I would like to think that I am a very positive and social person. The more beer/wine that I have had…the more social I become except in a national or state park :-) In a national or state park the more water and other non alcoholic beverages that I have the more social that I become :-)
This past weekend I was camping (park name and location are not relevant to the story) and I struck up a conversation with another camper about the park. The conversation quickly shifted to why we like this park to the issues that he has had with his RV.
Unhappy RVer-How do you like the quality of your Discovery?
Me-I like it as with any RV you have to be a handy man in order to keep things running smoothly. Also,I tend to be as proactive as possible with repairs and saving money for repairs because i know that something is going to go wrong sooner rather than later.
Unhappy RVer-Well our RV (a nice class-c) has had problems since Day-1, I drove it off of the lot and 1200 miles later it had to be towed back to the dealer
Me-Wow.What did the dealer say (in the back of my mind I was expecting this to turn into a Camping World Rant)
Unhappy RV’er-I didn’t want the dealer to look at it they didn’t know what they were doing
Me-HMM
Unhappy RV’er-They fixed it and then I drove it to Indiana and had them fix all of the things that were wrong with it
Me-Oh Wow…The trip from here to Indiana must have been fun (my attempt at lightening up the conversation)
Unhappy RV’er-This is the 3rd RV that I have owned and I have had major problems with all of them
Me-Wow. This is our 3rd also and some required more maintenance and TLC than others
Unhappy RVer-You should join this Facebook group that talks about the poor quality that they put into manufacturing RV’s today. The goal is to get RV manufacturers to build better quality units.
Me- (In the back of my mind…the last thing that I want to do is join a Facebook Group where people complain). No thanks at this point in time and with this unit I am very happy with the quality and if i joined I wouldn’t have anything to offer.
Unhappy RVer-As fast as they are making them there wont be any campsites left for people to go camping.
Me-Yeah I read that somewhere but I haven’t done the math but I guess that it will force RV’ers to plan ahead in order to visit the sites and stay in the campgrounds that they want. It’s not ideal but it is the new order sort of like larger units like mine and attempting to find suitable space in a state or national park.
Unhappy RVer-The quality of RV’s being built today is just horrible and everything breaks.
Me-Well if you want I can give you the name and number of the dealer and the sales rep that I dealt with and I am quite sure that he would do everything possible to get you into a quality unit.
Unhappy RV’er-No they are all crap.
By no means am I discounting Unhappy RVer's experiences. I honestly feel bad for him. If I had that much animosity towards my RV I would never get behind the wheel again.
Without walking in his shoes I was not able to offer a qualified solution or response to his problems. In hind sight The advice that I should have offered in a nice way was to try and find the positive in EVERY situation.
- We are camping-->Enjoy the moment and beautiful sites
- Lean on the dealer for help! I purchased my existing unit from General RV in Ashland and when it is time to purchase another one I will purchase it from General RV in Ashland because of a multitude of reasons mainly because they stood behind the unit that they sold me ( I may blog about it next month)
- if you are unable to find the positive then keep it to yourself….no need to bring someone else down.
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