Purchasing a Winterized RV

Thank you all for your helpful replies. Great information!
I went over and talked to them this afternoon. I am serious about purchasing it, and it is in great condition, so I put a deposit down on it. Before they sell any RV they de-winterize it and do a complete inspection. They allow the purchaser to be there at that time and inspect everything themselves. If there are any problems, the dealer will fix it. Once it leaves the lot, it is the buyer's responsibility.
I will make sure and do my due diligence.

I wasn't as smart as you. I bought my trailer while it was winterized, brought it home, and then de-winterized it myself. That's when I discovered that there was a leak in one of the pipes bringing water to the toilet. By then it was impractical to bring it back to the dealer to have them fix it. It would have meant doing without the trailer for a couple weeks while they put it into their repair schedule. The only practical solution was for me to repair it myself. It turned out to be pretty easy to do, and it was a good "roll up your sleeves and learn your trailer" moment for me. But it was a little annoying.

Get it squared away before you leave the dealership. One way or another.

-Speak

We bought our Class C in January. In Michigan. Our dealer was more than gracious about giving us several-month's time for storage; then ultimately using it. They said make a list of things that needed to be attended-to, and then bring it back in May or so. Granted, that was on a new RV, but your dealer should stand behind a used unit in a similar way?

And in May - we had nothing on our list :-)

SpeakEasy, ahhh, those moments in life that give it so much color. It is good that it turned out to be something you could appreciate.

Deb and Ed M, unless the dealer offers a warranty, or something like it in writing, I wouldn't expect them to offer to do anything after the sale. It would be nice, but I wouldn't expect it. Brand new is a whole different story. Especially if they let me crawl all around and inspect a powered-up, de-winterized one.

I would ask them to de-winterize. It costs about $4 to re-winterize. If they refuse I would walk and find a dealer willing to work with me or wait and go back after last freeze.

We bought our trailer in February and did not want them to de-winterize yet. We have it in writing that when we pick it up in April that they will fix or replace anything not working. It's a used trailer but this dealership thinks long term and they have a good reputation.