Why do caravan owners have Model Name compulsion?

[iain cooper]

Originally Posted by canis

I don't even know the make/model of our caravan, and I don't care! We just call it "the caravan". It's not difficult to spot, it's the big white-ish thing on two wheels on the drive, covered in algae, getting a bit leaky and gradually sinking into the mud on one side.

so you obviously didn't buy it? was it an unwanted present?

Iain

[CNGBiFuel]

Mr Cooper. Make & Model please Come on now, nothing less will be tolerated. You know you want to.

You have been given a fixed-penalty - Caravan Club rule 24 Subsection C. Paragraph 4: Suffer still more penalties, or in addition to Make/Model caravan, you are required to stipulate Make/Model of chemical-bog.

[Munro83]

We have a swift challenger 520se........ just in case you need to deliver at my address 😉

[XC70Bob]

I don't have a caravan that's probably why the courier was unable to find my house.
I did give them my full address with post code and included this
"drive to the end of kirton close my house it the very last one on the close."
when my parcel failed to turn up contacted courier company and spoke to a nice lady on the phone, when asked why they did not deliver she said the driver could not find my house ?
so I got her to read the instructions back to me every thing was as described, but she asked if I could add any thing more to make it easier to find.
yes I replied I will leave a trail of doggy biscuits out for the drives guide dog to follow.
when the parcel arrived next day driver had a big smile on his face, its seems she had actually typed in what I had said. it was obviously a different driver.

[CNGBiFuel]

I will leave a trail of doggy biscuits out for the drives guide dog to follow.

Please, permission to steal that line.

And from me, take this tip.

"drive to the end of kirton close my house it the very last one on the close."

This reads like War & Peace. Many carts won't carry that over, so a courier won't see it anyway. Or so wordy he won't have read it. Couriers need to work a blistering speed for "Free Delivery', you've 2-3 seconds to grab him.

Couriers are not your postman, put something like the following into your address and under 30 chars so that it won't get clipped:

"LHS/RHS End Kirtn Clse Red Door Out? Lv Nghbr/Undr Rsebsh/Prch Thx Postie" (delete as fits, keeping char. count down.)

Most carts have a company 'field' (box marked company) in a web-site's cart for a business address, or a second 'address line' or 'district' field. Paypal does. Use this to help your courier, and help yourself.

[canis]

I've done multi-drop delivery. And yes, I do mind waiting a few minutes, it adds hours to my day, and I'm not paid by the hour.

Having said that, when my daughter's 'phone got delivered, it wasn't. Said I wasn't in (I was), found the "not in" slip in the letterbox. So I called them, and they agreed to try again tomorrow.

So I sat in, in sight of the front door, which I had wide open all day, still no delivery and not even a note. So I called again, and was again told they couldn't deliver because nobody was home, again. I explained I'd had the front door open all day, and "All you have to do is bring the item to the house, ring the bell, I sign, driver goes away. Or is that too difficult for you?"

Three days I sat waiting, like I've got nothing better to do.The driver's lie. It's not they can't find the house, they're just under impossible pressure. Free next day delivery isn't very realistic, but that's what consumers expect.

[Minormatt]

I've owned 1 caravan... but for thr life of me I couldn't tell you what make/model it was...

On the other hand my indespension CT27167 is most useful!

[Rich850R]

I have no idea how people do not know what make and model caravan they own!!

That's like me saying I own two cars but no idea what they are!!

For the record though 855R, V70D5, also a lunar freelander 640Rs!!!

Cheers

[isleaiw]

we has three - a Compass Connoisseur 490/4, a Swift Conqueror 590 and Sterling Eccles Elite something or other.... Dont remember full name of last one as we only had it 8 weeks before some scrote nicked it.... The latter 2 were bought new, the first was 18 months old. Spanned the years 1997 to 2004. Had Isabella Capri Lux awnings with the composite frames for each.....

[Minormatt]

Originally Posted by Rich850R

I have no idea how people do not know what make and model caravan they own!!

That's like me saying I own two cars but no idea what they are!!

For the record though 855R, V70D5, also a lunar freelander 640Rs!!!

Cheers

I bought it for £50 to rip the guts out of it for a van conversion... then sold it 2 weeks later. It was about 10 years ago lol.

if it helps currently I own

2005 V70 D5 Manual
2003 Focus 1.8Tddi Estate (for sale)
1997 Transit 150 SWB
1996 Transit 150 LWB
1996 Transit 120 SWB
1982 Mini HL
1972 Mini Clubman
1972 Morris Minor Pickup
1970 Morris Minor Saloon
1968 Austin Healey Sprite
1967 Morris Minor Traveller
1967 Austin Healey Sprite (Vin tags and major parts needed to keep ID only)
1963 Morris Minor Convertable
1928 Morris Cowley Pickup

I haven't sold/scrapped many cars but they were

2000 Ford Focus TDDi (Sold)
2000 Ford Escort TD (Sold)
2000 Transit 100 SWB (Broken for parts)
2000 Transit 80 SWB (Broken for parts)
1997 Transit Tourneo (Broken for parts)
1987 Transit 80 SWB (Broken for parts)
1993 Ford Escort TD (Broken for parts)
1963 Morris Minor Traveller (Broken for parts)


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2009 Indespension CT27167 16ft bed 2700kg Car Transporter Trailer
Unknown Box Trailer (Probably early 90s ~ 350kg but no tags/id)
1997 Ifor Williams P6E
Made a smaller transporter trailer and then sold that.
Made a small box trailer, then scrapped it.
The caravan above - bought for parts then sold it complete

Do I have a problem??