Static Caravans... I guess this is a "warning" to a tiny minority of people... and also a rant.

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vacheron said:

Every year the BBC seems to trot out a story like this expecting readers to be shocked or surprised.

BBC News - Buying a caravan left massive hole in finances

So this couple have bought a static caravan, (which for those who don't know is a limited life, depreciating item that costs £4,800 per year just to keep in one place, and which many sites clearly explain cannot remain on the site after a certain age)... and were then "surprised" that when they sold it years later that they got less than they paid for it!

They bought it as a holiday home "and an investment".  

"It's left a massive hole in our finances," said Mrs Kitching.

"That was all we had, we'd saved up everything."

How is the story of one deluded caravan owning couple who paid over the odds, didn't do any research, didn't read any of the contracts they were given, and apparently spent far more than they could comfortably afford, newsworthy? 

Would this be on the BBC News front page if they had instead bought a car.... or a boat..... or any other depreciating liability without doing their own research or understanding what they were getting into, but instead just going along with whatever the SALESperson told them? 

1. Whats the old saying about a fool and his money?
2. "Emperors new clothes"
3. All that glitters may not be....erm....
4. If it sounds too good to be true........