Sale By Owner or Trade-In? Value?
We have decided to downsize from 36ft Pace Arrow to smaller Coach. Went to Dealer yesterday and the amount they were willing to give us was extremely low. They also mentioned Fleetwood is no longer ...
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What dealer told you FW is no longer selling? A local Winnie dealer once told me Thor was no longer in business. Where do they get these guys?
Anyway, you will be lucky to get wholesale on a trade - period. There is a lot of work with little to gain on taking on used units for a dealer especially one that's 8 years old. Not to mention you lose any negotiating power to drive down the price of a new unit from MSRP. I was going to trade my ACE on a newer model, quick deal, it's only a year old, and my dealer flat out told me I was better off in a private sale. He said he would love to have my business but he would only give me wholesale and that advertised price on a new unit would go up. I appreciated his honesty.
Bottom line, always better to sell privately and go into a new purchase with no trade. You'll get more for the old one and save a lot on the new one. The exception maybe going to a very high end unit with a larger profit margin. But then if you have that kind of money you may not care about losing so much on the old one to avoid the hassle of doing it yourself.
Anyway, you will be lucky to get wholesale on a trade - period. There is a lot of work with little to gain on taking on used units for a dealer especially one that's 8 years old. Not to mention you lose any negotiating power to drive down the price of a new unit from MSRP. I was going to trade my ACE on a newer model, quick deal, it's only a year old, and my dealer flat out told me I was better off in a private sale. He said he would love to have my business but he would only give me wholesale and that advertised price on a new unit would go up. I appreciated his honesty.
Bottom line, always better to sell privately and go into a new purchase with no trade. You'll get more for the old one and save a lot on the new one. The exception maybe going to a very high end unit with a larger profit margin. But then if you have that kind of money you may not care about losing so much on the old one to avoid the hassle of doing it yourself.
