Choosing Your RV or Camper Salesman

Series Summary

Recreational vehicles or RV's, and campers are a great way to travel the country in style. Camping and vacationing can be stressful, but traveling with an RV makes life easier, while still being rustic enough for outdoor lovers. There are a variety of recreational vehicles on the market, from pop-up campers to mobile homes, and which one you use really depends on your needs, your wants and of course, your budget. The basics of any RV usually consists of sleeping areas, a small dinning area and a food preparation and storage area. Larger models can have full bathrooms, refrigerators, and living areas, can be used as permanent homes on wheels.

In this free video series, our expert will offer up tips and advice on how to pick an RV or Pop-Up Camper. If you have been thinking of buying a recreational vehicle, let our expert explain the finer points of this sizable purchase. You will learn about pop-up campers, towable campers, and motor homes, including how to decide what you need, how much you can afford to spend, and what you should learn from a walk through. Get the inside tips on buying a camper or RV from an expert, and hit the road for your next vacation.

Video Transcript

"Hi! My name is Gary Godwin and I am the general manger for Hawley's Camping Center in Wilmington, N.C. On behalf of Expert Village, this is a video entitled how to purchase an RV. The first step in the process of purchasing an RV is what we call a meet and greet. I am an old schooler so bear with me a little bit. I actually call it the greet and meet because I want to learn to know you and you learn to know me and as we meet a little bit more, we are going to learn more about what you want to do with your particular RV. First of all, we sell campers. That is the important thing. We want you to go camping and have fun and there are three things you need to look for in purchasing camper. The first one obviously is working with a reputable dealership. Make sure to do your homework on that. Make sure and check the Better Business Bureau and see how long they have been in business. See how they helped their campers after point of sale. Second point is to work wit a reputable manufacturer. All manufacturer's no matter what they make or sell, have some issues at times so be sure to check on their background, their history to see how their track record is. And then the third thing, is obviously look for the perfect salesman for you. That is very very important because if you don't bond with your salesperson and they don't bond with you, there is no way that we can answer all the questions that you need to do and have worked on in order to purchase that RV. There is a couple of things that you also need to worry about and that is your lifestyle. How are you going to use your camper. Are you going to be camping on the weekends with the kids or are you going to be camping full time? Do you use it in your business? How are you going to use your camper? The important thing to is always, always remember bottom line dollar, you want to have fun. We have fun, you have fun. So let's talk a little bit more about meet and greet. When you come into the dealership, be sure to be honest with your sales person and also, if the salesperson is not honest with you and you catch them in a lie, please walk away. If they lie to you once, they will lie to you twice. You have to do the same thing. Make sure that they know what your name is, phone number, address and more importantly now days in society, is your e-mail address. There are a lot of things that we can do, we can do very easily over the e-mail process. Meet and greet, let everybody know what is going on. What you want to do and what you want us to do for you. Meet and greet, step 1."