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View Poll Results: How much did you pay for your A/S?
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$1.00-$5,000
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36.94% |
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$5,000-$10,000
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21.12% |
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$10,000-$15,000
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6.19% |
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$15,000-$20,000
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5.60% |
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$20,000-$25,000
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3.73% |
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$25,000-$30,000
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3.24% |
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$30,000-$35,000
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4.72% |
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$35,000-$40,000
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3.34% |
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$40,000-$50,000
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8.15% |
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$50,000- plus
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6.97% |
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07-12-2006, 07:21 PM
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#81
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Rivet Master 
1979 30' Argosy
Havelock
, where we park it
Join Date: Jun 2003
Posts: 1,652
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We bought our 1979 Argosy 30ft. for $1500.00 here on the forum classifieds from a few pictures in Feb. picked it up on the way home from Florida in April. The only thing that dosen't work is the 8 track. Had to tow it across Hwy. 50 in West Virginia, that is some winding road.
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Marvin & Annie
Niki (fur baby)
1979 Argosy 30 (Costalotta)
WBCCI 10103
"Happiness is a warm Puppy" Charles Schulz
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07-12-2006, 09:26 PM
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#82
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Rivet Master
2002 27' Safari
Carmel-by-the-Sea
, California
Join Date: Aug 2002
Posts: 1,388
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We paid $4,500 for ours in the summer of 2002, sight unseen on ebay. Came with new tires and two new deep cycle rv batteries installed, otherwise completely original with everything still working. She's no show queen, a few beauty marks, but is rock solid and shows no signs of any leaks. As for maintenance costs to date? $20.00 on a used electric heating element for the refrigerator. Been cheap to keep. 
We are heading out tommorrow for several weeks of boondocking in the Cascade Range. Jeff
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10-17-2006, 05:52 PM
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#83
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2 Rivet Member 
1977 31' Sovereign
ORD
, Nebraska
Join Date: Oct 2006
Posts: 32
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Sometimes high, sometimes low.
We paid $3,500 for our 31' Sovereign from a fellow teacher here in town. The more I look at it in the drive, the better that price sounds. The more digging around I do on it, the higher it feels. Go figure... 
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10-17-2006, 06:18 PM
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#84
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3 Rivet Member 
El Paso
, Texas
Join Date: Aug 2003
Posts: 233
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Originally Posted by welld.geo
We paid $3,500 for our 31' Sovereign from a fellow teacher here in town. The more I look at it in the drive, the better that price sounds. The more digging around I do on it, the higher it feels. Go figure... |
i agree!!!! They just keep going up in value all the time, so from a point of investment,, they yield good returns. The new ones are are just too pricey and they devaluate when new for a few years before they start to go up in value.
Ernie
'58 Traveler, 18ft. 
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10-17-2006, 07:08 PM
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#85
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2 Rivet Member
1965 28' Ambassador
NewCastle
, Pennsylvania
Join Date: Sep 2006
Posts: 55
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We stole ours for $500. As I continue to work on it the "fix up" price continues to rise. I still feel we got a great deal. It is all original and every thing works(the toilet needs some parts and the AC is untested) I needed a new project with all the spair time I have between my job, coaching and raising a family! It has also served to clean up all the extra stacks of money that have been cluttering up the house.
Tbrom
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10-17-2006, 07:19 PM
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#86
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2 Rivet Member
1974 31' Sovereign
madera
, California
Join Date: Oct 2006
Posts: 48
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My stepgrandpa died no he didn't leave it to me, he left it to my step uncle and step father, they didn't want anything to do with it sooo..they gave /offered it to me...1974 AS sovereign in disrepair for 6 years some had considered it abandoned, north of Yreka, CA
So Free w/back registration and repairs that I do/and don't even know about.
Cost to move it home to Central Valley-
$1000.00 gas/rental etc, and the man I thought was my boyfriend... ya he said he was at one time. But made it clear on the trip no longer.
All my nightmares coming true and I'm trying to move into it.
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10-17-2006, 07:28 PM
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#87
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Rivet Master
1994 21' Sovereign
Down on the corner...
, CT
Join Date: Jul 2004
Posts: 997
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Originally Posted by tbrom
We stole ours for $500.
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We didn't get quite that good of a deal but a wise man once told us upon entering ours, "You should be paying a fine for stealing this" ....a classic line I might add 
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Ann & Eric
WBCCI 6274
TAC CT-4
NEU
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10-17-2006, 09:37 PM
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#88
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Mom scared by aluminum
Currently Looking...
Phoenix
, Arizona
Join Date: Sep 2006
Posts: 167
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$900 for a 63 Flying Cloud.
$1 for a temporary tag to haul it home
$85 in gas for the trip
Spiders and rat droppings: Priceless.
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Dave and Joanne
1963 Flying Cloud
2005 Silverado 4x4 3/4 Ton
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10-17-2006, 09:53 PM
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#89
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2 Rivet Member
1974 31' Sovereign
madera
, California
Join Date: Oct 2006
Posts: 48
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Originally Posted by dmaiden
$900 for a 63 Flying Cloud.
$1 for a temporary tag to haul it home
$85 in gas for the trip
Spiders and rat droppings: Priceless.
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Look closer, You may find a carcass in a cubby.. of what? Who knows, but it could be bigger than a rat! Dead under a carefully made bed... by who/what? Who knows...Now that's priceless.
Then being beaten back to the house by the huntress kitty...just as freaked out by the finds!!
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10-17-2006, 10:37 PM
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#90
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2 Rivet Member
1967 24' Tradewind
Aurora
, Colorado
Join Date: Mar 2005
Posts: 62
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$5k for a '67 Tradewind. $1.5K in new matresses & upholtery, $.4K tires, $1K miscellaneous (mostly Vulkum) and it's the best $ I've ever spent on a hobby.
Love my "Silver Dollar-sucker".
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10-17-2006, 11:41 PM
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Liberator
1972 Argosy 24
1989 34.5' Airstream 345
Heart of Dixie
, Alabama
Join Date: Sep 2006
Posts: 1,659
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$15,000 for a 1989 '345' in September 06'
Came with new tires, fridge and batterys.
Missing ice maker.
All the water lines need those dang plastic fittings swapped over to brass.
Camera, thermometer are not working.
Everything else is ready to go...and we can't wait.
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10-17-2006, 11:43 PM
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#92
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Liberator
1972 Argosy 24
1989 34.5' Airstream 345
Heart of Dixie
, Alabama
Join Date: Sep 2006
Posts: 1,659
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Oh yes...
Everyone in the neighborhood knows we got one, (something, they are not really sure) from the guys at auto parts to KFC joint.
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06-16-2007, 08:22 AM
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#93
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Rivet Master
Currently Looking...
West of Fort Worth
, Texas
Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 6,699
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Originally Posted by Neophyte
$5k for a '67 Tradewind. $1.5K in new matresses & upholtery, $.4K tires, $1K miscellaneous (mostly Vulkum) and it's the best $ I've ever spent on a hobby.
Love my "Silver Dollar-sucker".
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That's a LOT of Vulcum
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06-16-2007, 12:27 PM
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#94
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4 Rivet Member 
2005 30' Safari
Houston Texas
, Texas
Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 480
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05 Safari LS Bunkhouse 30
List 61,200
sell 44, 600
these things did not sell real good.
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06-16-2007, 07:26 PM
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#95
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Rivet Master
Join Date: Jan 2003
Posts: 790
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Compaired to what the cost is today and the way she shines inside and out it seems like it was a steal.
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06-17-2007, 12:24 PM
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#96
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3 Rivet Member
Join Date: Feb 2007
Posts: 127
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got ours for 500 hundred too....
very GOOD DEAL I think... since everything works..
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06-17-2007, 01:20 PM
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#97
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3 Rivet Member
Join Date: Feb 2007
Posts: 127
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Mine is now up for sale... after all the hard work in finding the decor online, new mattresses and new curtains... my husband decided he wants a Class C RV.. so if anyone is interested in mine I have placed an AD just today, and I also have it on Ebay.
When it goes I sure will miss the forums, and all the lovely people I have met here.
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06-18-2007, 06:56 AM
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#98
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3 Rivet Member
1963 26' Overlander
Cleveland
, Georgia
Join Date: Apr 2007
Posts: 123
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Originally Posted by dmaiden
...Spiders and rat droppings: Priceless.
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...wasps, (not the black sissy ones, but the red kamikaze dive bombers  ),black ants, and 100's of little rolled up balls of insulation which I am assuming made a nice condo for Stuart Little.
$2K for a 1963 overlander. In my opinion...worth every penny!
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Rusty
Some days you're the windshield,
Some days you're the bug!
"Life's a garden, dig it" Joe Dirt
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06-18-2007, 07:11 PM
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#99
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4 Rivet Member
2000 34' Limited S/O
Greensboro
, North Carolina
Join Date: Nov 2005
Posts: 374
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More than I'd planned, but with no regrets!
Our first travel trailer adventure began with an Airstream last summer. We have spent more than we had planned on upgrades plus a capable towing vehicle, but we are enjoying it more than we had thought as well. We have no regrets.
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2000 34' Limited with Sofa Slide
06 Dodge 3500 Cummins Turbodiesel 4X4 Quad Cab Hensley Hitch Pressure Pro Centramatics
WBCCI #4358
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06-24-2007, 01:42 PM
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#100
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Rivet Master
2004 30' Classic
Field and Stream
, PA & MT
Join Date: Nov 2002
Posts: 819
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And the beat...er, poll, goes on...
I see that I'm way in the minority, paying over $50,000 for our bucket of...
well, let's just say that after 3 years of ownership it was a LOT more than it ever was, or ever will be, worth. 
John
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