I’m located in Washington state and after weeks of searching, finally found the travel trailer we want in California. We are planning to finance it with a decent sized down payment.
The dealer appears to be smaller, and they are insisting that the trailer be fully registered before I remove it from the lot. I haven’t actually seen it in person yet - my original plan was to drive down once we finalize terms, sign papers in person & take it home, but they say that won’t work because the finance company won’t actually pay them until it’s fully registered. They don’t want it leaving the state until that happens since “people take their time getting them registered and we need to get paid”.
Is this a normal situation? This is our first trailer, and first time trying to do anything like this from another state. Whenever I’ve bought a car, I would sign everything in person and drive away while the dealer finishes off financing, etc and get it officially registered a few weeks later. I’m very uncomfortable finalizing a deal without ever seeing the trailer in person. I could just fly down and sign in person, see the trailer, and fly back with papers, get it registered here, drive down & get it, but that all seems like a massive headache and obviously extra costs.
Anyone have any thoughts about this? I have very specific needs for a trailer and can’t just buy any model, so I’m hesitant to scrap the deal since it’s unlikely I’ll find another before the end of the summer.
The dealer appears to be smaller, and they are insisting that the trailer be fully registered before I remove it from the lot. I haven’t actually seen it in person yet - my original plan was to drive down once we finalize terms, sign papers in person & take it home, but they say that won’t work because the finance company won’t actually pay them until it’s fully registered. They don’t want it leaving the state until that happens since “people take their time getting them registered and we need to get paid”.
Is this a normal situation? This is our first trailer, and first time trying to do anything like this from another state. Whenever I’ve bought a car, I would sign everything in person and drive away while the dealer finishes off financing, etc and get it officially registered a few weeks later. I’m very uncomfortable finalizing a deal without ever seeing the trailer in person. I could just fly down and sign in person, see the trailer, and fly back with papers, get it registered here, drive down & get it, but that all seems like a massive headache and obviously extra costs.
Anyone have any thoughts about this? I have very specific needs for a trailer and can’t just buy any model, so I’m hesitant to scrap the deal since it’s unlikely I’ll find another before the end of the summer.