Rejected Vans - What happens to them?

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I was reading the many rejected van threads the other day on the Autotrail Unhappy Owners Club and it got me thinking to what actually happens to these dodgy piles of crap once they are rejected by the clever folk - do they get passed to stupid folk or to 'innocent victims' who know nowt about motorhomes and think they are buying a demonstrator?

Any thoughts on how they are sold on?
 
I rejected my caravan and it was finally taken back last November, with a number of serious faults (and a host of more minor ones) such as the roof collapsing and the microwave cupboard falling off the wall. In January this year I got an email from a guy 100 miles further south who had just bought it, and found my email on a guarantee card. He was a bit upset to find it was a rejected van. I sent him a copy of the rejection letter which listed every problem, both major and minor. After establishing the VIN number proved it was my van, and all the faults listed were still there he was straight back to the dealer who had bought it in good faith from my cowboy dealer. Needless to say he got his money back quickly.

Fast forward a further 3 weeks and another email. This time from another guy another 100 miles further south who had bought the van from a third dealer and found a warning from the previous owner with his and my emails. Same procedure, proved it was the same van, still not repaired and sent him the same letter. Later heard from him his dealer said they could repair it within a couple of days and it would be as good as new, so he was happy with that even when I pointed out that if it was so easy to repair why hadn't the previous two dealers done that. I also pointed out the microwave cupboard already had had one repair, and it had started to fall off again within a week.

This is the problem with the industry, there are too many mugs out there happy with any old cr@p the dealers or manufacturers can ship out.
 
We rejected a Smart car with 21 miles on the clock, it was probably just put on a forecourt on one of their other dealerships, but to be fair they had repaired it, and were very good with us. :) Bob.

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I know someone that owned a Nissan Note.
Had a intermittent starting fault, in the end the dealer took it back.
It was on the forecourt for sale the next day.
 
Blue Knight said:
I was reading the many rejected van threads the other day on the Autotrail Unhappy Owners Club and it got me thinking to what actually happens to these dodgy piles of crap once they are rejected by the clever folk - do they get passed to stupid folk or to 'innocent victims' who know nowt about motorhomes and think they are buying a demonstrator?

Any thoughts on how they are sold on?
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Our rejected Motorhome home was sold to someone 10 miles from where we live , which is 130 miles away from the dealer , idiot dealership but they said it had been fixed
 
most go back to the manufacturer for repair and sold on a dealers forecourt as used. many go into auction leading unsuspecting buyers to think they are repossessions from finance
 
I know of a new one ,( German) the roof was delaminating but not leaking , manufactures replaced the vehicle without argument, they took it back to Germany, put a complete new roof on it then it went back to the British dealer & was sold as second hand (400miles on clock) , the purchasers were informed of the roof replacement, they got a good van cheap , & that’s the way it should be ?
 
They all become Carthago's or Hymers!
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Its a joke!
Kev

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I thought they just went back to the manufacturer and were made to park in a corner, left to 'rust' all forlorn and unloved ... ?
 
They are the almost new low mileage vans on garage forecourts that people buy thinking they have got themselves a real bargain......
 
Some very interesting points above.

A local dealer close to me had two new 19-plate registered vans turn up a month ago on their 'new' forecourt area, with only a couple of hundred miles on the clock for each. They were then sold within just a few days because they were hugely discounted compared to their RRPs. Both were sold as demonstrators and yet these were models that had never graced the dealers stock list before so they certainly weren't from his demo stock; not that he has one anyway!

Your various responses explains it now.
 
Sold on to traders, bodged then sold to us idiots as immaculate one owner vehicles.
Guy nearby is a trader and does very well out of it.

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I don't know if this is universal, but with certain foreign manufacturers, if they are supplying a replacement vehicle, and if the remedial work is within the capabilities of the dealer, they agree a repair cost and a resale value with the dealer. The dealer then carries out the work, sells the vehicle and remits the net balance to the manufacturer.
 
I used to be a regular at the auctions and it is surprising how many "new" vehicles, especially motorhomes get sold below trade price. there are dealers and workshops that specialise in trading on repaired vehicles
 

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