[Dave-n-Marjorie]

Ok I’m totally confused. Two people said it ran fine in person for an hour plus, now the only problem is that they wont allow inspection. Tires and batteries are a maintenance item. I don’t know the values of these classics, but even if you have to put $15k in it, which is A LOT, $35k total invested seems like a good deal to have a nice classic ready to hit the road. Maybe I’m totally wrong and classics are worth much much less but I doubt it.


Another thing that makes me laugh……Looking over some old posts, there seems to be a few people on here that basically think everything that is a good deal is a scam. Sometimes it’s a typo on the ad, or sometimes the person selling doesn’t give them the hours they want with a million questions. Sometimes the specs are off, or description is off.



Working for a dealer with multiple locations, we sold over 1,000 motorized RV’s last year with units from 1970’s – to 2014’s. Guess how many buyers wanted inspections of the engine, oil samples, ect…zero….none…..nada…..It’s funny that people think that if a coach is on a dealer lot, it must be perfect, but if a private buyer or small dealer is selling at a good deal or super low price on ebay or craigslist, there must be something wrong with it.



My coach was a perfect example. The owner died and his son was selling it at his car dealership. The son didn’t want to deal with the dozens of calls a day, so threw all calls to the used car sales manager. Now how many used car sales managers know about Newells????? People on here thought it was a scam, as he could not answer basic questions. He kept calling it a camper, didn’t know it was a diesel or how long it was, ect…. Those people who hesitated and thought it was a scam, gave me an opportunity. I left within 20 minutes after hanging up the phone with him and drove 12 hours to see it. I wasn’t thinking scam, I was thinking this is a non-educated seller and this is a deal. I was right, and wrote a check on the spot. It was contingent on a few things, but money talks best when you wave it in front of the seller in person, not on the phone. I bought it with non working aqua hot, non working fridge, non working toilet, non working auto level, all of which the seller never told me about before I got there. I negotiated those items in the deal AFTER I inspected it in person. They were all nickel and dime items, but I made sure they would come down enough to cover the repairs….plus!!


Not everything is a scam, and I would never think a buyer is serious until they are there in person or leave a deposit. The phone just doesn’t cut it in this day and age.

Originally Posted by rellick

Clint, the only problem is he wont allow an inspection, I wonder if the new rad hose has something do do with it? Maybe it was overheated? There is definately something fishy going on with it.