BETTER BUSINESS BUREAU COMPLAINT FORTHCOMING…read more
I strongly recommend that prospective buyers use caution before purchasing from Road Trip Camping. My experience after buying a 2024 TAXA TigerMoth Overland has been extraordinarily frustrating, and I am now preparing to file a complaint with the Better Business Bureau.
When I purchased the camper, owner Warren and his staff repeatedly emphasized Road Trip Camping's relationship with TAXA, their standing as a major dealer, and Warren's personal relationships with people at the company. Those assurances gave me confidence that if something went wrong, I would be taken care of.
Unfortunately, things went wrong almost immediately.
First, the air conditioner supplied with the camper made violent gurgling noises and had damaged controls. When I initially reported it, Flo suggested the noise might be normal because her trailer's AC sounded similar. I pushed the issue, submitted a warranty claim, and the replacement was ultimately approved. I was instructed to purchase the replacement myself and submit the receipt for reimbursement.
I did exactly that.
Months later, I still have not been reimbursed more than $200 for the replacement AC.
Then came something far more serious.
On only my third trip with the camper, the driver's-side wheel bearing disintegrated while my wife, children, and I were traveling approximately 70 mph.
A passing motorist yelled to us that our tire was on fire. We slowed down and pulled over. The bearing had failed catastrophically and generated enough heat to damage the hub components. When the trailer service company arrived, the wheel was precariously positioned on the axle. This could have ended very differently.
This was particularly disturbing because I had been told the camper had been serviced and inspected before I purchased it.
Warren personally assured me that he would oversee the warranty repair. Because I live nearly four hours from the dealership, parts were shipped to my home so the work could be completed locally. When one shipment arrived, I was required to pay nearly $100 in import charges just to receive the warranty parts.
I then paid approximately $585 for the local repair/service work and submitted the costs for reimbursement.
Again, I have not been reimbursed.
Throughout this process I copied Road Trip Camping on communications and repeatedly asked for their help. At one point Brittany told me they had left a message with Storyteller's main office and that if I wanted additional information, I should contact Storyteller's Accounts Payable department myself. After purchasing the camper from Road Trip Camping based partly on assurances about their relationship with the manufacturer, I found that response astonishing.
I am now out nearly $1,000 between warranty-related expenses, repair costs, shipping/import charges, and the replacement AC, while continuing to discover issues with a camper I was told had been inspected before delivery.
Most frustratingly, Warren personally assured me that if Storyteller did not make this right, he would.
That has not happened.
I have retained the emails, warranty documentation, receipts, photographs, repair information, and correspondence associated with these issues.
I would welcome Road Trip Camping responding publicly and answering two very simple questions:
1. Why have these documented warranty expenses still not been reimbursed?
2. Will Road Trip Camping honor Warren's personal assurance that these issues would be taken care of?
Until that happens, based on my experience, I cannot recommend purchasing a camper from Road Trip Camping.