soooo, without too much thinking on this, what is the benefit of a k5 with camper, vs a std slide in?Zoomad said:Word of caution to anybody on the hunt for a Blazer camper. Don't hesitate.
We found one for my buddy Ian last week. It was found on craigslist last Tuesday night by my fellow camper buddy Ron who lives in Denver. He gave me the heads up and I told him to go for it. He tried calls, no answer. Text messages and finally in the afternoon he got a response. He hauled out to Ft. Lupton to look at it. He was ready with cash in hand. The camper was in good shape, not much wrong and an offer was made and accepted to split the camper from the Blazer and Ian would provide a top and gate to make the Blazer whole again after the camper was removed. Ron made the offer, it was accepted and a bill of sale was made up and signed and dated by both parties. The plan was to have Ron go pick up the Blazer with his tow truck Saturday since the truck was questionable in making the run into town. We would meet up with him the next day and perform the camper swap job.
That was almost how it went down. When Ron and his son went back up on Saturday to grab the truck the seller must have got inundated with more offers. He hit the brakes on the deal quickly and started shaking Ron down for more money. Ron's no dummy and been through this shakedown before. The bill of sale was pulled out and the seller reminded of the deal he already held the money for. Still not convinced, a call was made to Ron's company lawyer who had more to say about it. The seller wisely backed off the shakedown and asked if they could come to some agreement. Ron and his son discussed it and offered to pay the difference the original price of the truck and camper was listed for on the ad. The seller agreed, Ron got the title signed over and they booked it back to town.
It worked out for everybody in this case, but it almost didn't. If you can't take it the same day you make the deal, make sure you get a signed bill of sale before you leave. The only reason the seller tried to get more is he left the ad up and got blasted with offers. He realized he screwed the pooch by setting the price too low and was missing out on a bigger payoff.
Also remember if you got through to the seller and have the first crack at it, be aware that the seller may have other people that also saw the ad laying in wait to get a shot at it. I know the guy I got mine from did.
The happy ending is Ian got his Blazer camper. It only needs a couple of things too. Other than being dirty it's in good shape.
We had the same thing happen when we listed our Casita for sale last fall. We got swamped with inquiries and offers to buy sight unseen. It was hard to get folks to accept the fact that we were going to go down the list in order...and that no we would not take $1 more than we were asking (which we thought was a fair price). It sold to the first person that had reached out. Unfortunately....we sold it with a plan to just "pick up" another Eagle. Not so much. Because of the current frenzy, and that it has become such a cut throat market we are pretty much out on buying another Eagle now. We'll keep a casual eye out....but that's about it.Kolockum said:I had something similar in 2013 when I bought my Eagle. Really frustrating. Glad it worked out for your friend.
I just sold my Eagle earlier this month and within 12 hours (7pm to 7am) I had about 10 different people trying to set up a time to buy it. The first guy contacted me within 20 minutes. Because I didn't want to be a dick like the previous owner I went in the order the buyers contacted me. I had already set up a time with the first buyer when several people farther down the list offered between $500 and $1k over asking price if I would let them jump ahead (which I did not do).
It is really a cut throat right now.
For one, the open pass through from the camper to the cab. Since the camper itself lacks a normal floor pack of a traditional slide in, it's also lighter. Combine that with a truck platform that isn't the normal late model cookie cutter setup (nothing against the new stuff BTW) with a modern fuel injected big block and solid axles, you got a unique ride that get deep in the boonies and have fun doing it.goinoregon said:soooo, without too much thinking on this, what is the benefit of a k5 with camper, vs a std slide in?
I think that is a very true point that people are stir crazy. These Blazer campers have a niche following for sure. I would say the Bronco and Scout versions have the same kind of following. I was looking for mine for a few years (well before covid too) and there was always the feeding frenzy type situation surrounding the sale of one of these campers. I missed out on others by hours to days.stclair said:We had the same thing happen when we listed our Casita for sale last fall. We got swamped with inquiries and offers to buy sight unseen. It was hard to get folks to accept the fact that we were going to go down the list in order...and that no we would not take $1 more than we were asking (which we thought was a fair price). It sold to the first person that had reached out. Unfortunately....we sold it with a plan to just "pick up" another Eagle. Not so much. Because of the current frenzy, and that it has become such a cut throat market we are pretty much out on buying another Eagle now. We'll keep a casual eye out....but that's about it.
How did we get here? Covid + low inventory + cabin fever? Not sure.