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Subject Topic: Advice needed for buying a caravan in Wes Post Reply Post New Topic
19/8/2010 at 10:03pm
 Location: West Yorkshire
 Outfit: Outwell Carolina M
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Hi,

After long chats with hubbie and various holidays in tents we have decided to look into buying a touring caravan- I kept seeing the Glossops caravans advert for sale on the TV so thought I'd search it and found loads of complaints about it....so was just wanting to ask you guys of any tips of good, honest caravan dealers to visit in West Yorkshire please! (We will be looking for a 2nd hand caravan but only a few years old).

Thanks!



19/8/2010 at 10:11pm
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glossops seem to have a bad name on here so maybe worth a bit extra research if you buy from them.
other than that i cant really help you sorry

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19/8/2010 at 10:15pm
 Location: None Entered
 Outfit: Adria Altea 542DT
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If you're preared to travel that far I bought my caravan (my first ever) from Kingsmill in Mansfield and I was very pleased with the whole experience.  They were happy to spend lots of time with me and answer my daft questions (what my teenage daughter would call "newbie" ones!), which frankly should be expected if a dealer wants you to part with your money. 

More importantly, my post-sales experience has been equally good.  I haven't found a single fault with my caravan so they clearly did a good inspection before I collected it, they spent plenty of time explaining everything to me and they've been helpful whenever I've phoned them for advice.

 

Regards,

    Derek.



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19/8/2010 at 10:31pm
 Location: High Peak
 Outfit: Lunar Clubman SI 2017 Hyundai Santa F
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Althought we haven't bought a caravan from them, we used Peter Roberts near Huddeersfield to service our caravan and they have also done some body repairs to it. We have been really pleased with their work and always seem to have some nice caravans for sale.

Heres their website, might be worth a visit www.peterrobertscaravans.co.uk



19/8/2010 at 10:39pm
 Location: Ballymena Co Antrim
 Outfit: Sprite Quattro
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We bought off Lowdhams in Huddersfield and found them very good.  We are from Northern Ireland and they were so helpful sending us lots of pictures of what we wanted to see in the van we were interested in.

Carol

http://www.lowdhams.com/



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20/8/2010 at 8:34am
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Peter Roberts as mentioned, Pleasuretime at Castleford and Kenmore at Mirfield.

Decent vans, sensible prices and no pressure salesmen!


20/8/2010 at 8:36am
 Location: High Peak
 Outfit: Lunar Clubman SI 2017 Hyundai Santa F
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We may well buy from Kenmore next year when we (hopefully) can afford our new 'van, nice to know they have a good name!


20/8/2010 at 10:10am
 Location: Keswick
 Outfit: Bailey
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Don't go to Lowdhams...we were over in West Yorkshire some months back and thought we may just drive over there to have a look round...ending up spending a small fortune in the accessory shop. They just have too much to tempt you + a cafe for your lunch just to keep you there a bit longer while you discuss things like "shall we get that gadget whilst we are here?"

 

Phil



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