Hi Dale & Paulette,
Thank you so much for responding. Cheney here...regarding inspections, we just can't figure out how anyone is able to do them with private sellers who aren't really "bus" people. The coach is only 4.5 hours away from us and even then it's been difficult enough trying to coordinate with the owner to come see it again. Our Friday appointment was just canceled as an example. I can't even imagine asking them to let us take it somewhere to get inspected, and where would we even take it? It's in a pretty small town in South Carolina. I went online to an RV inspection site and there weren't any inspectors even close to the area. How is one supposed to convince the owner who has offers standing by to let us come back yet again and take it to someone? We've been very perplexed with this dilemma. I think perhaps since he's selling it "as is" for far below market value it's a take it or leave it situation. He couldn't get over the fact that we had to wait for an appraisal on his other bus (quipping that never in his life had he been required to get an appraisal on something lol) and could tell he was a bit perturbed that we had to wait until we got the appraisal back before funding would be approved. We ended up paying extra on the appraisal for a rush job. So unfortunately it doesn't look like a thorough PDI is possible on this one. If for some reason this all falls apart at the finish line, how does one convince a future seller to let you drive their bus 1040 miles round trip for multiple days when you're not on their insurance as a driver?
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