Sorry to hear that the camper was in bad shape.
I think the RV dealer should have at least given you the inspection fee back.
That would have been the right thing to do.
But you didn't buy the camper from the RV dealer did you ?
(sounds like you bought it from a private party??)
When you are buying a used camper by a private party, you never know what you are getting.
Expect the worst, but hope for the best.
If you take a used car in for a buyers inspection and pay the shop a fee to inspect it, most shops will do their best to check out the vehicle the best they can in an hour or so and give you an honest evaluation.
But let's say a day or two later the transmission goes out, the inspection shop probably won't be able to know if that was going to happen in every case.
The inspection shop won't put a new transmission in there if you bought the car from a privaty party.
If I remember that RV place, they are just off the freeway ?
Small dealership doing business in a parking lot, I don't think they even have an office ?? They lease parking lot space only from the antique shops next door ??
Mostly selling trailers and tent trailers, and maybe the occassional truck camper.
Sure you could bash them and try and hurt their business, but they are small fries.
I think you would just be spinning your wheels.
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This will only add to your lost $$.
If it was a big RV chain, then bad press could hurt their sales.
But being a small guy like that, I think they get most all of their business from people driving by on the way home from work.
Some shops are just not all that good.
Other shops are excellent.
Sometimes the damage in a used item hides itself pretty well and can't be seen from a quick exterior glance.
I'm not saying the RV shop that you used is good or bad.
But count your blessing the guy that sold you the camper took it back, and move on.
Yes, it did cost you some $$ to drive back and forth, but at least you are not stuck with the camper.
If it was me, I would chalk it up as "lesson learned" and try and be happy I got my money back.
Most people will be selling campers like that "as is".
Sorry to hear things didn't work out as planned.
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