I commend Jeff Couch's RV Nation for having the best price I found on my new 5th wheel and my salesman was top notch and attentive throughout the purchasing process.
Financing department tried to convince me I was approved at 8.99%, gave me the old, "I will call that nasty mean old bank and get them to take another look!!!" speech after I refused. Called me back congratulating himself for getting me down to 7.99%. I called Bank of the West directly and they told me I had been approved at 4.99%.
Delivery is handled by contract drivers and the driver who accepted my trailer for delivery decided to stay down in Florida for other local jobs instead of picking mine up on time...not the dealerships fault. What is their fault is seeing it sitting on the lot for 4 days after it was supposed to be picked up and not calling the driver or hiring another one.
Delivery manager, Gary, tells me, "The driver accepted the load, you have to talk to him." I asked if the dealership took any responsibility for my trailer not being shipped out on time twice, both times he said they felt no responsibility for the driver being late.
Driver arrives with my trailer rated at 21,000 lbs with a truck that cannot legally tow it due to GVWR, was extremely overloaded on payload. Had there been an accident, no insurance would have paid out. The dealership should ensure the drivers are using the proper vehicles sized to the trailers before they leave the lot.
What sold me on buying this trailer was the dealer installed solar/inverter system. Due to travel restrictions and so forth, I relied on a video to show me the equipment...nothing in-depth, but the brand names looked right and one assumes the dealership knows what they are doing.
Do not get anything from Couch's with a solar system they installed!!! Save your money and hire an installer to do it the right way. They wire it so the additional batteries can ONLY be charged by solar...not by shore or generator. They then wire a single phase inverter/charger/transfer switch through an external transfer switch to power both of the 50-amp legs in a manner that feeds back into itself so they wired in a breaker box.
In order to use the inverter, you must remove shore or generator power, go into the bay and flip on the inverter, then flip on the breaker. Because the inverter receives no incoming power from any source it cannot perform its function as a battery charger or transfer switch or operate as an emergency backup if I lose shore/generator power until I manually engage it.
In an attempt to correct this situation I explained what I expected the system to do versus what I received and requested to return the inverter for an exchange or refund for the parts I needed. Salesman told me I would need the owner, Jeff Couchs, approval.
Today, 12 August, 2020, we arrange the call and, assuming he has been briefed on what I am calling about, he immediately is very rushed and interrupting asking questions, then not letting me get more than 3-4 words out before interrupting again and again before telling me to say what I want because he is a very busy man. As I attempt to speak again he jumps back in and into a tirade of F-bombs and curses, raving uncontrollably before ending with, "You bought it, its your F-ing trailer" and hangs up.
Five minutes later he calls back from his service department and starts barking about what is it I think the system should do and again, as I am trying to explain he loses it again and threatens to hang up. I am literally dumbfounded at this point as he then says he will talk to his guys about what equipment I need, "Do you want me to do that and get you a price?" Told him sure thing and we hang up.
Later, he calls back and apologizes, then suggests we start over and have a conversation and talk to each other like adults. To be clear, I called intending to offer a suggested course of action to see if it was possible and never got more than 4 words out of my mouth in the first conversation and then couldn't say much the second time either...never raising my voice or resorting to name calling.
He allowed me to actually explain why I called, what issues I was having, and was only calling to ask if it was possible to return the inverter to him for a refund or exchange for the proper inverters I needed since they have the receipts and know where they bought it from...that was it! I even explained my intentions the day before with my salesman, I had no reason to call up in anger.
My reason for writing this review all comes down to Jeff Couch and his inability to control himself. It was unwarranted, unprofessional, and completely out of line before I ever had a chance to finish one sentence. As I said, you will get the best price around most likely, but beware the finance/shipping departments and be prepared to hear some F-bombs and other choice words should you ever have to speak with the owner.
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