Help Tony fix his MEST up RV
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Hey everyone Michelle here,
Well... what should have been a great exciting day quickly turned into an overwhelming nightmare. Tony didn't want me to do this, but after looking at all of his options and the time constraints of the tour starting, here we are.
Yesterday I went with Tony to purchase an RV so that Tony can be on the road and tour more. Every tour you must rent a vehicle if you do not own one. Touring in a van has taken its toll on his back. We looked around, got our Carfax report and settled on an RV with only 25,000 miles so it would last him several years of touring. Tony spent his savings to get this RV, knowing some of that would be put back in after the tour for standard living expenses. A musician/fathers savings is not just his savings but the money he must live off of and support our family with. The bad news..... Within 30 min of driving the RV home the engine blew. After calling a couple family members and friends that have more knowledge about RVs the news wasn't good. This is not a cheap fix. It was no longer drivable. This is going to cost several thousand dollars that he now doesn't have. Of course we called the seller IMMEDIATELY but he has been ignoring all calls and texts from us. (people suck!!) It's one of the scariest and hardest feelings in the world to know you spent everything you had on something to immediately have it break. We spent several hours waiting on a tow truck to tow the new RV back to sit in front of our house till we can get it fixed.
Here is where the issue is... since Tony spent all of his savings we cannot fix the RV, he cannot rent something to tour in either because all the money was spent on the RV. Without the help of you guys Tony won't be able to go on tour. The stress has been real around here and Tony was against me doing this but with much convincing I got his approval.
Here is a message from Tony:
Hey guys,
At the age of 38 with this many back problems that I have and wanting to get out on the road and consistently tour traveling in the van just doesn’t work. So I figured if I bought something that was reliable I could tour more often and tour semi comfortably. I took a risk using all my savings to buy something knowing that in the long run I would be able to tour more often and eventually replenish my savings. Bought what I thought was a reliable vehicle drove 30 miles and the motor broke. Tried to call the seller back but he stopped taking my phone calls. It sucks that people like this exist. I could NEVER do this to somebody. I do not have the money to get this fixed nor do I have money to rent a vehicle for this next-tour. I feel ashamed/ defeated/ripped off and embarrassed that I even have to do this. But I don’t know any other option at this point.
I don’t feel like anything in life should be free and everybody should work for what they get. So in return for anybody that donates I’m going to record two of the songs that are on the new record acoustically and send them to you in an email. It does not matter how much you donate anything helps and you will receive the songs. I would rather you not post these online as it is a THANK YOU from me to you for helping me in this time of need. If you choose to post them, that is on you but this is me trying to say thank you.
Hope to see you guys in a few weeks-
Tony
Well... what should have been a great exciting day quickly turned into an overwhelming nightmare. Tony didn't want me to do this, but after looking at all of his options and the time constraints of the tour starting, here we are.
Yesterday I went with Tony to purchase an RV so that Tony can be on the road and tour more. Every tour you must rent a vehicle if you do not own one. Touring in a van has taken its toll on his back. We looked around, got our Carfax report and settled on an RV with only 25,000 miles so it would last him several years of touring. Tony spent his savings to get this RV, knowing some of that would be put back in after the tour for standard living expenses. A musician/fathers savings is not just his savings but the money he must live off of and support our family with. The bad news..... Within 30 min of driving the RV home the engine blew. After calling a couple family members and friends that have more knowledge about RVs the news wasn't good. This is not a cheap fix. It was no longer drivable. This is going to cost several thousand dollars that he now doesn't have. Of course we called the seller IMMEDIATELY but he has been ignoring all calls and texts from us. (people suck!!) It's one of the scariest and hardest feelings in the world to know you spent everything you had on something to immediately have it break. We spent several hours waiting on a tow truck to tow the new RV back to sit in front of our house till we can get it fixed.
Here is where the issue is... since Tony spent all of his savings we cannot fix the RV, he cannot rent something to tour in either because all the money was spent on the RV. Without the help of you guys Tony won't be able to go on tour. The stress has been real around here and Tony was against me doing this but with much convincing I got his approval.
Here is a message from Tony:
Hey guys,
At the age of 38 with this many back problems that I have and wanting to get out on the road and consistently tour traveling in the van just doesn’t work. So I figured if I bought something that was reliable I could tour more often and tour semi comfortably. I took a risk using all my savings to buy something knowing that in the long run I would be able to tour more often and eventually replenish my savings. Bought what I thought was a reliable vehicle drove 30 miles and the motor broke. Tried to call the seller back but he stopped taking my phone calls. It sucks that people like this exist. I could NEVER do this to somebody. I do not have the money to get this fixed nor do I have money to rent a vehicle for this next-tour. I feel ashamed/ defeated/ripped off and embarrassed that I even have to do this. But I don’t know any other option at this point.
I don’t feel like anything in life should be free and everybody should work for what they get. So in return for anybody that donates I’m going to record two of the songs that are on the new record acoustically and send them to you in an email. It does not matter how much you donate anything helps and you will receive the songs. I would rather you not post these online as it is a THANK YOU from me to you for helping me in this time of need. If you choose to post them, that is on you but this is me trying to say thank you.
Hope to see you guys in a few weeks-
Tony
Organizer
Tony Lovato
Organizer
Corona, CA