cadee2c
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I went to the RV show at the FMCA rally today. We must have looked a lot richer than we are because we were snatched from the tram stop by a lady in a golf cart and buzzed directly over to the high end RVs. We were turned over to a guy who insisted on showing us 45 ft National Holidays even while telling me they all had split baths and tile floors and me telling him I didn?t want them nor did I want anything over 40 ft. He finally got the point and dumped us on a lady who tried showing us the same ones we?d already seen. We finally got away from her and started walking away.
They must?ve used hand signals or mental telepathy to talk to each other because they somehow relayed ahead to the Forest River/Berkshire folks. A woman there grabbed us and took us into a new 45 ft. Berkshire where she introduced us to Thor? not the cute Marvel Comic Hero, but a salesman whose name was Thor. I swear.
When I explained that we wanted a used RV, among other things, because of the quality control issues in the RV industry as a whole, Thor said in a very haughty tone, that Berkshire Company was owned by Warren Buffett and all Forest Rivers came with a lifetime warranty. He did not appreciate that not only was I unimpressed by that fact, he totally did not find my joke about preferring Jimmy to Warren funny at all, nor did he even smile at my pun about Warren?s warranty
It went downhill from there when he asked where I had heard about the quality control issues, and I told him I had researched it and learned on the internet in forums and stuff. He became very condescending about what I had heard on the internet. When I said I would be more likely to believe folks who actually buy and live in RVs over those who just sell them, it was over. I thought he was going to pop a gasket. Luckily my DH got me out of there. ;D
We then went to the Tiffin area, we had a wonderful conversation with a sales lady who herself was an RVer. I fell in love with the 37PA Allegro RED that I looked through. Now I just gotta get some winning lottery tickets and it will be mine.
It was a great show, but by the time I found the affordable section, I was too tired to crawl in and out of anymore RVs. Maybe that?s a good thing. I wouldn't have been able to tow my RAV4 home.
They must?ve used hand signals or mental telepathy to talk to each other because they somehow relayed ahead to the Forest River/Berkshire folks. A woman there grabbed us and took us into a new 45 ft. Berkshire where she introduced us to Thor? not the cute Marvel Comic Hero, but a salesman whose name was Thor. I swear.
When I explained that we wanted a used RV, among other things, because of the quality control issues in the RV industry as a whole, Thor said in a very haughty tone, that Berkshire Company was owned by Warren Buffett and all Forest Rivers came with a lifetime warranty. He did not appreciate that not only was I unimpressed by that fact, he totally did not find my joke about preferring Jimmy to Warren funny at all, nor did he even smile at my pun about Warren?s warranty
It went downhill from there when he asked where I had heard about the quality control issues, and I told him I had researched it and learned on the internet in forums and stuff. He became very condescending about what I had heard on the internet. When I said I would be more likely to believe folks who actually buy and live in RVs over those who just sell them, it was over. I thought he was going to pop a gasket. Luckily my DH got me out of there. ;D
We then went to the Tiffin area, we had a wonderful conversation with a sales lady who herself was an RVer. I fell in love with the 37PA Allegro RED that I looked through. Now I just gotta get some winning lottery tickets and it will be mine.
It was a great show, but by the time I found the affordable section, I was too tired to crawl in and out of anymore RVs. Maybe that?s a good thing. I wouldn't have been able to tow my RAV4 home.