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Redsky
Jan 24, 2014Explorer
You have stated that you do not want to spend the time to do the repair yourself so that leaves you with two options. First is to pay to have a Lance dealer do the repair. Second is to discount the camper price so someone who has the time and tools and skill can do the repair themselves.
I would pay a dealer to do the repair and then sell the camper if I wanted to sell it as quickly as possible. Far fewer people are going to want to buy a camper and then have it sit in their yard while they repair the damage and they would need to wait for warmer weather to even start the work.
Check online for what campers like yours have sold for in the past couple of years and I would expect that it is less than $6,000 and then you need to subtract the $1000 or greater cost for the repairs and the unknown time and cost for a buyer and sell it for $3,000. The buyer is taking a big risk as to the amount of damage that is inside the camper and what it will take to make a lasting repair.
Your camper will appeal to a very small portion of the local population and with less demand the probable selling price needs to be reduced if you want to sell the camper in a reasonable amount of time. When I was looking for a used camper the same model and year in a remote area that was several hundred miles from a major metro area would take 6 months or more to sell whereas the same camper in metro area might sell in a couple days.
I would pay a dealer to do the repair and then sell the camper if I wanted to sell it as quickly as possible. Far fewer people are going to want to buy a camper and then have it sit in their yard while they repair the damage and they would need to wait for warmer weather to even start the work.
Check online for what campers like yours have sold for in the past couple of years and I would expect that it is less than $6,000 and then you need to subtract the $1000 or greater cost for the repairs and the unknown time and cost for a buyer and sell it for $3,000. The buyer is taking a big risk as to the amount of damage that is inside the camper and what it will take to make a lasting repair.
Your camper will appeal to a very small portion of the local population and with less demand the probable selling price needs to be reduced if you want to sell the camper in a reasonable amount of time. When I was looking for a used camper the same model and year in a remote area that was several hundred miles from a major metro area would take 6 months or more to sell whereas the same camper in metro area might sell in a couple days.
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