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12-12-2006, 14:51

Scott,
Yes, you are so right about not getting to know what the coach gas or had
improvements on or how anything thing actually worked... it is a learning
process, I must say...

Sea Ya
Larry
NYC
84 35FCSB

----- Original Message ----
From: Scott
To: WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Tuesday, December 12, 2006 8:38:44 PM
Subject: [WanderlodgeForum] Re: Wives and Coaches

GREAT POINT Ralph. A few months ago I was contacted by a daughter in

Mass. who saw a news paper article about the Myrtle Beach Rally,(not

sure how she saw it but she did) regarding her parents "camper" She

was trying to help her mother sell their "camper" as her father had

passed. Mom was struggleing with the "red camper" out in the barn

because it held so many memories. She did not have a clue or care to

all she wanted was it gone and to a nice person who will take care of

it and not get taken to the cleaners. I could not resist the story so

I started with the phone calls and questions. Motor in

back..ok...they thought late 80's etc you know the drill.

Low and behold when the pics arrived that is when the work started.

THEY KNEW NOTHING..Dad did all the maintenance. Turns out it was a

84FC and a nice one at that. It was very difficult to get correct

info..almost to a frustration level of "what am I doing this for"

but I did persue it because she was a very nice lady that needed some

help. Exactly as you describe above.

Some would/could have travelled by air, hotel bills, etc for a pusher

(as she said) when it was a FC and 5 years older than she thought.

Could be a recipe for bad feelings. No fault to her..her husband

handled everything, she just enjoyed it tremendously. Hmmmm sounds

like Judi, actually.

AS A MATTER OF FACT I CONTACTED A FORUM MEMBER HE WENT TO CHECK IT

OUT AND HE BOUGHT IT. It was difficult for all concerned while the

buyer "did his homework for the past year, comming to rallies etc" it

was still confusing for him. Wasn't it Larry!

But, you are sooo right a simple write up of the coach will help in

the situation you are describing. Escpecailly, when one party does

not really want to discuss the coach and the other wants to know all

that they can.

Great post Ralph.

Scott B

86FC35 (I know for sure)

SC

--- In WanderlodgeForum@ yahoogroups. com, "Ralph L. Fullenwider"

wrote:

>

> Getting back to the main theme of the original post, while doing an

> inventory on other things is important, the write up I am talking

about is

> on the Coach and placed in the blue box. Not setting values at this

time,

> only giving whom ever a list of down items as well as up grades.

The Coach

> is going to a one item thing no matter the up grades or tires or??

But a

> list of things done to the Coach that includes the down items, so

whom ever

> can come up to the Forum and have the answers written down in front

of them

> for the certain questions that are going to be asked, that way they

can get

> a learned idea of that present day's value, rather than having

someone who

> does not know Bird's saying to them, well there are no slides and

it is an

> old motor home so it should go for x amount and that amount be 10K

under

> what it is worth, this last is a for instance only.

>

> I am not advocating writing a will, that belongs to Law firms or

whom ever.

> Let's not go there as it gets away from the topic and muddies the

waters.

>

>

> Ralph

>

> At 11:42 AM 12/12/2006 -0600, you wrote:

> >Hello everyone:

> >

> >I am recently back from a foray to the frozen North with

expectations of

> >driving a Coach home for Charolette and I. I did not take the

Coach, as it

> >had more problems than the owner knew about and in taking the

Coach to a

> >dealer that has no idea what a Wanderlodge is much less what it is

out

> >fitted with. So the add was based on a build sheet the dealer

supplied the

> >Wife with, ergo, the Coach add was mis represented. This was not

done as an

> >owner stating things on the Coach that were not there; ie; swing

radiator,

> >rediline, no engine problems and on and on. Point is, the owner,

whose

> >husband had passed away a short time ago, simply had no idea what

was and

> >what was not. There was no malice in the mis representation, the

wife did

> >not know!

> >

> >Point of this post is, guys, don't make this mistake, you know

what is in

> >your Coach, such as up dates, maint. records, options on the

Coaches. I

> >implore you to sit down this winter and write up a list on your

Coaches.

> >Heaven forbid, anything were to happen, like stepping off a curb

and

> >getting hit, sudden health problem or being in a work accident or

an

> >accident on the way to or from work. Give your spouses or SO's the

tools

> >they need to work with in trying times. Most wives will probably

not keep

> >the Coach around for several reasons, the main one being too many

memories,

> >the second being, even just sitting plugged in they can be costly

on a now

> >fixed income.

> >

> >This trip cut into our Coach buying budget considerably only to

find no joy

> >because the husband did not give the wife any idea of what she had

or how

> >to deal with it.

> >

> >So I implore you: Take the time, this winter, to do a write up on

your

> >Coach and file it away in the blue box so as not to leave your wife

> >stranded. With this information, members on this or other Forum

can help

> >her to set a fair price on the Coach, so she will not be taken to

the

> >cleaners and help her move the Coach with some assurances that she

is being

> >fairly dealt with. And be honest in the write ups list the things

that need

> >to be done as well as the positives.

> >

> >Safe travels,

> >

> >Ralph and Charolette Fullenwider

> >Ralph's RV Solutions, Duncan, Oklahoma

>



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