I fully disagree With Liz C's review of Shady Maple RV. First, we got the best trade-in amount for our RV -- by about $4,000.00, compared to the next-highest trade-in offer from another dealer -- and we were given a fair price on our newly contracted 2016 Windjammer.
Shady Maple RV is only three miles from me. Sure, I could have saved a couple of thousand dollars, out the door, with the trade-in included, if I had bought from a dealer a couple-hundred miles away, but it was worth the additional cost to me for my dealer to be so close. Three years later, they still know who I am and give me great service -- warranty or not -- whenever I call them or go by to tell them what I need. They are always very pleasant and willing to help with whatever they can. They never act bothered by me. They have several service bays, but I have never needed to take my Windjammer there because they also have a few very qualified mobile technicians who are capable of doing just about anything that could need to be done to any RV, that they just send out to me at no additional cost. This dealer takes no flack from the manufacturers on warranty items and they work as hard as they need to do to ensure what should be covered is covered. I have never had to contact Forest River over a warranty issue because this dealer fights for me. I am sure this is the case with all of their customers. I have never waited over two days for their mobile technicians to come to me to assess a problem, ever -- not even in the height of camping season -- and fix it if it wasn't a huge item like my awning. That took two weeks of them arguing with Forest River and Dometic to get approval, and my Windjammer was was just two weeks shy of the Forest River Second-Year Warranty. One week later, a couple of mobile technicians came to my site when I wasn't there and replaced it. It didn't cost me a penny.
When it comes to purchasing an RV and being insulted by what you are offered for your trade-in, you really need to look at the whole picture. What is the final cost for that new RV? Does the trade-in value really matter if you drive away with the RV you want at the bottom line you are expecting to pay? Are you buying from a dealer who will take care of you after all of the paperwork is signed -- a dealer who will fight for you when it comes to warranty claims? Do you want to deal with an RV dealer who genuinely cares about you, your family and your RV now, and three years down the road? If these things don't matter to you, good luck with your RVing experience. If they do matter, buy from Shady Maple RV. read more