A excerpt of my wife’s account of this story for our children:
Sunday July 19th, 2009 - RV Lot
After lunch we went to the RV lot to look at trailers. We know that we will buy a used one on eBay or Craigslist, but we wanted to see them “in real life.” It is tempting to want a bigger, better, state-of-the art, trailer, but doesn’t that defeat the purpose? We will look for something that fits our needs and costs less.
Oh, that was close! I was almost sucked in. He was not a slick salesman at all. Montana, as his nametag called him, had the appearance and excitement of an aged salesman but lacked a firm awareness of his inventory. He kept confusing all the trailers and mixing up the prices. It would have really been annoying if we cared. Little did he know, we were just using him and his time to familiarize ourselves with the intricacies of travel trailers.
Regardless of our intent and Montana’s lack of salesmanship, it was difficult to look at the new trailers and not be intrigued. We would be able to have a trailer free from someone else’s dirt, one with only our grime and one that lacked odors of unknown origin. Despite having set out to free ourselves from stuff and financial liability, the lure have and spend remained. By the way, for only 120 easy payments of $249.99 we too could be the proud owners of an aluminum-structured, fiberglass-clad, rapidly depreciating trailer! Boy did we miss a bullet.
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