Why do RV dealers take forever to fix things
Just read a post about someone needing repairs, and it was going to be several weeks before he could drop it off, and then another couple weeks before work would be done. I don't understand how dea...
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With the boat, 32' diesel inboard, I would get my mechanic onboard just before haulout in early January. We would go for a short ride I he would have an engine poke & give me a list of what was needed. By February, with the boat on the hard, the work would be done, bill paid in his slowest month. Worked great for both of us.
My son is now a marine mechanic & is constantly complaining that instead of getting known work done early customers wait till last minute to get known repairs done or simply routine maintenance.
So far with the RV we have needed professional help only once. Needed a fridge replaced & there was no way of doing that single handedly. All the little things that have gone wrong from time to time I have done myself, including the unpleasant job of changing the black water dump valve.
Why go back to the dealer? Mobile repair guys seem to be everywhere. The fridge guy was at the CG same day, diagnosed the problem, ordered the replacement & installed it the day after it arrived at his shop. He has a local customer base but he also has the transients like us at that CG.
My son is now a marine mechanic & is constantly complaining that instead of getting known work done early customers wait till last minute to get known repairs done or simply routine maintenance.
So far with the RV we have needed professional help only once. Needed a fridge replaced & there was no way of doing that single handedly. All the little things that have gone wrong from time to time I have done myself, including the unpleasant job of changing the black water dump valve.
Why go back to the dealer? Mobile repair guys seem to be everywhere. The fridge guy was at the CG same day, diagnosed the problem, ordered the replacement & installed it the day after it arrived at his shop. He has a local customer base but he also has the transients like us at that CG.
