Beware this Company - Wild horizon

channa said:
A couple of things, Roller team are ultimately part of the CI group, dare I suggest not as well finished as the German offerings?

If you are really after a Roller team happy to assist I have a friend who is main agent and I am sure a favourable price could be negotiated.

In terms of finance outstanding, there could be an innocent reason.

Most dealers take advantage of stocking plans, Typically if a franchised dealer they will have so many days to sell a vehicle interest free, then will pay interest for a further 90 days then have to buy the vehicle, (Hence great discounts on vehicles becoming fully paid. a cash flow thing)

It could well be the vehicle is on a stocking plan, it is or was industry practice the encumberance was paid off on receipt of customer funds.

If the finance is in the name of the dealer, that tells me he actually has financial credibility. I have just set up a funding facility for our company and it has been a nightmare the FCA are quite demanding etc before awarding consumer credit licences.

So there could be a logical explanation to all this not necessarily a sophisticated scam.

Channa
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If it was innocent why didn't he just tell him ?.
 
' Engine upgrades and automatic are cost options '

Could not work this bit out. What are they selling. How can you have engine options and auto options. They are not going to be swapping bits around. So it's either a 130 or it's not.

I would have a guess that they are agents of some sort who buy a few new vans and rent them out. They probably have some sort of fianance deal so that they just pay xxxx per month and they hope to get that back in rental over a period and a bit more on top. They probably get some sort of insentive for buying so many in a year.

Car hire guy I used to know always had a fleet of new ford cars. He used to buy 50 or so every few months and sell the old ones which were only a couple of months old to the local dealers. He made more out of the cash back arrangement than anything else. He also had some cars that never got rented but he still made money out of them.

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The trouble with the internet is that all historic posts are still there for all to see many years on. I have no idea what has happened in the intervening years but I just purchased an ex-rental motorhome from Goodmans in Waltham Cross, I want to recommend this small company to those of you seeking to bag yourselves a bargain and get yourself a quality motorhome with a considerable saving off a brand new van. It is also a McRent franchise so you can hire before you buy if you wish.

We paid a deposit on a then brand spanking new Dethleffs Trend low profile van in May knowing that it would be rented over the summer but available to us for collection in September. All relevant databases were checked by myself prior to purchase and all were perfect in the buyers favour.

A week ago we snagged the vehicle and collected it today with every single one of our observations and faults addressed. The van is 5 months old and has an odometer reading of 8,000 miles but in my mind, has been a huge saving over the cost of brand new; £10k cheaper than the basic OTR price but has a few grand’s worth of extras fitted too. Happily, the van still has that beautiful ‘brand new’ smell too.

The company owners Anita and Ricky Gibbs were an absolute pleasure to deal with and patiently tolerated my regular phone calls throughout the period between deposit and collection. No request was too much trouble and the rest can be said of all of their staff particularly Andy the mechanic.

I have no connection with the company other than as a happy customer and have no hesitation in recommending Goodmans to anybody in the market for a Dethleffs or Sunlight motorhome.
 
Sssnake said:
The trouble with the internet is that all historic posts are still there for all to see many years on. I have no idea what has happened in the intervening years but I just purchased an ex-rental motorhome from Goodmans in Waltham Cross, I want to recommend this small company to those of you seeking to bag yourselves a bargain and get yourself a quality motorhome with a considerable saving off a brand new van. It is also a McRent franchise so you can hire before you buy if you wish.

We paid a deposit on a then brand spanking new Dethleffs Trend low profile van in May knowing that it would be rented over the summer but available to us for collection in September. All relevant databases were checked by myself prior to purchase and all were perfect in the buyers favour.

A week ago we snagged the vehicle and collected it today with every single one of our observations and faults addressed. The van is 5 months old and has an odometer reading of 8,000 miles but in my mind, has been a huge saving over the cost of brand new; £10k cheaper than the basic OTR price but has a few grand’s worth of extras fitted too. Happily, the van still has that beautiful ‘brand new’ smell too.

The company owners Anita and Ricky Gibbs were an absolute pleasure to deal with and patiently tolerated my regular phone calls throughout the period between deposit and collection. No request was too much trouble and the rest can be said of all of their staff particularly Andy the mechanic.

I have no connection with the company other than as a happy customer and have no hesitation in recommending Goodmans to anybody in the market for a Dethleffs or Sunlight motorhome.
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totally agree with this post i bought a sunlight from goodmans last sept when it was 6 months old and can recommend them without any reservations. Ricky is very professional and a pleasure to purchase from and you cant say that about many motorhome dealers
 
There was a similar tale about this company on another forum (M Fun) about 12 months ago, client not happy with process or company and struggled to get the deposit back.
 
hairydog said:
Those are caused by volatiles used as plasticisers. Very nasty chemicals indeed. You really don't want to be breathing in "new car smell".
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So a old humber septre with leather seats smells of cow poo then.:scared:very volatile on a hot day.
 
It is quite helpful of forum members to give us a warning about experiences they have had with a dealer, but if I want to hear the woes of every Tom, Dick and Harry I'll go to Twitter or Facebook.
I question why anyone would want to trawl the net to find places to pour out their dislike of someone or something.
 
Ladies and gents, I was only trying to be helpful and nice. I am more than willing to supply my personal email address and phone number to anybody who would like to give me the opportunity to prove my bonafides rather than be thought of suspiciously for having the audacity to not have discovered this group before August 2018 and being wise about how I spend my salary.
 
Just to balance the books with the original post, I bought a Volvo 850 15 to 20 years ago. When I carried out an HPI check, it came up with outstanding finance which turned out to be a 'stocking loan'; something I hadn't heard of until then. I nearly walked away from the deal but was reassured that the outstanding finance was a genuine stocking loan, the dealer provided an HPI report on the car prior to his taking out the stocking loan, and I paid for the car with a credit card. Unfortunately, stocking loans are a part of the secondhand motor trade and (unless things have changed between then and now) do show up on HPI reports. I guess that you can have more confidence in a well-established dealer than you can with a private sale, but I guess there is still a small risk where a dealer uses stocking finance.
 
Sssnake said:
The trouble with the internet is that all historic posts are still there for all to see many years on. I have no idea what has happened in the intervening years but I just purchased an ex-rental motorhome from Goodmans in Waltham Cross, I want to recommend this small company to those of you seeking to bag yourselves a bargain and get yourself a quality motorhome with a considerable saving off a brand new van. It is also a McRent franchise so you can hire before you buy if you wish.

We paid a deposit on a then brand spanking new Dethleffs Trend low profile van in May knowing that it would be rented over the summer but available to us for collection in September. All relevant databases were checked by myself prior to purchase and all were perfect in the buyers favour.

A week ago we snagged the vehicle and collected it today with every single one of our observations and faults addressed. The van is 5 months old and has an odometer reading of 8,000 miles but in my mind, has been a huge saving over the cost of brand new; £10k cheaper than the basic OTR price but has a few grand’s worth of extras fitted too. Happily, the van still has that beautiful ‘brand new’ smell too.

The company owners Anita and Ricky Gibbs were an absolute pleasure to deal with and patiently tolerated my regular phone calls throughout the period between deposit and collection. No request was too much trouble and the rest can be said of all of their staff particularly Andy the mechanic.

I have no connection with the company other than as a happy customer and have no hesitation in recommending Goodmans to anybody in the market for a Dethleffs or Sunlight motorhome.
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You may see this as 'The trouble with the internet'
I see it as the usefulness of the internet
 
yeoblade said:
You may see this as 'The trouble with the internet'
I see it as the usefulness of the internet
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Harp. Never looked at it like that sir but a very good point ... if one maintains an open mind.
 
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