Help with a salvage title situation
Hi, I'm new to this forum but I do need some help. So, I found an RV for sale for next to nothing on the website Camping World. It was in their Georgetown, KY which is an hour from me. I knew ...
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Yes, DownTheAvenue, I would have bought it, but I can't with certainty say that my father would have, so I guess I feel cheated on his behalf and am working on the options to present to him on it, because I will have to do that work and I want to minimize it while maximizing his value.
CavemanCharlie, Yes I would have that option. Actually I don't think I would even have to remove the logos but we can rebuild it and get a new title issued as a rebuilt with a new VIN but in Indiana it is a long drawn out process with multiple trips to the BMV and from the police. It is an option of last resort.
Yes, Bird Freak, They told me upfront that it was rated "B2" but they explained it as just not passing their inspection as being ready to use, saying that it would need extensive repair. I didn't know it was a legal classification in Kentucky until after the sell and they never did explain to me what it meant. I really thought we were getting a trailer that was in too bad of shape for them to sell for a profit and that they just wanted to get it off the lot before they had to add it to the end of year inventory.
I really do feel that Camping World of Georgetown was negligent in not explaining to me what "B2" meant and in not being up front and telling me it was a salvage title. Even if I would have still bought it in the end, the fact is that this was not disclosed to me until the title showed up in my mailbox a week later and that is upsetting. I feel that they meant to cheat me. The fact that it might not hurt me in the end is irrelevant, because I will now have jump though hoops that I didn't know I would have to, including having to research my options.
I have the added issue that even though I live 6/10th of a mile from the Kentucky boarder and work there, I do live in Indiana and this camper has a Kentucky Salvage title. I'm not even positive that camping world filled out the paperwork right or can legally even transfer said title.
So the long and the short of it is, I bought a mess and I'm not happy about it. I'm happy about the purchase and even the condition of the camper. I'm not happy about the legal **** that came with it.
Thanks for the input so far.
Suggestions are still welcome. If you are going to say "what did you expect" then please don't. Enough people have asked that already and it is answered in my responses.
CavemanCharlie, Yes I would have that option. Actually I don't think I would even have to remove the logos but we can rebuild it and get a new title issued as a rebuilt with a new VIN but in Indiana it is a long drawn out process with multiple trips to the BMV and from the police. It is an option of last resort.
Yes, Bird Freak, They told me upfront that it was rated "B2" but they explained it as just not passing their inspection as being ready to use, saying that it would need extensive repair. I didn't know it was a legal classification in Kentucky until after the sell and they never did explain to me what it meant. I really thought we were getting a trailer that was in too bad of shape for them to sell for a profit and that they just wanted to get it off the lot before they had to add it to the end of year inventory.
I really do feel that Camping World of Georgetown was negligent in not explaining to me what "B2" meant and in not being up front and telling me it was a salvage title. Even if I would have still bought it in the end, the fact is that this was not disclosed to me until the title showed up in my mailbox a week later and that is upsetting. I feel that they meant to cheat me. The fact that it might not hurt me in the end is irrelevant, because I will now have jump though hoops that I didn't know I would have to, including having to research my options.
I have the added issue that even though I live 6/10th of a mile from the Kentucky boarder and work there, I do live in Indiana and this camper has a Kentucky Salvage title. I'm not even positive that camping world filled out the paperwork right or can legally even transfer said title.
So the long and the short of it is, I bought a mess and I'm not happy about it. I'm happy about the purchase and even the condition of the camper. I'm not happy about the legal **** that came with it.
Thanks for the input so far.
Suggestions are still welcome. If you are going to say "what did you expect" then please don't. Enough people have asked that already and it is answered in my responses.
