New travel trailer expectations

Francesca Knowles wrote:
What's up with all the "oh well, it's just a trailer- fix it yerself" posts???

This is one of those times that I feel like I'm in some kind of weird "never-never land" where ordinary rules of conduct don't apply. The O.P. paid big money for something that began to fall apart the very first time he used it! I can just about imagine anyone settling for a...let's say, a house that started to shed its siding five minutes after escrow closed. Would y'all be advising the victim to just grin and bear it??? I doubt it.

Get down there and tear off a piece of you-know-what tomorrow, O.P.!

My feelings exactley. Too many people cut the RV industry too much slack, that's why this S|€# keeps coming out of the factories.

I am capable of repairing just about anything I own and the only time I take anything back to the dealer is during the warranty period.

I would be interested to know how many of the "oh well" crowd would just say, "oh well", when the wheels fall off or the transmission fals out of their nice shiny new TV and they're laying upside down on the interstate.

Yes be nice to start, talk calmly, look for commitment and make sure it is all in writing. Then when things aren't done the way they should be yell no, scream like hell.