Unbelievable RV Buyer Behavior Exposed
RV Podcast - Stories From The Road
Mike Wendland
4.5 • 704 Ratings
🗓️ 22 April 2026
⏱️ 43 minutes
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Summary
Ever wonder what really goes on behind the scenes at an RV dealership? This week, Mike and Jennifer sit down with Nick Schmidt of Sunshine State RVs for a hilarious and eye-opening conversation about the wildest, most unbelievable customer stories you'll ever hear. "Crazy RV Buyers" - you have to hear these to believe them.
Plus: Jennifer shares practical tips on keeping your RV bathroom fresh (hint: it all starts with water). Mike and Jennifer highlight one of America's most peaceful and historic road trips - the Natchez Trace Parkway, 440 miles of slow, scenic, billboard-free driving from Nashville to Natchez, Mississippi. And they answer a listener question from Matt and Becky in California: how do you run your air conditioner without tripping your RV breakers?
In this episode:
- Crazy RV Buyer stories with dealer Nick Schmidt of Sunshine State RVs
- Jennifer's RV Know-How: keeping your black tank and bathroom odor-free
- Trip of the Week: the Natchez Trace Parkway, RV-friendly and big-rig approved
- Q&A: managing 30-amp power so your A/C doesn't kill your microwave and coffee maker
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Show notes and more: https://RVPodcast.com
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| 0:00.0 | Hello everybody, this is episode 602 of the RV podcast. |
| 0:05.0 | And this week on the podcast. |
| 0:07.0 | We had a lady one time who was coming in to look at some RVs. |
| 0:10.0 | She stole a part off of the RV to go put it into hers that she was wanting to trade in. |
| 0:16.0 | And we caught her on camera stealing a vent, like a side vent thing from our Winnebago van, took it and put it on hers, |
| 0:26.9 | and the whole thing is on camera. |
| 0:28.5 | So I very politely went to her, and I said, ma'am, I said, I think you were mistaken by |
| 0:33.0 | which van was yours and all that. |
| 0:34.8 | I said, I think that vent's ours. |
| 0:36.3 | No, no, no, it's not. |
| 0:37.5 | I said, well, and I pulled my phone. I said, here's the camp, the video. Like, you took it off |
| 0:41.2 | on ours and she was still embarrassed. She stole it. If you've ever wondered what RV dealers really |
| 0:46.6 | deal with behind the scenes, this week, we sit down with our friend Nick Schmidt at Sunshine |
| 0:51.5 | State RVs and here are some of the wildest, funniest, and most unbelievable stories about crazy RV buyers in this episode's |
| 1:00.1 | conversation of the week. Plus, we'll share a travel trip about a peaceful, no-rush road trip |
| 1:05.9 | where history surrounds you every mile and it feels like stepping back in time and we'll answer a question |
| 1:12.3 | about how to stay cool and keep your air conditioner from tripping your RV breakers. |
| 1:17.7 | This episode is being released on April 22nd, 2026. |
| 1:22.1 | Welcome to the RV podcast. I'm Mike Wondland and this is my co-host and my lifelong traveling companion and my bride, |
| 1:29.7 | Jennifer. Hello, my dear. Hello, my Michael. And this is the RV podcast, Stories from the Road |
| 1:35.7 | edition. You can find complete show notes for this episode at RVpodcast.com. And remember, we |
| 1:41.9 | release two episodes every week. This edition, Stories in the Road, focuses on |
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