Warning 2003 jayco eagle outback camper South tamworth.

Yup, it was conditional and I now have my deposit back - I think the axe wielding expression on my face on the day may have assisted in that matter. A dint here or there may be an honest over site but to tell me there were only two (2) 20cent coin holes in the screens and forgetting to mention the bloody giant hole in the ceiling... I was left speechless. (It was above the fridge sorry... Not the cooker). As for the dust... You would never get it out... Hate to think how much must be in the cushions and mattress. You are right though... Always be cautious. I thought the old saying was " a picture tells a thousand words" not "a well positioned picture can hide a million faults". On an up note.... My new camper chocks just arrived, just need to find something to use them for!!!

The search continues....

Hey Ron,

The whole size of deposit thing and more so me getting it back was never an issue. It really does just come down to peoples conscious or there lack of. Sure If I was trucking it site unseen then more fool me but knowing I was obviously going to see the shape it was really in - Go Figure! The pics provided are date stamped from the middle of this this month... (may have been altered - who knows) yet taken in a way that doesn't show the stained panel work. I may be wrong here but you would have a bugger of a job getting rid of the red dirt stains on the external panels after being left on for so long... A whole lot of elbow grease to cut it out of the paint work that's for sure and I doubt Jayco put too many layers on them.

Like you, I have purchased several things from interstate without issue including 2 4wd's and my previous camper trailer... maybe that's where my false sense has come from. The excuse for the sale was to upgrade to a pop top due to his age. Seemed reasonable... happy with the quick purchased so he could make a deposit on a new one in Sydney over the new year... seemed reasonable.

In the future, I'll revert to being highly suspicious and be asking for very close up pics inside and out.

On reflection, (and me being honest here) maybe the fact that he banked with a particular, well recognised and very old church financial institution in Armidale had me really sucked in. I mean if you cant trust a god botherer who can you trust :-(

Jim

Agree bigfish... I aim for 10% and for just that reason, to show that I'm not a tyre kicker. There was no way in hell he was going to keep my deposit after having a look at it. I think even he knew the game was up.

Sure did, I stopped there on the way back and have to say that the ones I could see from the front of the yard (yard was closed) were all over priced. Noticed a Jayco pop top there that had the lid closed down except one corner with canvas still sticking out in the rain. Be a nice mess/smell inside when it gets opened.

PS - Love Tamworth People, just not this clown...

Overpriced? Maybe you just have to pay more for good clean well looked after ones!

Cruiser,
We went on the hunt in SA for a Jayco Swift Outback version. Went to all the major sellers and did the whole caravan sales dot com and gumtree thing. There was mountains of overpriced poo.

We extended our search to cover Victoria (where Jayco are made) and bought a 2 year old, used once Outback Swift with a fair bit of extras for $4500 less than a well worn one from a prominent yard on Port Wakefield Road at Burton.

The one we bought came from the Jayco dealer at Geelong (Prestige Jayco - just happy customers). It was sold by them new, used on a bitumen road trip to Sydney, then traded in for a proper van because the Mrs wanted an ensuite.

The $400 for fuel and an overnight stay was well worth the drive. Give SA vans a miss mate...they are beat up and over priced...unless you want to buy mine? LOL.

Fab.

Funny you should say that... Victoria seems to be so much cheaper for both caravans and 4wd's. Might have to look into a few yards down there and get some prices for transportation to the Gold Coast... pretty hard getting time off to pick the thing up now.