Follow us on our summer adventure as we attempt to go from Newbie to Pro Campers in one summer.
Thursday, August 5, 2010
My Dream 5th Wheel Found
After a summer long addiction to Kijiji, I found our dream (for used that is) trailer and it was a 5th WHEEL!!! It had the separate bedroom I needed, a larger, deeper sink and BUNK BEDS!!!! And a slide out to boot!!! I was so excited, AND it was a 2003, so we upgraded by over 20 yrs in our 2nd camper. The were no interior pictures posted, so I emailed if he could post some. He had them uploaded within hours. We had to travel 1.5 hrs to view, but based on the pics we were quite confident that we were going to purchase this trailer, TODAY!! We met with the family. Young family with 2 kids. They were very nice and honest (we could feel it). I remember the wife being embarrased when we showed up because she found out after the fact that her husband had posted pictures before she was able to clean it. We laughed. I was able to see beyond the mess of kids who obviously had fun in the camper. I have a child, I understand. It was not a dirty camper by any means, just evidence of children. We made an offer on the spot, they accepted!! It was not something we needed to think over based on our viewings all summer. We knew this was the one, we could feel it. But, it was on the condition that he deliver the trailer.....remember, we still didn't have a truck! When he, in casual conversation, mentioned about selling a boat to someone who lived 3 hrs away and offered to deliver (with no down payment), and then arrived, there was no one to be found. Feeling bad for him, we gave him a cash deposit so he would be assured that we did not plan on backing out. We even let them use the camper the following weekend as they had plans and didn't expect to sell it so quickly. He delivered after that and gave us a lesson on everything. I of course videotaped it for future reference.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment