Have to decide if selling private is better or dealer

Thanks for replies, have not heard from insurance yet, and yes we have the unit at home, so not costing anything for storage.

Oh yuck! Hope you were able to collect something on insurance! Hope you are OK too.

The problem with private sales ... folks are Leary of purchasing from an individual opposed to a dealer. If time is not a factor and you don't mind (as stated above), the tire kickers, you can put your own price and wait. But that is the problem, you might be waiting a long time, and as I'm sure you already well know, the longer you hold on to your camper, the more it depreciates, even if you are not using it at all.

On the other side, a dealer will be able to move it with no hassle to you, but you more than likely, will not get the price you'd like.

If you have no intention of using the camper again, and no way to tow it any more, and it's all paid for, (if it were me) I'd cut my losses and take it to a dealer for either consignment or for a right out purchase. It can sit on their lot as easy as it can in your own driveway ... and if you have it in storage right now and not on your own property ... well, you are loosing money every month it sits in storage ... get it to a dealer and let it sit on his lot and save the storage fees.

I'd go with the dealer instead of attempting a private sale. However, I live right in the middle of RV country, so selling privately, unless you're almost giving it away, just isn't very lucrative in Central Indiana. (hopefully your geographical area is different).

It is much more hassle to sell on your own but you're likely to get quite a bit more for it.

We sold our Class A ourselves about $15,000 over what a dealer offered us but it took about 5 months, a 100 emails, 50 phone calls & 10 lookers before we did.

Sorry for your mishap but glad you weren't hurt.

So sorry to hear about your accident!! The great thing it doesn't sound like you had any serious injuries. I would try and sell it yourself, I'm sure you would get more money that way. Good luck!

Private sales will net you more money, but more hassle as you have to deal with tire kickers. Letting a dealer sell it for you will tend to reverse the two. Less money, less hassle. Not all things are absolutes...