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How to Buy a Used RV – Secrets RV Dealers Don’t Want You to Know

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What is the Dealer mark up on a used RV?

The typical dealer mark up on a used RV is 30 to 45% above wholesale RV invoice price. With extremes at 10 to 60%. The Manufacture’s suggested retail price is generally 30-40%, but most RV dealers are free to sell the RV for a price that they can get the most for it. High volume RV dealers typically sell more RVs at lower margins. Smaller volume rv dealers may sell less but expect more profit on each unit.

What is the wholesale invoice price amount? This is the price that the dealer paid for the motor home. Most dealers will not let you see this price up front. A few will. Even though they have list prices of 30 to 50% above RV wholesale invoice, most dealers like to make at least a 30% margin on their inventory. You should always be able to talk them to at least 30% over wholesale invoice. If I can buy a car for $500 over the wholesale invoice, can’t I do the same think with a motorhome? To stay in business a dealership would have to sell for a minimum of 10-20%. RVs are much more expensive then cars and require more overhead.

Are their any other advantages to being a high volume dealer? Yes being a high volume dealer also allows you to get manufacturers rebates from $50 to 15% cash back from the manufacture. This depends on how aggressively the manufacturer is working to promote products or increase market share.

What amount should I offer the RV dealer and how do you calculate this amount? If you know the rv wholesale pricing or invoice amount (the amount the dealer paid) for the motorhome, in a competitive market just add 15 to 20% to the wholesale amount to make your offer. If you don’t know the wholesale amount, here is a good way to estimate it: 1) Divide the SRP(suggested retail price) by 1.4. (This Assumes the average a 40% mark up) ex. List price 140,000/1.4 is equal to 100,000 wholesale invoice price. 2) Add a 30% mark up to the invoice price to bring it to $130,000 this an offer that a dealer will almost never refuse. 3) If you are a bargain shopper or feel that the dealer is in a pinch or in a competitive market offer of invoice plus a 20% mark up =$120,000 4) Probably the best deal you will find on the current years model is a 10% mark up for $110,000 above the wholesale RV invoice. Most dealers won’t accept this though.

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Source by Spencer Arnold

How To Get A Hack License In New York City

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A New York City Taxi Drivers License is called a “Hack License”. Officially it is known as a New York City Taxi Operators License. The license allows the holder / driver to operate a Yellow Medallion Taxicab in the Five Boroughs of the City of New York. Only a Yellow Medallion Taxicab is permitted to pick up passengers hailing from the street in the City. The Hack license, issued through The New York City Taxi & Limousine Commission, is the only license for operating a Yellow Taxicab.

There are other licenses issued by the New York City Taxi & Limousine Commission for car service and limousines but they can not be used to operate the Yellow Taxicab. The Hack license however can be used to operate a limousine or car service vehicle. This fact makes the Hack License the most valuable of NYC T&LC issued operator licenses, as well as the most prestigious.

There are approximately 44,000 drivers carrying a Hack License in New York City today.

HOW TO GET A HACK LICENSE IN NYC

The Process and Requirements

o All applicants for a New York City Taxi Hack License must be no less than nineteen (19) Years of age

o Applicants are required to have, a Class A, B, C, or E N.Y. State Drivers License, or a license from New Jersey, Connecticut or Pennsylvania of a similar class.

o Most licenses in New York State are Class D.

o To change a license from a class D to a class E one must go to the Department of Motor Vehicles and pay an upgrade fee.

o There will be no test.

o The fee will be approximately fifty dollars.

A problem with how to get a hack license is that an applicant must owe no outstanding parking, or traffic summonses. If money is owed to the New York City for parking or traffic violations it must paid, or a documented settlement agreement with the appropriate agency must be presented to the NYC T&LC licensing division.

All applicants for a New York City Taxi Hack License must be citizens, or legal residents of the United States.

Applicants are also required to attend a New York State certified, six-hour Defensive Driving Course.

o This course must be attended no longer than six months prior to the date an application is filed with the New York City Taxi & Limousine Commission for a Hack License.

o The number one provider of defensive driving courses for New York City Taxi Drivers is the Master Cabbie Taxi Academy. Classes are available six days per week. The price is $45. or $39. with online registration.

The medical requirement for How to Get A Hack License is contained on Form B of the New York City Taxi & Limousine Commission Taxi Drivers Application which must be completed by a certified Medical Doctor.

o The application for the New York City Hack License must be submitted in person to the New York City Taxi & Limousine Commission at either 32-02 Queens Blvd. Long Island City N.Y. 11101 Monday through Friday 9AM to 4PM.

o There is a second submission location in Staten Island. Open Monday, Tuesday and Thursdays at 1893 Richmond Terrace Staten Island NY 10302.

o No walk-ins are permitted at the Staten Island Location.

o To make an appointment call: 212-227-6324.

o At the time of application submission the applicant will be required to pay a sixty dollar application fee. The fee must be paid by money order made payable to the NYC TLC.

o At the time of application submission the applicant must pay a seventy-five dollar for fingerprinting fee. The fee must be paid by money order made payable to N.Y.S.D.C.J.S.

All applicants for the Hack License are required to be tested for illegal drugs. The Hack License will not be issued to any person not completing the test.

o The New York City Taxi & Limousine Commission approved drug testing center for new applicants is located at 31-00 47th Ave. Long Island City NY 11101.

o The center is open Monday through Friday from 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM.

o Payment must be made by money order made payable to Lab Corp. Inc.

o Persons applying for the Hack License and failing the drug test will be directed to a licensing standards hearing conducted by the New York City Taxi & Limousine Commission. Following the hearing the application for the Hack License may be denied a license.

The most time consuming aspect of how to get a hack license in NYC is mandatory pre-license training for all New York City Hack Licensees. The training is in taxi related subjects, conducted by approved training institutions. The minimum training requirement is a twenty-four hour program. The program consists of a three day course, eight hours per day, with three basic components. Geography/Map Reading, Rules and Regulations / Defensive Driving and Customer Service.

There is also a course for Eighty Hours available consisting of nine eight hour days of classroom training, and one day of testing. (The NYC TAXI OPERATORS EXAM.) The eighty hour program is the original taxi driver training program on which the New York City Taxi driver exam is based.

There are other programs for how to get a hack license available which have no time constraints. The most prominent such program is conducted by Master Cabbie Taxi Academy. The programs are unlimited in length, so long as the student maintains a regular schedule at the school, and does not have to re-learn what had been taught previously.

Certain unlimited programs include all fees needed for the New York City Taxi & Limousine Commission. This service allows persons utilizing credit to have Master Cabbie Taxi Academy make the fee’s available when the student is ready for each phase of the Hack licensing process This removes the need to purchase money orders for which only cash can be used.

The taxi driver test for how to get a hack license in New York City consists of two parts. It is administered by the New York City Taxi & Limousine Commission each week at the Master Cabbie Taxi Academy.

o The Hack License applicant must successfully complete an English Proficiency as part of the exam. It is a low level ESL exam for basic, English proficiency, consisting of four parts. There are thirty questions, fifteen of which are fill-ins, and fifteen of which are multiple choice. An applicant must score twenty-one correctly to pass the exam. Applicants failing the exam are allowed to sit for a second exam on another date. Applicants failing the exam for a second time must submit a new application to the New York City Taxi & Limousine Commission if they wish to continue the process of obtaining a New York City Hack License.

o The final step in the process of How To Get A Hack License in NYC is, The New York City Taxi Operators exam. The Taxi Operators exam consists of two parts. One part is open book and the other is closed book. Part One consists of ten questions. The applicant is allowed to use a Five (5) Borough New York City Atlas and a Street address locator during this portion of the exam. For this portion of the exam forty-five minutes is allowed.

o Part Two of the New York City Taxi Operators exam allows the applicant seventy-five minutes and consists of forty questions. Approximately twelve questions will pertain to rules and regulations and defensive driving questions. The remaining twenty-eight questions will pertain to geography, landmarks, highways, air, bus and train terminals, etc. Applicants must answer thirty-five questions correctly, scoring seventy percent, or better, to pass the exam. Applicants failing the exam are allowed to sit for a second exam on another date. Applicants failing the exam for a second time must submit a new application to the New York City Taxi & Limousine Commission if they wish to continue the process.

Taxi drivers in New York City earn as much as one thousand dollars per week and more.

If you wish to apply for a New York City Hack License you should contact Master Cabbie Taxi Academy. At: 718-472-1699 or 1-800-955-TAXI.

© Terry Gelber October 2007

Terry Gelber has a NYC Hack License.

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Source by Terence Gelber

8 Mile Rap – Are These Raps For Real?

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8 Mile rap battles are as entertaining as they are unrealistic. The film follows B. Rabbit -which seems to be a lightly altered version of Eminem’s bio- and his rise through rap fame in his hometurf in Detroit, affectionately known as “8 Mile.” 

In his first rap battle against Papa Doc, B. Rabbit chokes. OK, he’s new, he’s nervous, fine. But still, I’ve seen terrible rappers without an iota of skill spit freestyles no matter how nervous they were.

In his first battle outside the lunch truck, Eminem- er, Rabbit- comes with it against fellow worker. By far his best line of the rap: “You’ve worked at this plant so long… you’re a plant/ Look at his boots… they’re starting to grow roots!” Genius. It’s this type of delivery that’s gonna take this guy far in the 8 Mile rap battle circuit.

The next battle is at the local 8 Mile battle championships, where B.Rabbit has to battle his way through two other rappers before getting a shot at Papa Doc. Unfortunately, we don’t really get a chance to see the other battles going on -which were filmed in an afternoon as extra footage. Basically, we’re supposed to realize these guys mean business.

The first victim is named Lickety Split, seriously. Rabbit makes quick work of him with lines like “He sounds like Erik Sermon… the generic version” and concluding with the same finishing line used against him “I’ m gonna walk my happy a** back across 8 Mile.”

The second- and best- battle is with Lotto, who comes with the line “I feel bad I gotta murder that dude from Leave it To Beaver.” Rabbit comes responds back with “Ward, I think you were a little hard on the Beaver/ So was Eddie Haskell, Ward and Ms. Cleaver…” and the single best line of the movie “Is that a tank top or a new bra? Look, Snoop Dogg just got a boob job!”

While both these 8 Mile rap battles were somewhat believable- most freestyle battles tend to involve the crowd more- the final battle against Papa Doc is ridiculous. B. Rabbit drops some ill verses that review all the points that can be used against him: namely, that he’s broke, white and lives with his mom, and apparently Papa Doc is left speechless while the crowd cheers up Rabbit.

Huh? In the countless rap battles I’ve been to, no one has ever walked away from a championship round like that. Sure, you get a rookie who’s drops it in the first round (like Rabbit) but not an experienced freestyler. No way. And the fact the crowd wouldn’t let Papa Doc get on? Again, this would never happen. These people came to be entertained, and what better way to be entertained than watching the two 8 Mile rap champs duke it out?

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Source by Andrew Tucker