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holly77
Explorer
Aug 16, 2016

inspection

Hello all from a new member,

We are ISO a used 30-35' TT under $8000 and found one on consignment near Houston. The seller does not want an inspection of the trailer. Can anyone say if this is standard and customary for selling on consignment? Should we be suspicious of trailers from sellers not wanting to pay for inspections?

Thank you,
Holly77
  • I will be selling my 25 footer in October.
    Any buyer is welcome to have it inspected, but there is no way I will pay to have it inspected.

    Jack L
  • Tell my why the seller has to pay for the inspection?

    If you want an inspection, the buyer pays for that as far as I know.. You pay for a home inspection.. Not the seller... You pay to have a mechanic look over a used car, not the seller..

    If I was the seller, I'd tell you that it's fine if you want an inspection, but I'm not paying for it...

    Once the inspection is done and there are issues, then it's up to the seller to either fix those or adjust the price or ??

    Good luck!

    Mitch
  • I bought a TT in the last 60 days and paid for it myself. You might try negotiating that you'll pay for it, but if you buy the trailer, they reimburse you for the inspection. Normally I would have done it myself, but the TT was 2600 miles away.

    On edit, a couple of other points. If the seller told me he already had an inspection, I might be a little suspicious of it. If the inspector misses something and you find it after the sale goes through (let's say the water heater has a crack in it from bad winterizing) then you're going to want to go back against the seller because he represented it as being in good condition. He's selling the RV "as is, where is", not with based on an inspection he paid for. He's not going to want the liability. If I'm paying for it, the inspector is working for me.

    Bill