Based on hail reports, the RV was sitting open to elements and deluge of rain for at least 2 months on that consignment lot, no one ever checked on it, until they checked specifically on my request and failed to say a word to me trying to conceal things. The total time on that consignment lot was 3 months before I took it back.
My generator got tons of new hours on it which weren't there before (many times more than excercising it would justify) and now won't start. Techs told me that likely someone abused the fridge, such as running it non stop while RV was unlevel, etc, I may need a new fridge now. I am yet to find out if water heater is damaged too, merely running it in winterized RV for more than a minute would have caused that. My RV was designed to resist internal flooding, if it weren't it would have been totaled now.
For all I know someone could have setup a meth lab in the RV and I would have not found out until I traveled to take it back.
And guess what, if they find a buyer, there's suddenly all kinds of damage "discovered" by their shop requiring expensive repairs that they pocket (this happened to RVs that were perfect and certified by independent shop before they got dropped off)
I heard similar stories about other consignment lots including about 1 very well known from a popular company here, RVs getting and sitting damaged. There were catalytic converter thefts from consignment lots in this TX city too. Most of the time there're clauses in the agreement that protect these dealers if any damage is inflicted on those RVs, even if it was their explicit fault, and a lot of these consignment lots do not even have insurance that covers any incident with consignment vehicles such as them being hit, given that it's very dangerous to leave an RV in such lot. Some of them just leave RVs sitting there wide open and anyone can walk in, turn things on in the RV on and leave them on, or take things. I've seen the lot where another RV was sitting with busted vent being flooded by rain with a pool on the floor and the dealership wouldn't even care to do anything about it, not even throw a piece of tarp on top. Never again. I won't even consign my car now, much less the RV.
