And then, sometimes dumb luck wins the day. The best PUP buy we ever made was at a yard sale... a literal one. My wife and one of her girlfriends were making the rounds and struck up a conversation with the yard-seller. Turned out he was "thinking" about selling his '97 Viking Legend 2480... was probably going to ask $3000. My wife looked it over, loved it, called me to ask if "we" were interested, then offered the guy the $1200 cash that she and her girlfriend actually had on them at the time. That was about 5 years ago. A few cosmetic repairs, a re-arched axle, new tires, and it's still our favorite getaway.