Reading the fine print
Just spent the night in the driveway of an upscale RV park. Seems they lock the doors at 9:00 pm. Apparently they won't budge on the rules. That little fact was on the sites agreement page that you c...
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To bad that is their rule.
Perhaps several people complained about 'midnight' campers showing up, and waking the people who are trying to relax, or perhaps sleep in for a few hours, and not wanting to listen to a RV starting up and bringing the slides in at 5 am! I don't think I would like to be woken up at 11 pm or 5 am!
Anyway that is their rule.
The 'fine print' on my motorhome vehicle loan says "I will not take the vehicle out of state". I guess I can understand this 'requirement' on a home, or perhaps when financing a shed in the back yard, but not a motorhome that 'should' be taken on vacations to other states.
I know that my mom bought some aluminum pots and pans in Pennsylvania back in the 50's and part of her agreement was to not move without notifying the company, of her current address, and one requirement was to not move out of state. She moved to California, and that made her loan due in full at the time they discovered her moving out of state. Silly in my opinion!
Also when you rent a car, most will have fine print that says not to take the car out of the state you are in. This would seem almost impossible when renting a car in Washington DC for instance. . . If you go more than 10 miles in the same direction, you will end up in another state.
Fine print is there for a reason in most cases, but in some cases you wonder if they are making un-reasonable requests of the person signing the contract. Such as a extended warranty on motorhomes that says you 'shall change the engine oil every 3000 miles or this warranty will become invalid. So don't change the engine oil every 15,000 miles like the manufacture says, then the engine gets all junked up with oil sludge, I can understand lack of coverage, but to not cover the refrigerator or awning due to not having receipts for each oil change every 3000 miles is un-acceptable! Still it can be in the fine print!
Good luck on your reading the fine print! I am sure that someone will be reading their motorhome finance contract in the next couple of days and reply "I found that same clause in my contract too - that it can not be driven out of state!".....
Fred.
Perhaps several people complained about 'midnight' campers showing up, and waking the people who are trying to relax, or perhaps sleep in for a few hours, and not wanting to listen to a RV starting up and bringing the slides in at 5 am! I don't think I would like to be woken up at 11 pm or 5 am!
Anyway that is their rule.
The 'fine print' on my motorhome vehicle loan says "I will not take the vehicle out of state". I guess I can understand this 'requirement' on a home, or perhaps when financing a shed in the back yard, but not a motorhome that 'should' be taken on vacations to other states.
I know that my mom bought some aluminum pots and pans in Pennsylvania back in the 50's and part of her agreement was to not move without notifying the company, of her current address, and one requirement was to not move out of state. She moved to California, and that made her loan due in full at the time they discovered her moving out of state. Silly in my opinion!
Also when you rent a car, most will have fine print that says not to take the car out of the state you are in. This would seem almost impossible when renting a car in Washington DC for instance. . . If you go more than 10 miles in the same direction, you will end up in another state.
Fine print is there for a reason in most cases, but in some cases you wonder if they are making un-reasonable requests of the person signing the contract. Such as a extended warranty on motorhomes that says you 'shall change the engine oil every 3000 miles or this warranty will become invalid. So don't change the engine oil every 15,000 miles like the manufacture says, then the engine gets all junked up with oil sludge, I can understand lack of coverage, but to not cover the refrigerator or awning due to not having receipts for each oil change every 3000 miles is un-acceptable! Still it can be in the fine print!
Good luck on your reading the fine print! I am sure that someone will be reading their motorhome finance contract in the next couple of days and reply "I found that same clause in my contract too - that it can not be driven out of state!".....
Fred.
