5th wheel purchase pitfalls???
First time buyer! Am considering purchasing a 41 foot 2017 fifth wheel from owner. What should I be aware of and how do I handle the exchange of monies? The price issue is not a problem but the proce...
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hornet28 wrote:Thermoguy wrote:hornet28 wrote:
I guess you guys don't understand how inspections work - either the buyer has a mobile tech come and look it over or the buyer arranges for the seller to deliver it to a local service / repair center. You are right that you should not give a person the trailer and say see you tomorrow, but as a buyer, you want to know your not purchasing someone's problem. I didn't have mine inspected and it cost me about $3K in issues that weren't obvious. As a buyer, I would expect to pay a deposit on a condition of if it doesn't pass I'm not buying this thing.
If the person you are buying from is as rude and not willing to let you have it inspected, then don't buy from them - they are hiding something.
I said they can have it inspected or do it themselves as much as they want. If someone wants to consider me rude because it doesn't leave unless paid for, that's OK they aren't the only fish in the sea. When I bought our current 5er used I looked at and purchased it in less than 2 hrs. I don't dink around wasting peoples time
The point wasn't that you would hand them the keys and tell to have fun.
The idea was if YOU THE SELLER still have the truck, pay for a few gallons of fuel for the SELLER to pull it to a CAT scale and/or nearby campground (assuming the SELLER doesn't have a proper 50amp outlet at the storage location)
This would happen after making an offer contingent upon survey. If the SELLER refuses, that raises a lot of red flags. We aren't talking about a $2k hunter special. A 2017 41ft 5er is likely selling for north of $50k, so that's not a huge burden to finalize the sale...unless there is something to hide.
