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Quote: Originally posted by Blue Sky Pennine on 27/8/2016

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Water proofing is the worst thing you can possibly do to a camper. I buy and sell them, as a business, and I WILL NOT (under any circumstances) buy a folding camper that has been water proofed. Not worth the hassle, as it destroys the natural water proofing of the canvas, itself. Take it from one in the trade; WALK AWAY.

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Quote: Originally posted by tentaddict7 on 28/8/2016

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Absolutely no way buy it, there have clearly been problems with leaks before otherwise why would someone waterproof the canvas with 4 coats after only one outing?

We bought a used Fiesta back in early June from a local dealer, and have recently come back from our first trip to Scotland where we had a lot of rain, the camper stayed dry as a bone inside, it would have been an absolute nightmare if we had had even minor leaks every day, and of course a wet pack up would have meant extensive drying out of everything inside on return as well as the normal airing and drying of the canvas!
The main reason we went to a dealer was because they check everything over before you buy and know what to look for regarding any faults, and we would also have some comeback if something wasn't right or we had any queries or problems.

I am sure that people do get perfectly good bargains on ebay and the like, but the potential for problems and dishonesty from sellers is much higher so in our view not worth it to save a few quid.

The only other way I would have considered buying from anyone other than a dealer is if it was someone who I knew and trusted to be honest about any known faults.


Hope you find what you want, richardandjo2010's offer above sounds interesting!

Jane.

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