EBay, Craigslist or Other On Line Motor Home Purchases?

Bought 2 and sold 1 on Craigs List. Just be aware of the scammers on both ends of that transaction. Do not reply to any buyer that is offshore, buying the rig for his father, will pay asking price sight unseen, will deal only through PayPal and will send an agent to complete the transaction. If you reply (even to say "go away") your email address will get on the list of real people that the scammers trade between themselves.

On the selling scam, the ad usually has pictures of a nice rig (copied from RVT or RVTrader) and the price looks like they just left a zero off by mistake (the price should be 33,000 and it's listed at 3,300). You send them and email saying "please confirm the price" and they have you. They're getting deployed to Afghanistan and need to sell the rig to move the family home in the next 5 days and they'll deliver the motor home to you all you need to do is send gas money etc...

I have sold/purchased quite a bit on Craigslist & Ebay both are excellent sources. My last RV sold on CL last summer in about two weeks. Only hitch (for me) is I won't buy a RV sight unseen regardless of how many pictures, clean carfax, etc. So there may be a zillion RV's marketed on the web only the ones close enough to go see were included for me.

Thanks to all for the insightful responses--very appreciated! We were always intending to conduct our own personal inspection, our main concern was regarding any financial rip offs, which several of you addressed.

Thanks again Y'all.

Larry and Marilynn

My 2 in my signature were both found on craigslist. They both had clear titles and I was paying cash so they were simple deals.

Bought my Class A via eBay. Flew down to see, inspect & test.

Got a great deal & couldn't be happier.

Through Craigslist, bought the travel trailer, sold a tent trailer, & finally the truck.

We found ours the "old-fashioned" way, by the local newspaper classified ads. It was about 30 miles away and being sold by its original purchasers at 8 years old and 12,000 miles. Their asking price was well below Blue Book and it was in excellent shape.

We put another 6000 miles on it in 3 seasons, but sold it after the 4th season as we hadn't used it. I sold it through a consignment dealer and wouldn't ever go through that again.

I bought a truck camper and a 5th wheel on eBay, both new, from dealers. And bought a used truck the same way. I don't think I saved a bunch of money, but I found exactly what I wanted, and they offer a free buyer's protection plan.

Be sure to check the seller's ratings.

Very satisfied.