Agreed to purchase new fifth wheel. Dealer offered set amount for our trade in plus a few thousand.Two salespeople and one service manager arrived and spent three hours going through and inspecting trade. Concluded by telling us "we can sell this for twice what we are giving you, it's in beautiful condition!" I sat signing all retail contracts, signed over our pink slip, wrote the requested amount over what trade in would be, DONE!Salesman and service manager all said "don't drive your Motorhome between now and the delivering of new fifth wheel tomorrow, you don't own it anymore". We all had a good laugh.Next day, new fifth wheel delivered and trade in of Motorhome left. New fifth wheel totally paid/traded in full, OURS!Ten days later, manager called to say they think rats had eaten wire loom and we owed another $12,000. Calling calling calling all day and night for more moneyWell, thanks!Tomorrow we are calling Occupational licensing to get firm advice.Any opinions? Welcome your thoughts please and thank you

I'd tell them to go pound sand.

If you signed the motorhome over to the dealer, accepted your new fifth wheel and everything was signed, sealed and delivered, I would tell the dealer to pound sand. They inspected your trade and accepted it. Done Deal. If you found some issue with your new fifth wheel, do you think the dealer would offer to give you some of your money back?

Thank you soooooo much for your replies

You said the dealer spent about 3hrs inspecting your MH, THEN all papers signed? Tell them yo leave you alone, they accepted the inspection, this is their problem now, not yours. If they failed to find the defect in that time during the inspection, and it has their signatures, it is legally theirs. Tell them not bother you, you have paperwork, that shows them inspecting your MH, and that they accepted the condition that it was in at the time. What happens after the fact is their problem, not yours. How do you know, that the wiring damage didn't happen on their lot during the 10 days after they bought it?

Well this is what I thought as well. My husband wanted to start it up for them while here and in fact offered to take it out with them onboard "oh no, we can see it's everything you said it would be"During that three hours, as inspection was happening, 8 signed a RETAIL INSTALLMENT SALE CONTRACT showing the down payment IN FULL with zero balance owing; a NOTICE OF RELEASE OF LIABILITY; a PRE CONTRACT DISCOLSURE; a VEHICLE/VESSEL TRANSFER AND REASSIGNMENT FORM and a TRADE/PURCHASE DISCLOSURE FORMPERTINENT documents needing dealer signature are all executed and contained in the above docs

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Sherry_Mindel
Explorer
Nov 20, 2016
Well this is what I thought as well. My husband wanted to start it up for them while here and in fact offered to take it out with them onboard "oh no, we can see it's everything you said it would be"

During that three hours, as inspection was happening, 8 signed a RETAIL INSTALLMENT SALE CONTRACT showing the down payment IN FULL with zero balance owing; a NOTICE OF RELEASE OF LIABILITY; a PRE CONTRACT DISCOLSURE; a VEHICLE/VESSEL TRANSFER AND REASSIGNMENT FORM and a TRADE/PURCHASE DISCLOSURE FORM

PERTINENT documents needing dealer signature are all executed and contained in the above docs
trailerbikecamp
Explorer
Nov 20, 2016
You said the dealer spent about 3hrs inspecting your MH, THEN all papers signed? Tell them yo leave you alone, they accepted the inspection, this is their problem now, not yours. If they failed to find the defect in that time during the inspection, and it has their signatures, it is legally theirs.

Tell them not bother you, you have paperwork, that shows them inspecting your MH, and that they accepted the condition that it was in at the time. What happens after the fact is their problem, not yours. How do you know, that the wiring damage didn't happen on their lot during the 10 days after they bought it?
Sherry_Mindel
Explorer
Nov 20, 2016
Thank you soooooo much for your replies
cathanas
Explorer III
Nov 20, 2016
If you signed the motorhome over to the dealer, accepted your new fifth wheel and everything was signed, sealed and delivered, I would tell the dealer to pound sand. They inspected your trade and accepted it. Done Deal. If you found some issue with your new fifth wheel, do you think the dealer would offer to give you some of your money back?
lawnspecialties
Explorer
Nov 20, 2016
I'd tell them to go pound sand.

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