Buying an RV from Dealer vs Private Owner
Getting closer to purchasing our first RV. We are looking for a good used unit and have found a few contenders. Not sure how this all works but when I recently spoke to a dealer he told us absolutel...
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We purchased ours privately off of a Craig's List ad. We never had any kind of camping unit before, at all. I told DH to call friends of ours and ask what to look for. These friends were a God-send. They had rv'd for years. Talked us through the purchase -- told lots of things to check out that we wouldn't have thought about, as newbies.
We got ours pretty cheap - guy had purchased it from his mom and dad, and at the time he was getting divorced and needed out from under it.
We had to put a few bucks in here and there - O2 sensors, new tires 2 yrs after we bought it -- but at some point you will have that with anything - normal maintenance and repairs.
We've never regretted buying it and had no problems. The main thing is knowing what to look at and making sure everything works. Private deals are "as is", so no warranty to fall back on.
We got ours pretty cheap - guy had purchased it from his mom and dad, and at the time he was getting divorced and needed out from under it.
We had to put a few bucks in here and there - O2 sensors, new tires 2 yrs after we bought it -- but at some point you will have that with anything - normal maintenance and repairs.
We've never regretted buying it and had no problems. The main thing is knowing what to look at and making sure everything works. Private deals are "as is", so no warranty to fall back on.
