How is He-Who-Should-Not-Be-Allowed impacting my life now? I went RV shopping (round 2) yesterday. When I asked, ‘What sort of depreciation for re-sale should I expect?’, I didn’t get the answer I was anticipating. Instead, I got two new pieces of information, one of which could be in my favour, and one of which has me a tad freaked out.
First off: more than one dealership has indicated that due to the tariffs being levied by the twit, there is a very good chance that used RVs will be much in demand over the next several years and, if I maintain my rig well, I could see a better than normal re-sale price. Well, I’m not really thrilled about benefitting from petulant nationalism (feels like profiteering somehow), but hey – whatevs – I’ll take it.
But, today, Wednesday March 19th 2025, we are only days away from another round of tariffs. And the salespeople are all warning me that that means motorhomes currently sitting in the dealers’ lots are going to jump in price. Immediately. Granted, this could be a tactic to hurry a sale, but do I really want to gamble with that? Here’s the problem with this: those of you who have been following me for a while know that (a) I hate shopping; and (b) I take a looong time to make a decision. But if I want to avoid a sudden across-the-board price hike, I have to decide. Now. Crap.