A Time of Magic

An RV purchase means some serious cash no matter what size of rig that you’re looking at.

That being the case, if you’re in the market for one it seems only sensible to try and reduce the cost by looking at used motorhomes, but is that a sensible thing to do? The snag is that RVs vary a LOT in how they’ve been used. You can find one that’s basically only been used a couple of weeks per year over a number of years but then what about the mileage that was ran up during those couple of weeks? Actually, the mileage is rarely the problem but where the rig was taken might be: low mileage on unpaved roads would usually be worse than high mileage on paved roads. Finally, there’s the usage of the equipment inside although you’ll generally not have too many issues on that front.

It’s definitely worthwhile having a look but make a long checklist of questions before you begin.

Not too far from us we’ve a major shopping area with two major supermarkets on opposite sides of a dual carriageway.

In principle, it should really matter which we go to as the competition should level out any pricing differences given that they’re so close to each other. Well, perhaps in principle but in practice there are major differences in the pricing.

Thus we do almost all our shopping in one of those supermarkets and largely ignore the other one. That in turn seems to seriously confuse the marketing algorithm that the loyalty card system in the lesser used supermarket uses. Every time we go (which works out at maybe a couple of times each month) we get what seems like a crazy offer from them yet when we go back to use that offer we don’t get anything comparable afterwards.

Now, I can understand that tactic being useful when a supermarket opens as a way to attract customers from the other supermarket. Why they do it getting on for ten years on is something of a mystery though.

You know that it’s Spring when the shelves of the supermarket start to groan under the weight of all kinds of outdoor cooking equipment so it’s almost time for the sales of such things to begin.

Most people opt for BBQ style gear with anything from simple charcoal based items through gas fired versions through to outdoor electric grills with loads of variation in between. What’s best to go for depends on the use that you’re intending to put it to. If it’s a once a year effort you’d not go far wrong with one of the disposable versions, move to weekly and it’s generally charcoal or gas but if you’re into BBQ at home then electric grills are worth considering too.

All you need to add is decent weather…