By nature most people are impulsive, I need it now, I'll pay for it later kind of people. This is not a good start for looking at used campers. In order to buy the camper of your dreams, you need to have patients. Without patients, that camper of your dreams could turn into the camper from your nightmares.
The first step in looking at used campers is to plan on a long process. Save the impulse buy for a candy bar. Buying the correct camper takes time, research and negotiation. You are completely upon the mercy of the seller if you appear anxious.
You have to realize that campers are mass produced, they are not like a one of a kind Picasso painting. They are mass produced in factories, sold in masses and resold in masses. Currently on eBay there are over 1,991 campers for sale. Likewise there are several hundred used campers for sale in each craigslist market. The point is, you don't have to feel rushed. If the camper you are looking at gets sold, so what. There are or will be five more like it on eBay next week.
What happens is we get in a hurry and lose our patients. Loss of patients equals impulse buy. Impulse buy equals compromise. Either we compromise our budget, we will over pay, compromise on a feature or overlook damage. These very things that you compromise on will be the same things that ultimately kill your camping trip and ruin your vacation.
The key: Be patient, don't compromise, don't be afraid to walk away and look another day!
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