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[Wonderdog]

Originally Posted by Laco

Unfortunately RV manufacturing is largely unregulated, so the manufactures are driven by profit margins. The consumer loses, because overall manufacturing costs are lower, using inexperienced, inexpensive labor to assemble the RV's, and letting the dealers fix and repair assembly line errors and inconsistencies. Dealer service departments are overwhelmed, as they are having to in some cases, practically rebuild some of the RV's that have been sold, for reduced labor costs, which contractually is what is agreed to by the manufacture and the dealer. I can tell you that not far from where I live there is a Provost service center. If you own a Provost, it takes months to get it in for service or repair, and they are just as overwhelmed by warrantee work as dealers of lower end RV's. To substantially change this whole situation, meaning highly skilled assembly line workers and a vastly enhanced quality control process, consumers would have to pay substantially more for their RV's than they currently are, and no consumer I know wants that!

Actually, refusing to buy would work wonders, but that's not going to happen either. This is a tale as old as the industrial revolution. Hard times and layoffs will motivate to survive but hurt many more. They're turning them out to meet demand and folks are still lining up.