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01-28-2016, 07:52 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2015
Location: Lansing, Michigan
Trailer: 2017 Escape 21, 2016 GMC Canyon Duramax
Posts: 587
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Price Increase
Just noticed the price of a standard 21 jumped from 27,800 to 31,800. Ouch!
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01-28-2016, 07:59 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2013
Location: Phoenix, Arizona
Trailer: 2015 Escape 19 "Seventy Degrees"
Posts: 3,495
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Wow, our 19 base price we just picked up was $25,500 CA and it is showing $30,300 CA now.
Exchange rate is going to really affect these I guess.
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01-28-2016, 08:02 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2015
Location: Lansing, Michigan
Trailer: 2017 Escape 21, 2016 GMC Canyon Duramax
Posts: 587
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Maybe I didn't look close enough but didn't notice any changes in the standard features either.
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01-28-2016, 08:05 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: Central, Pennsylvania
Trailer: Escape#5 2022 E19
Posts: 26,268
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All prices jumped $4,000...across the board.
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Jim
Sometime life gets in the way of living.......
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01-28-2016, 08:07 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: Edmonton, Alberta
Trailer: 2013 19' & 2013 15B
Posts: 2,636
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ETI has gotta pay for that new building. . Glad I got my 19' a couple years ago. They are rapidly travelling outside of my affordability range.
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2013 19' \ 2013 15B, 2020 Toyota 4Runner TRD Offroad
"It is better to remain silent at the risk of being thought a fool, than to talk and remove all doubt of it." - 1907, Maurice Switzer
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01-28-2016, 08:08 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: Central, Pennsylvania
Trailer: Escape#5 2022 E19
Posts: 26,268
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Back to the drawing board...
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Jim
Sometime life gets in the way of living.......
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01-28-2016, 08:11 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: North Vancouver, British Columbia
Trailer: 2009 Escape 17B 2020 Toyota Highlander XLE
Posts: 17,136
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A wild guess is that ETI has to import the systems, that are about half their cost to build a trailer, from the U.S. and pay for it in U.S. dollars.
Got to keep that U.S. economy growing.
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What happens to the hole when the cheese is gone?
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01-28-2016, 08:19 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Mar 2014
Location: Olathe, Kansas
Trailer: 2015 21ft Escape "Spirit of the Plains", 2014 GMC Sierra with max tow package
Posts: 1,100
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I was wondering when this was coming. ETI buys a large share of their inputs from the U.S. and with the strong U.S. dollar, they had to be really getting pinched. It takes a very good business manager to keep up with all of this. Loren
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01-28-2016, 08:31 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: Central, Pennsylvania
Trailer: Escape#5 2022 E19
Posts: 26,268
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Not only that but the exchange rate differential has also narrowed 5%. Double whammy.
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Jim
Sometime life gets in the way of living.......
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01-28-2016, 08:37 PM
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#10
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Senior Member
Join Date: Mar 2013
Location: North of Danbury, Wisconsin
Trailer: 2018 Escape 21C
Posts: 3,033
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My wife and I have been debating the purchase of an Escape 21 .
The debate just ended .
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01-28-2016, 08:41 PM
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Site Team
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Portland, Oregon
Trailer: 2014 Escape 5.0 TA
Posts: 11,044
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Makes David's 2016, Escape 5.0TA Brand new still at ETI, trailer is ready to go for $28,680.00 U.S. an even better bargain for the buyer who bought it today!
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Donna D.
Ten Forward
2014 Escape 5.0TA
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01-28-2016, 08:42 PM
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#12
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Senior Member
Join Date: Aug 2015
Location: Benton County, Iowa
Trailer: 2013 Escape 21 Classic Number 6, pulled by 2018 Toyota Highlander
Posts: 8,256
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Timing
Considering the price increase and the party who bought the posted 5.0 TA today, if I were them, I'd be stepping out to buy a fistfull of lottery tickets. My Dad would have called that "clean living".
Dave
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01-28-2016, 08:44 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Aug 2015
Location: Benton County, Iowa
Trailer: 2013 Escape 21 Classic Number 6, pulled by 2018 Toyota Highlander
Posts: 8,256
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Donna, you type too fast.
Dave
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01-28-2016, 08:46 PM
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Site Team
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Portland, Oregon
Trailer: 2014 Escape 5.0 TA
Posts: 11,044
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Iowa Dave
Donna, you type too fast.
Dave
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Muggins!
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Donna D.
Ten Forward
2014 Escape 5.0TA
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01-28-2016, 08:47 PM
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#15
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Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2014
Location: Allendale, New Jersey
Trailer: 19' towed by a 4Runner
Posts: 251
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Increases are in CAD, and justified not just by supply and demand.
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01-28-2016, 08:49 PM
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#16
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2013
Location: Portland, OR, Oregon
Trailer: 2013 Escape 21 #8
Posts: 437
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Quote:
Originally Posted by steve dunham
My wife and I have been debating the purchase of an Escape 21 .
The debate just ended .
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Steve,
It's still a great deal in US dollars. We had a Casita for 8 years but now that we have the 21 we love it. It's the perfect trailer! Life is short - go for it!!
Kathie
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01-28-2016, 08:50 PM
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#17
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Senior Member
Join Date: Feb 2013
Location: Solvang, California
Trailer: 2016 21' Escape (usetaowna a 19, a Burro and 2 Casitas)
Posts: 842
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Ouch, that's a BIG bite. I'm not paid off until the ink dries on the build sheet. It's maybe entering the not such a great deal territory since I'm now looking at the mid $30's US.
I suppose the increase raises the price of my resale so maybe it's kinda relative but then again......hmmmmm.
Better get busy and sign the build sheet, Bloomberg said the CDN might go down to .62. That won't be pretty.
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01-28-2016, 09:04 PM
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#18
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Senior Member
Join Date: May 2015
Location: Seatac, Washington
Trailer: "The Trailer", 2nd Gen 21' & a 2017 Tundra CrewMax in Blazing Blue Pearl
Posts: 2,888
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Other price increases as well
In comparing the prices on their site with the first build sheet information that was sent to us in December, the following items have increased as well:
Equalizer hitch with sway control from $400 to $475
stereo w/4 speakers, $350 to $375
spray foam insulation under the trailer, $700 to $800 (price stayed at $1000 if you get the foam and the 2 heat pads)
Convert bench seat to u-shaped dinette, $350 to $400 (we got hit with that increase as it happened before our build sheet was signed off on)
LED awning strips, $125 to $170 (again, we got hit with that)
Gawd, that would have been easier to do if both lists (on their site and the build sheet) were in alphabetical order or at least the same order. But, nope.
I did not see any new options listed on their site that was not on our build sheet.
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01-28-2016, 09:04 PM
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#19
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Senior Member
Join Date: Mar 2013
Location: North of Danbury, Wisconsin
Trailer: 2018 Escape 21C
Posts: 3,033
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Dave&Kathie
Steve,
It's still a great deal in US dollars. We had a Casita for 8 years but now that we have the 21 we love it. It's the perfect trailer! Life is short - go for it!!
Kathie
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A debate takes two or more people and my debate partner ( wife)
says the debate is over. If Escape had made some of the more common options ,standard equipment to acompany the price increase it may have been more palatable. Thank you for your kind thoughts .We will stay with our Casita and keep camping or as Donna says "Love the one your with".
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01-28-2016, 09:05 PM
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#20
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Senior Member
Join Date: May 2015
Location: Seatac, Washington
Trailer: "The Trailer", 2nd Gen 21' & a 2017 Tundra CrewMax in Blazing Blue Pearl
Posts: 2,888
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Donna D.
Makes David's 2016, Escape 5.0TA Brand new still at ETI, trailer is ready to go for $28,680.00 U.S. an even better bargain for the buyer who bought it today!
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I betcha it was sold after the new buyer noticed the price increase. Probably within minutes of them seeing it!
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