Private Sales?

I have sold a ton of stuff on my own----trick for me is to price it like you want to sell it.......if you are to proud of it you will get to keep it.

I would say selling to a dealer will get you the lowest price; however, that's exactly what I finally did with a 2007 Chevy half-ton truck I sold a couple of years ago. Just didn't have the patience to deal with any more crazies and false hopes. It partly happened because I started out pricing it way too high.

Mr.Mark wrote:
Lurker1, we consigned our previous 2008 coach at Motorhomes of Texas last summer (2014). They charge an 8% fee (if they still do) and detail your coach inside and out as part of the consignment. I like the fact that they keep the coaches plugged in and the slides retracted until a buyer wants to look (no risk of slide topper damage from a quick storm).

It took 3 months for our coach to sell and everything went very smooth. All and all, we got back 49.2% of our purchase price on a 7.5 yr. old coach that we purchased new (not counting the fee), 45.3% after the fee.

MOT will pick-up your coach up for free (from their website).

Good luck,
MM.

Thank you, sir. Email sent to MOT... we'll see what they say.

Lurker1 wrote:

Jayco-noslide wrote:
But, unless you are trading in you don't have a choice do you?

I'm assuming I can sell it to just about any larger RV dealer even without a trade. No? I'm in Tampa and there are a ton of BIG dealers in close proximity...

I would think a big dealer is only go to buy it from you if they can get it for pennies on the dollar. They are far more willing to sell it for on consignment than they would be to buy it outright. And consignment with a dealer is not a bad way to go as they may be able to sell it for more than you could sell it for anyway which could make up for the consignment fee. The bad thing about selling on consignment is it's going to sit on their lot until it sells and all kinds of people and their kids will be wandering through it. In the event it doesn't sell, you are going to get it back in whatever condition it's in.

I sold a coach for 90,000 to a private party through Craig's List....also had it listed on RVT and RVTrader. It did take a year but we also did not have it cleaned out and ready to go because we were still using it, had it sold the earlier, in 4 months but the deal fell through.

The buyer financed it through Essex Credit and they sent out a their own inspector, who really just took pictures and made sure it would start.

rgatijnet1 wrote:

Personally I've never had much faith in the consignment dealers. After all a quick sale, at whatever price, still nets them a commission. There is not much incentive for them to hold out for a higher sales price.

At PPL and probably others, the OWNER sets the selling price. If a future buyer wants less, PPL contacts the OWNER to o.k. it. If the OWNER refuses then the price stays the same. PPL has absolutely no say on what the unit sells for.

You have nothing to lose trying Craigslist first. Just give a complete description with lots of pictures and be prepared to screen the buyers from the lookers. I've had good results with Craigslist selling motor homes.
Next you can try eBay for under $100. Again, give a complete description and lots of pictures. You can set a realistic reserve and if the bidding does not reach that amount, you do not sell. What this MAY do is give you an accurate idea of exactly what the coach is worth. I've sold some high dollar Classic Cars on eBay and things went smoothly.
If those two places fail you, than you may consider the places that want to charge you a consignment percentage.
Personally I've never had much faith in the consignment dealers. After all a quick sale, at whatever price, still nets them a commission. There is not much incentive for them to hold out for a higher sales price.

I have purchased as well as sold every RV I have ever had from a private sale. Nothing to it.

Lurker1, we consigned our previous 2008 coach at Motorhomes of Texas last summer (2014). They charge an 8% fee (if they still do) and detail your coach inside and out as part of the consignment. I like the fact that they keep the coaches plugged in and the slides retracted until a buyer wants to look (no risk of slide topper damage from a quick storm).

It took 3 months for our coach to sell and everything went very smooth. All and all, we got back 49.2% of our purchase price on a 7.5 yr. old coach that we purchased new (not counting the fee), 45.3% after the fee.

MOT will pick-up your coach up for free (from their website).

Good luck,
MM.

2gypsies wrote:
You said you want to get a good price. Selling it to a dealer will not give you that.

You might consider selling it on consignment at either PPL in Texas or Motorhomes of Texas - two well-known ones who get a lot of buyer traffic.

We sold ours through PPL within one month. The buyer flew in from Florida to buy it. With consignments you name your price. You don't have to deal with endless phone calls and no-shows to look at the RV. It was a very simple process for us.

I'm also considering consignment, and none of the local places seem good, so I've looked at PPL. In all, it will cost me ~$1,000 and realistically three days to get it there, give it to them, and get me home. Their fee is 10%... Compared to wholesale, which is what an outright dealer sale will give me, I make a few grand. So PPL is in the running, but not sure...

Thanks to all for the great comments.