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Quote: Originally posted by checkley1973 on 16/8/2015

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Quote: Originally posted by Colin21 on 15/8/2015Having a moan on here may not seem constructive, and it's certainly no substitute for taking the matter up the the dealer, but it may just help someone decide what caravan NOT to buy, or what dealer not to go with.

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Exactly my point. Why base a decision to buy or not to buy based on the views of the vocal minority who go on as many different forums they can and start multiple threads about the same issues??

If you spent time to look into these moans they are all made by less than 20 people. Hardly a sound foundation for making a decision and it scares people unnecessarily. There is a thread on here from someone looking to buy their first van and the comments on here scare them unnecessarily. The majority of vans from all brands are perfectly ok.

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Quote: Originally posted by iank01 on 16/8/2015

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Quote: Originally posted by checkley1973 on 16/8/2015

Quote: Originally posted by Colin21 on 15/8/2015Having a moan on here may not seem constructive, and it's certainly no substitute for taking the matter up the the dealer, but it may just help someone decide what caravan NOT to buy, or what dealer not to go with.

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Exactly my point. Why base a decision to buy or not to buy based on the views of the vocal minority who go on as many different forums they can and start multiple threads about the same issues??

If you spent time to look into these moans they are all made by less than 20 people. Hardly a sound foundation for making a decision and it scares people unnecessarily. There is a thread on here from someone looking to buy their first van and the comments on here scare them unnecessarily. The majority of vans from all brands are perfectly ok.

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By the same token only a very small percentage of people who use caravans post on forums. Probably less than 1%!

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Quote: Originally posted by Billy x on 09/8/2015

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The UK caravan/motorhome industry is a cosy little club that the large continental manufacturers have not seriously bothered to penetrate, so why should anybody bother to try any harder? Customers can have what they are offered or they can leave it.

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Quote: Originally posted by checkley1973 on 16/8/2015

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Quote: Originally posted by Colin21 on 15/8/2015Having a moan on here may not seem constructive, and it's certainly no substitute for taking the matter up the the dealer, but it may just help someone decide what caravan NOT to buy, or what dealer not to go with.

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Exactly my point. Why base a decision to buy or not to buy based on the views of the vocal minority who go on as many different forums they can and start multiple threads about the same issues??

If you spent time to look into these moans they are all made by less than 20 people. Hardly a sound foundation for making a decision and it scares people unnecessarily. There is a thread on here from someone looking to buy their first van and the comments on here scare them unnecessarily. The majority of vans from all brands are perfectly ok.

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Quote: Originally posted by Billy x on 16/8/2015

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Iteresting how the 1980s/90s caravans on ebay are mainly ABI and Elddis, not many Baileys or Swifts.

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Quote: Originally posted by Sylvan on 16/8/2015

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I don't know where you get your info from but you are wrong bout the motorhomes. European motorhomes are extremely popular in the UK!! For example, the Hymer Group alone (Burstner, Carado, Dethleffs, Laika, Niesmann & Bischoff, etc, etc) are extremely desirable and very popular in the UK. They are all top quality units.

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Quote: Originally posted by VangoMan02 on 16/8/2015

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Quote: Originally posted by checkley1973 on 16/8/2015

Quote: Originally posted by Colin21 on 15/8/2015Having a moan on here may not seem constructive, and it's certainly no substitute for taking the matter up the the dealer, but it may just help someone decide what caravan NOT to buy, or what dealer not to go with.

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Exactly my point. Why base a decision to buy or not to buy based on the views of the vocal minority who go on as many different forums they can and start multiple threads about the same issues??

If you spent time to look into these moans they are all made by less than 20 people. Hardly a sound foundation for making a decision and it scares people unnecessarily. There is a thread on here from someone looking to buy their first van and the comments on here scare them unnecessarily. The majority of vans from all brands are perfectly ok.

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I wonder if you would say nothing on this forum if you bought a new van as has the OP and many others, only to find several faults, some critical.
Would you class yourself as having a unecessary moan and slagging off our wonderful caravan manufacturers!
Or as you have mentioned in one of your posts that it is possibly making your Bailey caravan worth less if you try to sell it?
Which I suppose is a valid point if all potential buyers are members of this forum.

I can't remember the figures quoting a massive rise in caravanners in the UK over the years, so as one poster has said, this and other forums are a drop in the ocean compared to actual caravan owners?

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Quote: Originally posted by Billy x on 18/8/2015

Quote: Originally posted by Sylvan on 16/8/2015I don't know where you get your info from but you are wrong bout the motorhomes. European motorhomes are extremely popular in the UK!! For example, the Hymer Group alone (Burstner, Carado, Dethleffs, Laika, Niesmann & Bischoff, etc, etc) are extremely desirable and very popular in the UK. They are all top quality units.

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Motorhomes are not caravans and certainly the major European manufacturers have not seriously tried to penetrate the UK caravan market. I humbly apologise to yourself and all other pedants for not being more caravan specific.

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Quote: Originally posted by Billy x on 22/8/2015

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Tbf European motorhome makers have hardly penetrated an already tiny UK market. All they offer is rhd vehilces with everything else set up for lhd. Hymer A class with both cab and hab doors on wrong side for a rhd country. Those that chose to buy vehicles like this will probably mostly be using then in Europe but that is beside the point. If European makers of both m/h and caravans wanted to seriously penetrate the UK market they would produce units fully specced for rhd market and set up proper dealer networks.

Over the past 30yrs most Euro makes have produced left side door caravans but only in small bursts and only Adria atm produce a few UK spec caravans from their large range. Adrias only sell in small numbers in the UK which does seem to suggest, as other posters have pointed out, that UK caravan industry must be doing something right.

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Should I ever decide to sell my business and start again - without doubt I would be a caravan dealer - very easy money and a long queue of people eager to spend

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