How not to buy a caravan

[AndrewAventura]

Well, this was an extraordinary approach to buying a caravan. What could possibly go wrong!

The essence of the story is buying a secondhand caravan unseen, from a non-specialist dealer in Ireland, bringing it back to Scotland on the ferry and once back at home finding that it wasn't the one they'd seen in photos. Plus a process full of warning signals.

Car dealer ordered to repay almost £24,000 after selling couple 'wrong' caravan – Car Dealer Magazine

A car dealer from Fermanagh has been ordered to repay almost £24,000 after selling an Aberdeenshire couple the ‘wrong’ caravan. Sophie Davidson and

cardealermagazine.co.uk

 

[RogerL]

Probably not going to get a penny back as the dealer has closed the company

 

[borderbilly]

More candidates for the Darwin award.

 

[Mr Plodd]

A fool and his money are soon parted!

 

[Mel]

Wait. Are you trying to say that sending £24,000 to a total stranger in another country to buy something you have never even seen is a bad idea?
Who knew.

I do feel for them though.
Mel

 

[otherclive]

It must have been an extremely credible seller as the buyer is Scottish. 😱

 

[borderbilly]

It must have been an extremely credible seller as the buyer is Scottish. 😱

Maybe because the Scots have more money 💰.

 

[Beachball]

Don"t think i would have send £24,000 if i had not seen it .

 

[Dustydog]

Don"t think i would have send £24,000 if i had not seen it .

BB when I saw it was a Hobby, across the sea , a lot of money , a fools paradise.

 

[otherclive]

Maybe because the Scots have more money 💰.

I blame Barnett for that then 😱😂

 

[RogerL]

I blame Barnett for that then 😱😂

That Formula was only intended to be temporary, devised in 1978 as a prelude to the 1979 referendums on devolution in Scotland and Wales - should have been replaced with a better thought out arrangement in the 1980s but sidelined by every government since.

 

[otherclive]

That Formula was only intended to be temporary, devised in 1978 as a prelude to the 1979 referendums on devolution in Scotland and Wales - should have been replaced with a better thought out arrangement in the 1980s but sidelined by every government since.

Thanks, I am aware of the background to the formula.