skyguy
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Well, my wife and I continue to do more than our share to help stimulate the economy. Today we plunked down a healthy deposit and ordered a brand spanking new 3670RL built to our taste! It has been three months of emails, phone calls, decisions, decisions, decisions.
As some know, we have had a Montana for 8 years, and truthfully it has served us well. We have had no major problems, nothing that others haven't had, and we have been real happy with the floor plan. But it comes time to move on...
I can't remember how I first heard about Heartland, to be honest. Then I found the Heartland forum, and I can't thank Jim B enough for his patience in helping me to get signed up for the forum here!! (Too much to do with SPAM blocking, I had to strip everything out to receive the acceptance email...) THANKS JIM!!
We wound up purchasing from a dealer in Grand Island Nebraska - it was a combination of fair price, and a real click between Tony Staab, one of the owners, and myself. Tony was fair and honest. I won't be able to say too much about their service, because we are 475 miles away in Colorado Springs.
For other's benefit, I will mention and rate on a scale of 1 - 10 the other principal Heartland dealers I spoke with... (10 being good)
K&C RV /Camping World Colorado Springs - 4.0 High $$$$, unwilling to even realistically deal. Hope their service is OK, they will be my servicing dealer I am afraid.
K&C RV / Camping World Denver (Longmont). 0.0 They made a great inital offer, even a great trade deal. Then when they did the paperwork on a model on their lot, the price wound up so much higher I was ready to call the cops. I won't say numbers, but the difference was 5 digits and the first number was more than one. They pretty much forgot to give me anything for my trade in on paper.
Capital RV - Elkhart - 10.0 Gary is a nice guy, and certainly had a bargain, but did not want to trade. If I had cash, I would give this guy a call again.
Mesa RV - Mesa, AZ. 1.0 They get a point for good ads. But gave me a very attractive price, and then the off the lot figure came in over 20% higher. Ow ow ow!!
There was a dealer in Texas who I took offense to simply because they swore up and down they could buy my used Montana at auctions any day for, well, almost nothin. I have a list of dealers who are dying to find out where the Texas folks buy their trailers!
Rich Sons RV, Grand Island NB. 9.5 Tony was the first one to actually respond to an inquiry I filled out on the Internet. I had quit filling those out, because no one would respond. He and I developed a working relationship pretty quickly, and we wound up placing the order. Nothing is complete until the check is signed and we are driving home, but I'll keep you posted! I had to deduct 1/2 point, because, after all, he is a die hard Husker fan, and I'm a Colorado Buffalo alum. I'm sure you football fans will understand
Sorry for the long tale, but maybe it will help others down the road!
(We did get a chance to talk with a BigHorn owner while at the K&C dealer today - he raved about his rig. And I also chatted with the service techs too - they had only good things to say about Heartland - their units for the most part have been QC'd very well before they arrive in Colo Spgs, and almost no problems after the sale.)
We are excited!!!!
Al Schlafli
As some know, we have had a Montana for 8 years, and truthfully it has served us well. We have had no major problems, nothing that others haven't had, and we have been real happy with the floor plan. But it comes time to move on...
I can't remember how I first heard about Heartland, to be honest. Then I found the Heartland forum, and I can't thank Jim B enough for his patience in helping me to get signed up for the forum here!! (Too much to do with SPAM blocking, I had to strip everything out to receive the acceptance email...) THANKS JIM!!
We wound up purchasing from a dealer in Grand Island Nebraska - it was a combination of fair price, and a real click between Tony Staab, one of the owners, and myself. Tony was fair and honest. I won't be able to say too much about their service, because we are 475 miles away in Colorado Springs.
For other's benefit, I will mention and rate on a scale of 1 - 10 the other principal Heartland dealers I spoke with... (10 being good)
K&C RV /Camping World Colorado Springs - 4.0 High $$$$, unwilling to even realistically deal. Hope their service is OK, they will be my servicing dealer I am afraid.
K&C RV / Camping World Denver (Longmont). 0.0 They made a great inital offer, even a great trade deal. Then when they did the paperwork on a model on their lot, the price wound up so much higher I was ready to call the cops. I won't say numbers, but the difference was 5 digits and the first number was more than one. They pretty much forgot to give me anything for my trade in on paper.
Capital RV - Elkhart - 10.0 Gary is a nice guy, and certainly had a bargain, but did not want to trade. If I had cash, I would give this guy a call again.
Mesa RV - Mesa, AZ. 1.0 They get a point for good ads. But gave me a very attractive price, and then the off the lot figure came in over 20% higher. Ow ow ow!!
There was a dealer in Texas who I took offense to simply because they swore up and down they could buy my used Montana at auctions any day for, well, almost nothin. I have a list of dealers who are dying to find out where the Texas folks buy their trailers!
Rich Sons RV, Grand Island NB. 9.5 Tony was the first one to actually respond to an inquiry I filled out on the Internet. I had quit filling those out, because no one would respond. He and I developed a working relationship pretty quickly, and we wound up placing the order. Nothing is complete until the check is signed and we are driving home, but I'll keep you posted! I had to deduct 1/2 point, because, after all, he is a die hard Husker fan, and I'm a Colorado Buffalo alum. I'm sure you football fans will understand
Sorry for the long tale, but maybe it will help others down the road!
(We did get a chance to talk with a BigHorn owner while at the K&C dealer today - he raved about his rig. And I also chatted with the service techs too - they had only good things to say about Heartland - their units for the most part have been QC'd very well before they arrive in Colo Spgs, and almost no problems after the sale.)
We are excited!!!!
Al Schlafli
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