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21/9/2014 at 8:24pm
Location: East Herts
Outfit: 1992 Elddis Wisp 450CT + X Trail
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Don't worry about the £1,000 budget, we got our 4 berth Elddis for £500 off ebay. We have probably spent another £300 on it to make it our own, but it was money well spent, as we now have a nice little van that suits us just fine. Ok, so it's old, but we have had three holidays in it this year so far. We have not found any damp so far, but there are some signs that it may have had water ingress in one front corner at one time, but everything seems fine now.
Best time of year to buy is at the end of the season, just before Christmas. That's when we got ours.
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22/9/2014 at 2:42pm
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I don't think it's quite so much about luck, it's more likely time of year. Buy in the early summer, when everyone is looking, and you will pay a lot more for exactly the same thing, than if you had bought just before Christmas, when very few are looking. It's at the end of the season when there are bargains to be had. When it comes to things like caravans, motor-bikes and boats, it's a case of buy in the winter but sell in the spring.
I'm not sure that you ever get your money back with either caravans or boats. It's all about the pleasure you get from them while you have them. However, having said that, I think those who buy older cheap vans have a greater chance of getting most of their money back than those who buy new or up to 5 years old. You very rarely see caravans advertised at much less then £500, so if it's good enough to sell, it will likely sell at £500+, but if it's not good enough to sell then it will go for scrap value.
I too just wanted a cheap van I could use, and that's what I got. The most expensive thing I had to buy was new tyres. The markings on them seemed to suggest that they were the original 1988 ones!
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23/9/2014 at 7:01pm
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Trog, the thing is that something is only worth what someone else is prepared to pay for it. A lot of people wouldn't touch a caravan as old as ours, at any price. As far as we are concerned our caravan is just fine. I quite agree that £500 is not a lot of money, but then just before Christmas there aren't many caravan buyers about, and if someone wants to get rid quickly, they will sell for what they can get.
We were told that the reason our caravan was for sale was because it had been stored on the husband's employer's land, and he was changing his job. They had nowhere at home to store it, and couldn't afford storage charges. Now that may or may not have been true, but who cares? We got what we wanted, at a price we were prepared to pay, and the sellers got most of what they were asking. (£600)
Is it worth more than £500, or less? Why should we worry, it suits us. I am under no illusions, it is not perfect, but it is perfectly usable. If we get two or three years use of it then have to scrap it, it will still have been worth it. We have already had more than £500 worth of holidays with it, so now we can't lose.
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