Advice on selling our Class A motorhome

You should go look at other people's RV listings as if you were buying one. Look to see if their adds answer all or most of your questions. When you find things they didn't list that you would want to know before buying, then make sure that info in your add.

Most of the time they leave out the size of holding tanks, generator size, how many batteries, size of A/Cs, furnace size, is there more than one, what model of refrigerator, 30A or 50A service - again what would want to know if you were buying.

Write up your add - if you saw it on Craig's List, what would you find lacking in it?

Pictures - I've bought a DP and a TT in the last couple of years via very long distance - I want to see pictures so that I'm not wasting my time to go look at it. Post a decent amount of pictures and then have a lot more that you can send as questions arise. Pictures don't cost you anything. Go take them during good sunlight so that you aren't out there trying take them in the rain or the dark when someone asks for them. Look at the pictures before you post or send them. I've seen way too many blurry ****-eyed dark photos that don't show me anything.

Bill

Craigslist, eBay, RV Trader.

But my best advice is to price it realistically so it can sell.

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Craigslist has an rv catagory. We used craigslist when we were searching for our motorhome. Lots of pictures and information is always appreciated.

I found mine from Craigslist.

I appreciated sellers who posted a reasonable number of pictures (and ones that were reasonably large), at a minimum enough to get a feel for the layout of the RV. Units where none of the pictures showed the interior ceiling made me somewhat suspicious that there may be evidence of water damage they didn't care to show.

I encountered one or two people who never responded when I called or texted or sent emails with actual questions about things that weren't in the ad. I hope it's obvious, but it's hard to find a buyer if you don't answer them. I also encountered people who were prompt and courteous in responding, and they were the majority.

I did look for pictures that showed a localish license plate, for a couple of reasons. First, it showed that the RV was road-worthy, at least marginally so, which is perhaps not a concern for the upper end of the market. Second, and more importantly, a significant number of those that showed no license plate were scams after a little bit of investigation; at least I assume they were, as clearly identical RVs with identical descriptions were being offered for sale simultaneously in different cities clear across the country.

Jones714 wrote:
We are about to attempt to sell our motorhome on our own. I am trying to get as much helpful info as possible including sites to list it on etc. All and any info would be appreciated. Thanks.

We sold ours on Craig's list for almost NADA low retail and about all you can expect as an individual seller. We're talking nice condition, too. Then again, we bought one in excellent condition from a consignment dealer for $10K under low book, so you get the picture, I'm sure.

We sold our Class C on Craigslist. And bought our DP out of state off Craigslist. Just make sure you bump your add frequently as it will get buried by all the dealer adds daily. Also be aware of the scammers! It's usually pretty easy to spot them.

Sold my 94 PaceArrow on Craigslist in two days.
Describe it correctly and price it right.

Sold ours on Craigslist. Price it right and it will sell. Lots of pics and info and learn how to weed out scammers. It's easier than it used to be. Buyers now have good financing options. the folks that bought ours went through GS/bank of the west and they handled all the docs, inspections etc. Pretty easy process.

Just went through this trying to help a friend sell her motor home after her husband passed away unexpectedly. We took lots of pictures, priced it based on conversations with a dealer sales rep I have confidence in, and in line with comparable units on-line.
Put an ad together on RV Trader that allowed the maximum number of pictures (pricing in RV Trader is based on number of pictures and time ad will be on-line) and had a good description of the unit.
Response was excellent (both interested parties and quick response to their inquiries) and we had someone from 100 miles away look at it 8 days after initial posting and made an almost full price offer we accepted.

Keys - lots of pictures, good description, priced "right" to start with.