Going to the dark side, need to sell Spree

The laugh from the ROO sale in 2013. I had described it thoroughly and had plenty of pix. Got the standard "what's the least you'd take" questions and so on but the one we still shake our heads about was the goofball from Fresno, CA that wanted to know if we would like to "trade your trailer for a partially restored '67 VW".....uh, NO!

DutchmenSport wrote:
You can expect about a 1/3 of what your original purchase price was though.

That's certainly being optimistic ... with 2016 models now hitting dealers' lots that makes the OP's 2011 Spree 5 model years old. Any new trailer will depreciate in wholesale value an average of 20% the first year and 10% each of the following years, meaning the OP's could have already lost as much as 60% of it's original selling value. My optimistic estimate is he'd be lucky to only lose 50% by trading in ... if that's too much too swallow the only realistic solution is to suffer the process and try to sell it privately.

Thanks for the ideas all. We live in a small town in Mid-Northern Michigan so we don't get the same number responses that a lot of others do on CL. We do get our share of cranks however.

We will probably start with CL and go from there.

Also, the "dark side" comment is from a hybrid site I used to go to means we are going from a hybrid to a hard side.

We sold our '07 ROO in '13 on CL. Now we're parting with our '13 Rockwood through CL. The first time we got a lot of serious idiots, this time the same thing. But.....you'll be able to spot a seriously interested buyer pretty quickly. When they haven't laid eyes on it and want to know what's your lowest price, forget them! We always, always use the CL email account until we're pretty confident that this person is truly interested and then we may give our email address - usually the one I have in my sewing room - or DH cell phone. We never use last names or exact locations until we're really confident. Many will ask you to contact them through their home email or cell phone....tough luck. We came out about even on our ROO, but just having Rocky for a shorter time, we fully expect to have to eat a couple thousand dollars - hope no more. Just circumstances have changed and Rocky needs a new home. The advantage of CL is that it's free. The disadvantage is that there are a ton of loonies that lurk and make a pest of them selves. Camping World has started communicating on each new post or when you renew. They let you know that they have a buyer just dying to have your trailer or they might even buy it. Don't even bother unless you want to lose about $5000. Consignment is going to cost you. You might try an ad in a local paper. We have had 3 serious buyers look at Rocky - unfortunately didn't work out. One decided they may be just too old to get involved in RVing again, one is looking for a lot and their timetable is way too far out for us and the other one went to a dealer and spent $10,000 more than we were asking. Well, rats! But we have someone coming this week who's kept in close contact and we feel that it may work out. We've gotten our pay-off from our lender and decided how much we're willing to lose. Fingers crossed. But having a trailer for such a short time usually means you'll lose some $$$. Good luck.

Selling your Spree? It all depends upon how much you are willing to "loose" in your sell. If you just want to get rid of it (at any price), take it to a dealer and let them buy it outright from you. You can expect about a 1/3 of what your original purchase price was though. You can take it to a trailer consignment place. You may get a better price, but you'll also have to share an expense with your consignment business owner. Then, you can always put a for-sale sign on it and attempt to sell yourself. Advertising has many possibilities, some may cost, some may be free. Craigslist for one, but then you have to deal with a bunch of whack-o's who will try to rip you off. If you are thick skinned, selling yourself is an option. You may be able to set a higher price, but the higher price also limits the potential for a sale. It all depends upon how urgent you want to get rid of it.

Remember, your camper is depreciating fast. The longer you own it, the less value it has. Even if it is brand new and never been on the road, just because of age, it devalues very fast.

Personally, if it were me and just wanted to get rid of it ... I'd sell to a dealer and bite the bullet.

If you have loan on it, you may still be upside down. Meaning the loan value is higher than the actual value of the camper at this current moment. If that is the case, you'll never sell it for what you need out of it. 2011 model is only 3-4 years old now. If you had a 10 or 15 year loan and making the minimum monthly payment, you are probably upside down. If it's all paid for, then you have the option to do whatever you want, and sell as fast or as slow as you want by targeting the sale price.

Either way, good luck!

What do you mean by "Going to the dark side"...

You might want to actually measure your queen size bed dimensions. There is a difference between HOUSE SIZE QUEEN BEDS and RV SIZE QUEEN BEDS... My POPUP Trailers calls both tent beds QUEEN SIZE. One Measures 60 X 78 and the other measures 67 X 78...




We added 3-inch memory foam to both beds - they sleep just fine for us...

Roy Ken