Ebay Camper Trailer....WOW. Our experience....

Hi all.

So...we bought our dream camper trailer from ebay about a month ago, from one of the bigger sellers on there...hundreds of feedback, 100% positive. We paid a $500 deposit on the $6500 camper. (We got bigger tank).

Here is the link:http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=220494896591&ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT

We decided to drive from Adelaide to Melbourne to check it out before we picked it up. We were going to pick it up at 1.30pm today. We got a call to say could we make it 2.30. At two thirty, we were told three thirty (kids getting a bit bored by this stage).

At three thirty we came back and didn't get out until five thirty.

When we inspected it...it was pretty bad. The full galv...was not. The welds were REALLY bad, as in the drawbar was tacked and would likely not hold very far. The wiring was hanging out, there was alot of rust. We looked inside and the wooden plate for the bedbase....all smashed.

The seals, which were 'completely sealed and dustproof'... there were NO seals. None.

We said we would need a substantiial discount. (Hubby is a welder, so we could fix the issues, but not happy to pay for them). We were offered $250 discount. When we asked about the seals, they said we could take some home and do it ourselves...when we said about the smashed wood...we can fix it ourselves.

But the kicker - the other couple who were there before us - came back after an hour - fuming. They had taken theirs, the wheel fell off a few km away, they sat by the roadside with a 2yo and a 7 month old in the heat, after an hour they came back - after three phone calls and no help. That man was NOT happy.

So anyway - that's our experience. We ended up saying no thanks. Not worth the issues. We rejected ours after driving nine hours, we are now in a cabin at the park where we were meant to be camping...but our family is safe, which is the main thing.

Steve - sorry we haven't made it yet. LOL. Ill email you!