RV industry death spiral...

John & Angela wrote:

ncrowley wrote:
I think a BIG problem is the ignorance of RV sales people. They do not know what the weight ratings mean, what a residential refrigerator is, what can be towed safely, how the systems work, pros and cons of different units, etc, etc. I hope there are some knowledgeable ones out there, but I have not found one. People are basing decisions on what these salesman say (big mistake) and are getting inappropriate RVs for them. Rvs are much more complicated than cars and sales people should be trained.

Good afternoon. I appreciate what you are saying. It is certainly an industry wide challenge. I am a proffesional RV salesperson. The license I require to sell RVs certainly requires that I am competent in all aspects of weight requirements. However as you pointed out, knowledge of appliances and RV living in general is a knowledge base that is gained over time and not required by my license at least in my province. I would be interested in what you suggest as far as a course. Dealer level or maybe part of the license??? (Already expensive) It is a challenge. Not sure what the answer is.

I am not a big government person so I am not suggesting some kind of government requirement although that may be the only way since owners of places that sell RV are not properly selecting or training their sales people. Just last week, the sales person I talked to did not know what the various weight ratings meant. This is an industry problem. There is little concern for the consumer. Anything to make a sale. This gives all RV sales facilities very bad reputations.