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Congratulations on your RV purchase!</span>
Hunter has a good idea. Make use of the
factory warranty and document any problems during the warranty period.
Hopefully you won’t have any.</span>
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Here is an article concerning extended
warranty agreements:</span></span>
http://www.rvforum.net/joomla/index.php?option=com_zine&view=articles&la yout=landing&Itemid=82</span></span>
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We know exactly how you feel. Carefully do
your research and read all of the small print. I am sure that there are
reputable extended warranty companies but the one sold to us by our first
dealer WAS NOT.</span></span>
We traveled South across the Wisconsin
boarder to purchased our very first used 5</span><sup>th</span></sup> Wheel RV. Seeing as we knew nothing of RV’s
or RVing we purchased an extended warranty. Each time we returned to the
dealership with a problem it was always the same reply; “that is as a
pre-existing condition and not covered”. At one time the repair technician left
me under my RV and let me know that if the fresh water tank were leaking when
he returned that it’s replacement would be covered; no matter that the mounting
bracket was defective and the tank was about to fall out. I towed the RV back
home and fixed it myself.</span></span>
We were frustrated and dumped the RV and the
Insurance at a loss. We requested a refund from the dealership on the unused
warranty. For months we waited; we called and received no reply. After 5 months
we finally called the warranty folks to learn that the dealership had received
our check months earlier and never refunded us. We were promptly issued a check
directly from the warranty company.</span></span>
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Despite this poor experience we went
elsewhere and purchased a new Crossroads Cruiser with the 2-5 warranty. We have
happily been workamping since. The problems we had with the new RV surfaced
within the first year and were either repaired by the dealership or we took
care of them ourselves.
</span>Kamper Dave