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I feel sorry for anyone who is done over in this way.  If new to anything it can be easy to miss what other experienced people might see in the blink of an eye.  Especially difficult if the budget is tight and you are keen to get a caravan for a nice family holiday.   Also, when you are a decent person who would not think of doing anything like that, you expect to be treated as you would treat.  Unfortunately there are those who have no conscious. Hope you can bag a bargain next time.

Carol

2. The back end of the van is slightly warped, a bit unsightly but no internal damage.

3.Some window stays are broken.

4. The water heater needs attention,

5. the bathroom is tatty and loo doesn't flush.

6. There are no curtains or blinds.

7. Bunk cushions are missing.

8. Oven needs attention but grill and hob work..

This is Stephysue's list of the faults from the other thread.  Some of these would be very hard to miss unless you just didn't look in the first place!

Ali

Quote: Originally posted by Val A on 02/12/2009

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seems to be continually being scammed by sellers.

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I do feel sorry for the OP but is it being 'scammed'? If you go and view a van (or car or anything), miss all those items listed earlier and then still buy it, I can't see how that is a 'scam'. I can understand if you haven't been to see it first but surely you can't complain if you find such obvious problems later?

Yes, you'd hope the seller would point out these faults but maybe the seller had priced the van accordingly and, if it was me selling, I wouldn't have thought that I needed to point out that there were no curtains, for example - I would assume it is obvious...

This is why it is cheaper to buy privately - you take a risk and have minimal comeback. If you find you are regularily doing it wrong (OP ), go to a dealer, pay more but have some peace of mind.

I think perhaps the webmaster has edited the post, not the original poster as you have only a very limited amount of time to be able to edit your own posts.  He's probably read the whole thread, and has seen that Stephysue actually went to see the van before handing over her money, and the trade was not done via ebay bidding, so really there was no ebay scam involved at all.

Hi Bruno i stupidly trusted him because he seemed so genuine on the phone. I didn't bid, i went over to see it and offered him the cash for it. The van did look nice inside and i searched every nook & cranny for damp and didn't find any. It wasn't till days later we started noticing things weren't right. I did try contacting him but he ignored my message and because it wasn't a deal through ebay i didn't have a leg to stand on.

I think, sadly, she just has made some bad misjudgements about either the state of the vans she's looking at, or about people's natural honesty (or dishonesty).  Whichever, it is sad that she has made a mistake in buying a lemon, but she's now (in a separate posting) asking advice about how much she can get for selling the same lemon, in the same condition.