Teardrops n Tiny Travel Trailers

Hello Folks, I have relisted my Camp-Inn Raindrop on Ebay if anyone is interested. Several of you contacted me about it, but unfortunately my computer crashed with a virus and I have just now gotten it working again. You may send me a PM or call me at 336-241-2197. Thanks! Mike

gunjeeps wrote:Hello Folks, I have relisted my Camp-Inn Raindrop on Ebay if anyone is interested. Several of you contacted me about it, but unfortunately my computer crashed with a virus and I have just now gotten it working again. You may send me a PM or call me at 336-241-2197. Thanks! Mike

? Did you have to get a new account on this forum too? Or with a post count of "1" should I be saying "Welcome to the forum?"

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and no link to your Ebay listing?

or ..... ?

More info and pics please,
Scott G.

Here's the e-bay link. Lots of terrific photos. Better than Camp Inn's website.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Teardrop ... 2a0277aae6


The "Buy It Now" price is $19k

Bidding is started at $17,999


PLEASE NOTE THAT I HAVE LOWERED THE PRICES FOR BUY-IT-NOW,RESERVE,AND STARTING BID.This auction is for a Brand New Camp-Inn Travel Trailer model 560 Ultra Raindrop. We bought it in May from the factory in Necedah Wisconsin. We took it home where it has been stored inside our closed in garage. We have not used it any due to my illness.


Camping in style. What a shame to have gotten such a beauty only to get too sick to use it. Best wishes to the seller.

hiker chick wrote:Here's the e-bay link


http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Teardrop ... 2a0277aae6


The "Buy It Now" price is $19k

Bidding is started at $17,999


Camping in style.

You're not Hiker Chick - you're Houdini. Just how in the heck did you do that with the information provided?

Scott G.

Oasis Maker wrote:

hiker chick wrote:Here's the e-bay link


http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Teardrop ... 2a0277aae6


The "Buy It Now" price is $19k

Bidding is started at $17,999


Camping in style.

You're not Hiker Chick - you're Houdini. Just how in the heck did you do that with the information provided?

Scott G.

e-bay is hardly bursting with Camp-Inns for sale. Or teardrops generally.

From Ebay "William"

All arrangements for pickup or delivery and the costs for this is the responsibilty of the buyer. Please note that this trailer is in other auctions and for sale locally, so I may end this auction at any time if I get what I consider to be a reasonable offer. Thanks for your understanding and Good Luck bidding! William

From us: "Mike"



Hmmm.

Question: (And I hope I am shot down here by "Mike".)

But could a tactic now be to take a legitimate Ebay listing that is beyond reproach and fraudulently represent and front duplicate listings for it in other places?



Will have to watch this... and the optimist in me hopes to see a "Post Count 2" from "Mike".

Scott G.

Now before we start bashing too hard - look at the joined date - it's back in February's 2009 - It is possible that a lurker came found what they were looking for, gathered info and bought a camp inn and finally decided to post

Wow! Just looked at the pictures on Ebay - That's a nice looking camper. The TD gathering I went to awhile back, someone had a Camp-Inn, they really are a nice looking camper.

AL in Asheville

Scott,

I can help out here on this one. Mike's real name is William, I think Mike is his middle name and he prefers to be called Mike. We used both of these names when he ordered his trailer, Mike in correspondence and William on the paperwork.

Nothing fishy here, there is a legitimate deal. I talked to Mike's wife Cindy on the phone about this. They do need to sell this trailer for Mike's medical reasons. I hope some one snags this basically brand new 560 soon for their sake. Two nicer people would be hard to find. I come to know Mike pretty good, heck of a guy.

A good point about legitimate Ebay postings was brought up though. Some time back one of our CA customers sold his 550 on Ebay. I believe the new owner is a regular here on the forum. Anyways a short time later I was contacted by fellow in England who was asking questions about a 550 he was buying. Bought it off of Ebay UK from a fellow in France I think it was. I was puzzled because we never sold one to someone in France so asked him to send me the Ebay listing. It was the same listing as the CA 550 just tweaked a bit and relisted by someone else on Ebay UK. Same pictures and everything. I let the guy know that there was something seriously fishy about it filling him in on the details of what I saw on the listing. He said he sent a deposit already and was going to meet the guy to pick it up on the weekend. At this point he was pretty panicky and thought he had been ripped off. Ended up never hearing from him again, even when I tried contacting him. I suspect he was too upset about having been ripped off to say anything.

This is why it makes sense to ask around about purchases like this. Please feel free to contact me about any questions on Mike's 560 if you like. I am glad to help.

Cary

Thanks for clearing that up for us Cary

Thanks again Cary. This kind of input is just one more reason why Camp-Inn is such a well respected name in the teardrop world!

Cary Winch wrote:Scott,

I can help out here on this one. Mike's real name is William, I think Mike is his middle name and he prefers to be called Mike. We used both of these names when he ordered his trailer, Mike in correspondence and William on the paperwork.

Nothing fishy here, there is a legitimate deal. I talked to Mike's wife Cindy on the phone about this. They do need to sell this trailer for Mike's medical reasons. I hope some one snags this basically brand new 560 soon for their sake. Two nicer people would be hard to find. I come to know Mike pretty good, heck of a guy.

A good point about legitimate Ebay postings was brought up though. Some time back one of our CA customers sold his 550 on Ebay. I believe the new owner is a regular here on the forum. Anyways a short time later I was contacted by fellow in England who was asking questions about a 550 he was buying. Bought it off of Ebay UK from a fellow in France I think it was. I was puzzled because we never sold one to someone in France so asked him to send me the Ebay listing. It was the same listing as the CA 550 just tweaked a bit and relisted by someone else on Ebay UK. Same pictures and everything. I let the guy know that there was something seriously fishy about it filling him in on the details of what I saw on the listing. He said he sent a deposit already and was going to meet the guy to pick it up on the weekend. At this point he was pretty panicky and thought he had been ripped off. Ended up never hearing from him again, even when I tried contacting him. I suspect he was too upset about having been ripped off to say anything.

This is why it makes sense to ask around about purchases like this. Please feel free to contact me about any questions on Mike's 560 if you like. I am glad to help.

Cary

Your response is greatly appreciated Cary - thanks. There were so many things that didn't add up - and two different names is a pretty big one. A low post count of "1" and no actual link to the Ebay listing but a direct number to call. Tooo much in todays climate to not raise eyebrows.

In the meantime, it does bring some real and actual concerns to light as your story of fraud demonstrates. Thanks for sharing that. But certainly the most important part of all this is the prayer that Mike returns to good health and can once again enjoy camping in the vision that he originally had with this purchase.

Camp Inn is a class act business and we are all glad that you're a part of this community.

Scott G.