My 2017 quest for the perfect TT!

babock wrote:
I said this way back 5 pages ago. Trailers don't sell for average retail. They sell for low retail.

Price it at $4500 and you will sell it.

Price it at $4500 and be prepared to take $3k! With a soft floor that's all a 19ft nonslide light weight trailer is worth. A dealer will be lucky to get $5k.

I said this way back 5 pages ago. Trailers don't sell for average retail. They sell for low retail.

Price it at $4500 and you will sell it.

You are pricing in "options" that were not options. Read the fine print on the NADA listings--they tell you not to add in things that were standard on your TT. I can guarantee that every TT of your year and model came with everything you list as optional. The 15K A/C unit is an upgrade, most have a 13.5K. But every one has a furnace, water heater, microwave, stab jacks, awning, etc. Besides, you say you'd take $4500 in a heartbeat.

Your TT also has a soft floor. Rightly or not, most buyers are going to be very hesitant. A soft floor is a red flag. The Kodiak brochure shows the foam sandwich construction of the floor, perhaps print it out and show it to buyers.

You have had no shortage of lookers, and demand in your area for used TTs is high. Then what is the problem? Has to be the price.

Bottom line, if everyone thought your price was good, the thing would be gone by now.

You keep blaming it on the buyers. It's not the buyers' fault you haven't sold your trailer.

You keep telling folks here that you appreciate their advice but you won't make any change to what you're doing even when that is NOT WORKING.

You need to sell it fast for this trip, but you can't go on this trip until you save a bunch more money above the sale of the trailer.

You're going to continue beating your head here, putting down your potential buyers because they aren't as smart about money as you are, getting advice you're never going to take, and begging for prayers so you can do it your way even if that way doesn't make sense.

drsteve wrote:


Here's the thing: unlike 25 years ago, when such info was not readily available, everyone looks at the NADA values before they buy anything. They can compare dozens of similar trailers by tapping on their phone. Everyone who reads your ad knows you are asking $1000+ more than market value. At that price they are expecting to see a pristine trailer, not one with a soft floor.

Drop your price to a realistic level and it'll be gone tomorrow.

I am not sure where you are getting your info at. At $6000, my TT is priced 740 below the average market value according to the very NADA you just quoted. The NADA says the AVERAGE value of my TT $6740. The LOW Value is $5590. My TT is in perfect shape for it's age. It needs nothing repaired to take it on the road. It is fully functional and ready to go. My asking price is very reasonable for my market and every person that has come out has said that the reason they came out so fast was because my trailer is the "BEST LOOKING" "LOWEST PRICED" on the market.

The issue is not my asking price. No one thinks it is high in this area. IN this area small trailer are at a premium and go for way more then larger trailers. The reason for this is that there are thousands of single guys needing little TT to live near their work place. Apartment rentals are insane here becasue of the high demand and shortage, so living in a small TT has become the go to for oil field workers.

Maybe where you are at my trailer is over priced, but not around here. People are beating down my door to see it and that is not because it is overpriced. The problem is they have no money to buy it. Not just no cash in hand, but no money in the bank or anywhere else. They have to go "TRY" to get a loan, and I am not willing to "HOLD" the trailer and turn down the flood of potential buyers, in the hopes that the bank will approve them. Why is that so hard to understand.

This entire thread has become ridiculous. You want desperately to sell your trailer, ASAP, and are willing to part with it for $4500, but you are asking $6000? You want a perfect buyer with a pocket full of cash. You want all this to happen on a tight schedule.

Good luck with that.

Here's the thing: unlike 25 years ago, when such info was not readily available, everyone looks at the NADA values before they buy anything. They can compare dozens of similar trailers by tapping on their phone. Everyone who reads your ad knows you are asking $1000+ more than market value. At that price they are expecting to see a pristine trailer, not one with a soft floor.

Drop your price to a realistic level and it'll be gone tomorrow.

2012Coleman wrote:
OP - your killing me. Your friend is dying, but before going to see her, you must complete your mission of selling your old TT and buying a bigger one. The fact that the reality that people shopping for used aren't coming with cash readily available is getting in the way - and so it's societies fault because people aren't just like you. You need prayers? :H Doesn't your friend need them more?

For heaven's sake - take the old TT to go be with your dying friend and worry about a bigger TT later. What is more important - your comfort while visiting your dying friend or hers from having you there?

If she passes before you come to your senses, you will have no one to blame but yourself. I think your being selfish here - but good luck.

You make excellent points and I appreciate the sincerity. Please understand that their is more to this then just selling and buying a trailer. Please believe me. If I felt there was the slightest chance of her dying before I got their I would jump the first flight available and get their now.

Please understand, things are a lot more complicated then just what I have shared.
I am not independently wealthy, I not only have to get a bigger trailer, I also have to have enough money for gas, park fees and other expenses to make this trip.

Thank you for you concern, I would feel the exact same way if I only had the information you have. I should not have shared that info. It was mistake to do so without painting a full and complete picture.

I didn't read the whole thread but on the picture thing: Good pictures sell things faster and for more money. Bad pictures sell things slower and for less.

There's no need to tell you how to sell the trailer. You're old enough to figure that out. My experience tells me that putting a demand in the listing that a potential buyer have the whole amount in hand to just look at the trailer is going to put off many potential buyers. I've had folks stop by to look at items and ask if I'll keep the item until they return with the money. That has worked and not worked. If I'm selling from Craigslist, I tell buyers that the first that puts cash in my hand owns it. I've been lied to more times than I like to admit by CL buyers that don't return.

OP - your killing me. Your friend is dying, but before going to see her, you must complete your mission of selling your old TT and buying a bigger one. The fact that the reality that people shopping for used aren't coming with cash readily available is getting in the way - and so it's societies fault because people aren't just like you. You need prayers? :H Doesn't your friend need them more?

For heaven's sake - take the old TT to go be with your dying friend and worry about a bigger TT later. What is more important - your comfort while visiting your dying friend or hers from having you there?

If she passes before you come to your senses, you will have no one to blame but yourself. I think your being selfish here - but good luck.

Your add needs to attract as many potential buyers as possible. Your $6000.00 advertised price is not attracting the $4500.00 purchaser.
Lower your advertised price. It will attract more potential buyers.
Do not be irritated by the tire kickers it is all part of the process.