RV. Over the years I have run into a few dozen owners of high end RVs that own their Monaco Signature or comparable coach because they never dreamed they could buy a well maintained, used Prevost for less.
Is the impact of at least revealing a price range for compatable coaches going to affect us? No. But if more folks knew what has started life as a seven figure product, and is now available for a fraction of the original cost we might see the depreciation on our coaches slow down as the market for them grows.
I probably will not talk price with a toothless, drunk, homeless guy, but others who are sincerely interested will get a price range which doesn’t give them a clue as to what I paid. Our coaches when new can cost as much as $x,xxx,xxx, but a good used mid nineties coach that looks almost new can cost as little as $xxx,xxx.
And by keeping accurate information about what we have paid for our coaches secret, even among ourselves, nobody knows exactly what a fair market price is for a coach so we are all left with grueling price haggling because we really don’t know costs.
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When two people meet Jon, one is buying and one is selling.
Regardless of what it might be (IE: Tangible item, bus, truck, motor car and opinion of sorts).
You will never find a guy in America who would actually admit to what it was that he paid for a bus, truck or car. A man is set up to portray himself as “always getting a good deal” and to never admit that he got screwed in the proces.
It is just human nature.
I agree however, it would be much, much better to know what things cost. They say knowledge is power, and by knowing the apparent value of something, that would of course lead to a better price of the product in the end.
BCO
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I know this doesn’t sound believeable, but in early October traveling from Vegas back to Tenn somewhere in West Texas I did see a Prevost towing a stock/horse trailer heading west bound.
My first thought was it Loc Star with his pet Brahmas. -
When I’am asked how much it cost my reply is “alot “. I’ll ask about where there headed today ? If I go inside the truck stop while at the pumps I always lock the bus.
Last thing before pulling away or moving the bus ….walk the 360 around the bus. As some of you know we store diesel pushers only at the storage business here in KC.
FWIW….every accident (3) that has taken place at the bus barn would of been prevented “IF” the owner had just done the 360 around the coach
AL
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I’m paranoid. I lock the bus even when I am filling it. We have had people open the door and walk right in. Fortunately we have been inside and could stop them on the steps. Now we even lock it when we are inside.
Some people seem to be of the opinion if it is entertainers they have the right to open the door and see them.
Ditto on the 360. It is easier on power cords and fuel nozzles, water lines and sewer hoses if that stuff is disconnected before moving the coach.
Don’t forget the roof. We have seen too many coaches to count going down the road with antennas still up.
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