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TaterSr
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Apr 21, 2015

How to sell our Class C

We made a mistake, not liking RVing. Made another mistake, bought brand new. Don't want to go bigger. Now trying to sell it & running into scammers. I made signs to put in the window. Posted it on Craigslist. No contact from buyers. Someone contacted us from Craigslist, obviously foreign, wanted to pay thru PayPal, sight unseen, full price. Apparently it is a popular scam so I said get lost. Today a guy called husb from LA (we're in ID) & wants to charge us $400 to put it on '30 different websites UNTIL it's sold'. I told him if it's too good to be true, it probably is. Even though we put it in our ad, no salesmen, another contacted us to sell on consignment. We have to give a month's notice to take it out of covered storage & don't like the idea of strangers walking thru it, maybe damaging it, but might have to do it. We are paying about $500/mo pymt & storage & haven't used it for a year. Every month that goes by we're wasting more money. Can anyone let me know the BEST way to sell an RV? It looks brand new, only 7500 miles. I know someone will say 'this has already been covered' but sometimes you just need an answer to your own specific problem. Thanks.
  • RV Trader.com is where we bought ours. I drove 800 miles to inspect it. Bought it on the spot, bought a one way airplane ticket to pick it up with cashiers check in hand. Went to sellers bank with him, turned over the check, notarized the title, drove home 800 miles.
  • There is no specific answer because we do not have ALL the information.
    IN order to give specific advice we would need way to many personal details about the purchase and your financial condition.
    Things like are you paying a payment? Are you upside down? Can you afford to take a loss just to be rid of it. I do not want to know these things about you.
  • I sold mine through RVtrader.com. It went in about 6 weeks. Class C's are popular, however, since you are selling a new unit, you are going to take a big hit on the price. Good luck.
  • You might try talking to some local dealers to see if they will sell it on consignment for you. I have a very close friend who was in the exact same situation you were. He purchased a new motor home, and realized he didn't like driving it or using it. He sold it on consignment with a local dealer, but took a $12K hit on it.

    Jim