NADA Wanderlodge Listings

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It appears that this was done by Randy Dupree and Parliament in an effort to remove the low NADA values of older coaches as compared to owner's perceived value and higher asking prices of those coaches.

I suspect they are correct as regards the older units. I believe that NADA just reduced their values a certain percentage each year which has caused the older model's NADA value to suffer.

However, this may be a disservice to later model BB owners. After doing about 5 minutes of research on the NADA website, it appears to me that later models of the LXi, M450 and several models of the M380s have a NADA value higher than the current marketplace pricing. This is especially evident in year 2000 and up Wanderlodges. I offer for example 3 late model Wanderlodges listed for sale on Randy's BBBB website. 1) 2000 LXi slide @ $122,500 with NADA average retail value @ $182,500. 2) 2003 LXi 2 slide listed @ $160,000 with NADA average retail value @$278,650. 3) 2005 M450 3 slide listed @$170,000 with NADA average retail value @ $260,100,

Whether removing the NADA values on these later model Bluebirds will help or harm their marketplace pricing, only time will tell. I liked the NADA average retail value of $182,200 placed on my LXi which is considerably more than what BBBB has been selling them for. I believe NADA values have helped keep the prices of late model Bluebirds up.

Further, I do not understand why Parliament would agree with doing this as they mostly deal with late model Bluebirds.