Where to Sell Motorhome?

I sold my last RV on consignment at my local RV dealership. That was the easiest and sweetest sale I have ever experienced. Drop the RV off, No fuss, no muss, no lookey loos coming out to your house, payment problems etc. etc.

They called me with a prospective buyers offer, I accepted, the TT was 'gone in 60 seconds', and a valid check from the dealership was waiting for me to pick up.

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az99 wrote:
Be VERY VERY cautious with FleaBay and anything to do with PayPal. There are a lot of scams using PayPal and you will find there really was no guarantee.

We have extensive use of Ebay/Paypal for years without problems as you describe. I really must disagree with such a broad statement without some sort of validity or is this just something you heard and are now parroting.

Good for you. Google and see some of the big ticket item scams using PayPal. And I do personally know a person that lost $8K on a PayPal scam.

Just a heads up to the seller. In 2013 it is seller beware also.

Just put a for sale sign on it with your phone number and a reasonable asking price. Park in your driveway if possible. We sold a rig that way when ads in newspaper and online things didn't work.

I don't know any place similar in New York State, but if I had to unload my rig, I'd drive it to a PPL location, pay the 500 bones to have them detail it, set a price that is above the cost of the loan and factors their 10% commission and call it done. I know it won't be the best price, but it is the least amount of trouble.

I've used Ebay/paypal dozens of times, and have never been screwed, except for one time when the buyer came to pick up an item I had listed for cash only, then gave me a song and dance and asked to pay for $250 out of $2000 by check. I felt it would bounce, and it did. Since then, I will ONLY do paypal.

Would like to know what the problem with paypal is?? Anybody with facts?

I've only used Ebay and Camping world, but from what I've researched these are the best websites to sell/buy:
1. Ebay
2. Camping World
3. RVT.com
4. RV Trader
5. oodle
6. GeneralRV
*You can also put up paper ads at your local RV campgrounds.
If you haven'y yet, use one of these camper pricing guides
Good luck!

Local paper and craigslist are good places to start. I would also check with any local RV dealerships, they are always looking for consignments and used inventory on there lot to pull people into the dealership. I sold my last FW to a local dealership for a touch less than I wanted but no hassle and cash in hand.

az99 wrote:
Be VERY VERY cautious with FleaBay and anything to do with PayPal. There are a lot of scams using PayPal and you will find there really was no guarantee.

I really don't know why people spout this type of warning, without a fact to back it up. I have had eBay and Paypal accounts for 10+ years, have bought and sold big ticket items and NEVER had a problem with either. sure there are scammers out there, but most people can spot them a mile off and don't deal with them. I have found most problems with eBay or Paypal or self generated by the user, then blamed on anyone but themselves.

I've had problems with craigslist, but don't run around yelling chicken little to folks that want to use it.

Craigslist. In your hometown.

IMHO EBAY just brings out all the idiots across the states and other countries and then you have all the payment issues. JMHO

Also a real good place to advertise RV's and RV related items is Escapees. A full timer club that has a free classified listing page. You don't have to join the 'Escapees club' to use their classified forum. Just join the site to post for free. I have sold and bought many items from that web site to good honest RV'ers.

Those dealers that advertise they will buy your RV, will pay you 50% of trade value. Just had a friend pass away and his wife sold their 2003 DP motorhome that way. She got 3 offers, all within dollars of each other and all at the 50% figure I quoted.