How disgusting, shame on caravaners

Wayne and Judie Seaborn
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edited April 2016 in Caravan & Motorhome Chat #1

Had the day watching our new caravan go through the dealer PDI and paint treatment process. Whilst in the workshops one was able to see and hear from the Tecnicians of the discusting state that caravaners leave and pass their trade in vans in. The filth
is totally aparent, vans that have simply not been cleaned inside or out. Filthy windows full of grease and dirt, who on earth would ever buy these abussed vans. As for the indepth filth how do people live like this ?

What is wrong with people, is it that hard to keep clean an investment which generally costs more than £20k. All we can say having seen the filth is shame on you.

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  • 1Tracey1
    1Tracey1 Forum Participant Posts: 240
    edited April 2016 #2

    I think making a judgement on all caravaners is a little unfair.  People are all different.  I'm sure some caravans are spotlessly clean, some are clean and some maybe not so.  I've got to say, on all the CLs I have been on, I haven't seen a van in the state you describe...thankfully Happy.

  • Tinwheeler
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    edited April 2016 #3

    Feel better now, W&J?Undecided

  • Metheven
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    edited April 2016 #4

    Time for bed, its the Wayne and Judy show.

     

  • huskydog
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    edited April 2016 #5

    Shame on who??, did you see our caravan when we traded it in W&J, such a sweeping statement Sad

  • Cornersteady
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    edited April 2016 #6

    I don't think you can tarnish all caravaners with the same brush, you only heard and saw a few vans from hundreds that must pass through, and you don't give any indication of the number you saw, where they all like that? If so I assume the trade in price
    will be lower? These caravans probably belonged to people who live like that at home so it's more a lifestyle thing than being a caravaner by itself 

  • Sir Bruin
    Sir Bruin Forum Participant Posts: 90
    edited April 2016 #7

    It's a little like standing on the side of a quiet road, seeing one red car go past and assuming that all cars are red.However the original post may read, I assume that it was not the intention to imply that all caravanners are sloven?

  • dave the rave
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    edited April 2016 #8

    I have visited a customer at his private estate home.When we enter his caravan we remove our shoes,when we go into his house we put on a boiler suit and wellington boots!!!!!The caravan is fairly old (1994 and owned from new) the house is older but in a
    very expensive private estate so probably worth a large fortune!He looks after his caravan better than he looks after his house!There is nowt so strange as folks!!!!!

  • SteveL
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    edited April 2016 #9

    I would be surprised if it was a huge number as in most cases folk own and have paid for their vans and want to protect their investment. Conversly with homes they are often rented and cars a lot are firms vehicles. Unfortunately not everyone is respectful
    of property that is not their own.

  • Rocky 2 buckets
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    edited April 2016 #10

    The dealer was obviously happy to allow them as 'trade ins' they must have some value regardless of condition. Where there's muck there's brassHappy

  • moulesy
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    edited April 2016 #11

    Mmmmm ....last time we did a trade in the dealers actually congratulated us on how clean our van was, they couldn't believe we'd had 2 dogs in it. Mind you our investment in a new van was nowhere near £20000. Those rich caravanners must have forgotten to
    get the cleaning staff in to sort things out for them. How shameful! Wink

  • InaD
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    edited April 2016 #12

    "Indepth filth"???  I can believe there will be some caravans which are traded in dirty, but hardly believe it's on such a scale as described.  Are you sure the technicians weren't winding you up to an extent?

  • Mitsi Fendt
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    edited April 2016 #13

    Judging by the state some of the toilets on sites are left in the comments in the original post are not that surprising.

  • JayEss
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    edited April 2016 #14

    Motorhomers last thread so to be even handed it's caravaners this time. 

     

  • milliehull
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    edited April 2016 #15

    We were also congratulated on the cleanliness of our last caravan when we traded it in - in fact we were told it sold within days.Happy Our
    'investment' was also a lot less than £20,000Laughing

  • Takethedogalong
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    edited April 2016 #16

    Anyone want to take a bet how long this thread will last? Happy

  • milliehull
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    edited April 2016 #17

    Anyone want to take a bet how long this thread will last? Happy

    Write your comments here...

    Laughing

  • Rocky 2 buckets
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    edited April 2016 #18

    I used to keep Chickens in a beat up old C/van. A guy called to buy eggs, he offered me a lot of money for the van, apparently it was an Eccles aristocrat circa 1950. My chooks never got over the loss of their home. Some of them still ignore me to this dayDon't cry

  • Takethedogalong
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    edited April 2016 #19

    Innocent

  • Janny
    Janny Forum Participant Posts: 62
    edited April 2016 #20

    When we took our caravan to the dealers to get a price for it , they were shocked at how clean it was , I can't understand why people don't look after them .

  • KjellNN
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    edited April 2016 #21

    Sold our previous van privately, it had never been so clean before!

    Was sparkling for the photographs we put on Preloved, and sold quickly.

    At a few dealers we have visited, we were less than impressed at the state of the vans.  Even the new ones were grubby.   It does not make a good impression.

    Presumably they clean them before the purchaser takes delivery, but it certainly put us off.

  • Nuggy
    Nuggy Forum Participant Posts: 512
    edited April 2016 #22

    W & J. You have obviously lived a sheltered life. Work in the public sector and you will see how people live, from pristine cleanliness and pride to utter filth. It's the same with honesty and dubious standards as to what honesty is. 

  • eurortraveller
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    edited April 2016 #23

    Was going out tomorrow. Now I've got to stay home and clean the caravan. 

  • The Vengabus
    The Vengabus Forum Participant Posts: 13
    edited April 2016 #24

    Think I had better go and clean ours now lol

  • Wildwood
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    edited April 2016 #25

    Ours is always cleaned out before it is traded in. Not at all sure if the dealer might knock something off if it was as bad as suggested. If they check it before agreeing the value they probably would.

  • JollyKernow
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    edited April 2016 #26

    So, those folk who leave my toilet block in a state DO have dirty vans then!!

  • Wayne and Judie Seaborn
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    edited April 2016 #27

    I think making a judgement on all caravaners is a little unfair.  People are all different.  I'm sure some caravans are spotlessly clean, some are clean and some maybe not so.  I've got to say, on all the CLs I have been on, I haven't seen a van in the state
    you describe...thankfully 

    HappyDid not mean to label ALL caravaners.

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  • Wayne and Judie Seaborn
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    edited April 2016 #28

    W & J. You have obviously lived a sheltered life. Work in the public sector and you will see how people live, from pristine cleanliness and pride to utter filth. It's the same with honesty and dubious standards as to what honesty is. 

    Yes we both worked in Social Housing so we do know !!!!!!!!!

  • paul56
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    edited April 2016 #29

    Inside always clean, tidy and virtually unmarked from new 6 years ago...as for the outside can sometimes look a tad uncared for...must stop using farm CLs and their muddy fields and drives.

  • Cornersteady
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    edited April 2016 #30

    I must admit that on our storeage there are a few vans that are almost green on the outside and/or dark streaks all down the sides that clearly have not been used in a very long time, some look like they have never been moved in the 10 years plus we have been there. The storeage price is £400 per year and I would think that is more than some of those vans are worth but someone must be paying it.

    Strangly enough there are no MH in that state

  • young thomas
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    edited April 2016 #31

    Corners, i wonder of those MH are just used more?

    leaving a caravan in storage for a period long enough to cause green mould over it signifies a fair length of time and cant be good for it for that length of time, i would have thought.....

    for those poor caravans, months and months without a change of air cant be doing the inside any good either, can it?

    while not (possibly) as high as a MH a caravan is still a significant investement and to leave it unused is a sad thing, perhaps there are owners who have abandoned them and are now owed by the storage firm? just paying good money NOT to use the van seems
    strange.

    i know not everyone has as much time as some do to trot off for many weeks (months) at a time, but to leave a caraavan standing for long enough to be covered in mould sort of pulls at the heart strings......a shame....caravan graveyard?

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