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H2OWeezie
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May 20, 2013

Love at first sight

For months now I have looked online at TTs. We finally found the time to shop over the weekend. The first one we found we liked alot. It was a 2008 and we could not find one thing wrong with it and it met all of our wants/needs. We shot them a low number and asked the sales person to let us know. And then onto the next TT. We traveled 2 hours to the next one because the salesman rated 'it was a 9 out of 10'. We were very dissappointed. First impressions - the 2008 TT was beat up, and the decals were faded and pealing. Went inside, one of the blinds looked like it had a vomit stain on it. The salesman said the stain was probably from the window being open. The window cranked out. (1st lie) Then the salesman plopped his ass down on the couch and perceeded to talk to me as I further inspected the TT. He said that he wanted to be up front and told us about the prep fees, admin fees ect ect that would be an additional $300.00. I asked why there was no power to check the lights, he said that they don't keep the batteries with the TTs as they get stolen. (2nd lie you will find out shortly) I finally got him off the couch by asking him for a ladder to inspect the roof. When he left to go get it, I inspected the couch and windows. My hubby was outside looking at the under carriage and got my attention. Someone cut access panels under each of the drains (Kitchen and Bath). When the salesman came back, he sat on the hitch to talk to us. Low and behold, what was behind him? A battery that was not hooked up. I did not address that issue with the battery. But we thanked him for his time and did not want to inspect the TT any further. He asked us to make a offer and my hubby laughed and basically said that he did not want to embarrass the salesman. We parted ways. We weren't too upset about wasting all the time and gas to go look at that TT because we had quality family time with our two 18 yr old sons.

Is there such a thing as love at first sight? Is it common to find that perfect TT right away?
  • We look all the time at campers just for the fun of it.... Well the last time I had my camper at the dealership for some maintenance we walked through our current 28BHS and immediately knew we wanted it.
  • In February, we had a few hours to kill between appointments and went to the local (1 1/2 hrs away) dealership. We didn't find much that we liked and the salesman said that their new stock would be in by the end of February and we should come back then.

    As we were leaving, a couple came in and were speaking with another salesman. Our salesman said "You might want to come back and look at theirs. They are trading their stuff out today for a new Cougar 5th wheel." OK, well, that's another trip. I just asked if we could go ahead and look at it. The owner agreed, but did say that their stuff was still all over it.

    I LOVED IT! It was perfect for us. They had not priced it, but I gave them a low price. We went on our way since we had to get to another activity. We waited until the new models arrived and went back to look at them. We found nothing that we liked or could afford.

    I again made the same offer on the 2009 model and it was accepted.

    THEN, I had to sale my old TT, which I did on Craigslist.
  • Yes, we did on two occasions. Patience. That's the key. Keep looking.