Bedbugs!

We recently picked up bed bugs in our 35ft class A and their primary spot is the living room couch/bed.... the mattress isn't removable from the frame to wash or replace, so I guess we'd need to replace the entire thing? Where could I even buy one? We're planning to heat the RV as the next two days are supposed to be 95+, and we're hoing that the outside heat plus a large rented commercial heater (that goes to 140F on its own) will do the trick. We also picked up DE to sprinkle and will be wing bedding/clothing etc... although I'm not sure that's required if the entire RV is being heated already?

...lead one to think this is the end of the world...

Awesome. Sounds like I was convincing.
I'd prefer the term "passionate", over "hysterical", though. :)

After whatever method you use, I would buy a new mattress and replace every type of fabric in the unit. A small price to pay to be comfortable.

I guess you should have had a bedbug sniffing beagle check it out first. :)

Here's an article on bedbugs. Anyone can get them - anywhere.

Bedbugs

I'd still like to hear if the party definitely identified his bites as bedbugs - or perhaps fleas, no see-ums, etc. and does he know, FOR SURE, that he got them from the RV. He could have gotten into something while outside. Some things take a while to manifest.

I have not seen the OP telling how he identified issue as bed bugs and not some other critter

bigred1cav wrote:
Where did you buy the MH? It has an implied warranty of usability. Unless you were notified of defects and agreed to the conditions as notified either get a lawyer or contact your state AG. File complaints with the AG and involve the local TV consumer protection programming.

§ 2-314. Implied Warranty: Merchantability; Usage of Trade.
(1) Unless excluded or modified (Section 2-316), a warranty that the goods shall be merchantable is implied in a contract for their sale if the seller is a merchantwith respect to goods of that kind. Under this section the serving for value of food or drink to be consumed either on the premises or elsewhere is a sale.

(2) Goodsto be merchantable must be at least such as

(a) pass without objection in the trade under the contractdescription; and
(b) in the case of fungible goods, are of fair average quality within the description; and
(c) are fit for the ordinary purposes for which such goodsare used; and
(d) run, within the variations permitted by the agreement, of even kind, quality and quantity within each unit and among all units involved; and
(e) are adequately contained, packaged, and labeled as the agreement may require; and
(f) conform to the promise or affirmations of fact made on the container or label if any.
(3) Unless excluded or modified (Section 2-316) other implied warranties may arise from course of dealing or usage of trade.

§ 2-313. Express Warranties by Affirmation, Promise, Description, Sample.
(1) Express warranties by the sellerare created as follows:

(a) Any affirmation of fact or promise made by the seller to the buyer which relates to the goodsand becomes part of the basis of the bargain creates an express warranty that the goods shall conform to the affirmation or promise.
(b) Any description of the goodswhich is made part of the basis of the bargain creates an express warranty that the goods shall conform to the description.
(c) Any sample or model which is made part of the basis of the bargain creates an express warranty that the whole of the goods shall conform to the sample or model.
(2) It is not necessary to the creation of an express warranty that the seller use formal words such as "warrant" or "guarantee" or that he have a specific intention to make a warranty, but an affirmation merely of the value of the goods or a statement purporting to be merely the seller's opinion or commendation of the goods does not create a warranty.

seisatsu wrote:
I just recently completed the purchase of a used RV. Everything looked good and in working order, and it seemed like a great deal. Until I tried to sleep in it.

Bedbugs! No returns! No exceptions! I've been hoodwinked.

From what I've read so far, If you're cleaning house and you leave even a single bug alive, it can restart the infection. And the only surefire way to kill them all is fumigation.

Problem is I can't find any companies advertizing such a service for motor homes. It seems to me that if you could fumigate a house, you could do the same for an RV, but before I start making blind calls to local pest control companies, I wondered if anyone would have some useful advice or experience to share on this issue.

Almost every used MH and TT is sold AS IS with no warranties expressed or implied, and you will likely find that exact wording in the sales contract. Returning a MH for a few bedbugs is like killing a fly with the atomic bomb...it makes no sense.

Carb Cleaner wrote:

...They tend to stay on or in the bed. I honestly think this is, on the whole, a very easy problem to deal with...

This is incorrect. If you've never dealt with a BB infestation, you have no idea what you're talking about. Going to bed, KNOWING that you WILL be bit, has a tremendous psychological impact. DO NOT take the presence of a single BB lightly.
BB will travel to any area they can hide. Preferably, one that has a nearby food source (you). They are not slow walkers. Bed-side tables, picture frames, electric outlet covers, pillows, baseboards, headboards, box springs, clothing, etc. They bite you, and drink the blood from the wound. The brown spots that appear is their waste - your blood. Some people have very little reaction to the bites. Some people are highly sensitive and the itch is as bad, or worse, than Poison Ivy. If it's not dealt with, one bite will become five, then twenty, etc. BB should not be trivialized or taken lightly.

While you are correct in much of what you say the rather hysterical tone in your post would lead one to think this is the end of the world...it is not. They are rather easily gotten rid of with a few tactics anyone can do...and they do PREFER the bed over other areas but will even sit on walls....They are much easier to get rid of than scabies, or some other infestations. I have dealt with them several times in buildings in Asia and Africa as well as much more difficult bugs to get rid of. Hard surfaces are the easiest to clean. Heat will kill them as well as some pesticides. I am just saying it's not necessary to call out the army it's pretty easily dealt with if you do it right the first time...

Do not do it yourself!
Hire a professional to fumigate your coach.
Then get rid of your bedding & replace it.
Before I retired our hospital fumigated all incoming patients baggage before they could enter their rooms.

Where did you buy the MH? It has an implied warranty of usability. Unless you were notified of defects and agreed to the conditions as notified either get a lawyer or contact your state AG. File complaints with the AG and involve the local TV consumer protection programming.

§ 2-314. Implied Warranty: Merchantability; Usage of Trade.
(1) Unless excluded or modified (Section 2-316), a warranty that the goods shall be merchantable is implied in a contract for their sale if the seller is a merchantwith respect to goods of that kind. Under this section the serving for value of food or drink to be consumed either on the premises or elsewhere is a sale.

(2) Goodsto be merchantable must be at least such as

(a) pass without objection in the trade under the contractdescription; and
(b) in the case of fungible goods, are of fair average quality within the description; and
(c) are fit for the ordinary purposes for which such goodsare used; and
(d) run, within the variations permitted by the agreement, of even kind, quality and quantity within each unit and among all units involved; and
(e) are adequately contained, packaged, and labeled as the agreement may require; and
(f) conform to the promise or affirmations of fact made on the container or label if any.
(3) Unless excluded or modified (Section 2-316) other implied warranties may arise from course of dealing or usage of trade.

§ 2-313. Express Warranties by Affirmation, Promise, Description, Sample.
(1) Express warranties by the sellerare created as follows:

(a) Any affirmation of fact or promise made by the seller to the buyer which relates to the goodsand becomes part of the basis of the bargain creates an express warranty that the goods shall conform to the affirmation or promise.
(b) Any description of the goodswhich is made part of the basis of the bargain creates an express warranty that the goods shall conform to the description.
(c) Any sample or model which is made part of the basis of the bargain creates an express warranty that the whole of the goods shall conform to the sample or model.
(2) It is not necessary to the creation of an express warranty that the seller use formal words such as "warrant" or "guarantee" or that he have a specific intention to make a warranty, but an affirmation merely of the value of the goods or a statement purporting to be merely the seller's opinion or commendation of the goods does not create a warranty.

seisatsu wrote:
I just recently completed the purchase of a used RV. Everything looked good and in working order, and it seemed like a great deal. Until I tried to sleep in it.

Bedbugs! No returns! No exceptions! I've been hoodwinked.

From what I've read so far, If you're cleaning house and you leave even a single bug alive, it can restart the infection. And the only surefire way to kill them all is fumigation.

Problem is I can't find any companies advertizing such a service for motor homes. It seems to me that if you could fumigate a house, you could do the same for an RV, but before I start making blind calls to local pest control companies, I wondered if anyone would have some useful advice or experience to share on this issue.

...They tend to stay on or in the bed. I honestly think this is, on the whole, a very easy problem to deal with...

This is incorrect. If you've never dealt with a BB infestation, you have no idea what you're talking about. Going to bed, KNOWING that you WILL be bit, has a tremendous psychological impact. DO NOT take the presence of a single BB lightly.
BB will travel to any area they can hide. Preferably, one that has a nearby food source (you). They are not slow walkers. Bed-side tables, picture frames, electric outlet covers, pillows, baseboards, headboards, box springs, clothing, etc. They bite you, and drink the blood from the wound. The brown spots that appear is their waste - your blood. Some people have very little reaction to the bites. Some people are highly sensitive and the itch is as bad, or worse, than Poison Ivy. If it's not dealt with, one bite will become five, then twenty, etc. BB should not be trivialized or taken lightly.