Selling a Trailer
Well we have had our trailer for 2 years now but we just aren't using it enough to justify keeping it. I have tried craigslist with not much luck. What sites have you guys used to sell your trailers?
Forum Discussion
mtofell1 wrote:
.... I disagree this is a bad time to sell. This is the BEST time to sell. Everyone is gearing up for the summer and planning trips. RV dealers' best sales months are in the spring. Who thinks of buying an RV in November? Not many people. ...
Let me put it another way..
The used market is SATURATED in the spring and early summer, in other words there MORE used trailers for sale than there is potential REAL buyers.
It is a matter of "supply and demand" and the "supply" of used units is much greater than the "demand" of potential buyers..
Right now and early spring is the HIGH point for DEALERS to sell NEW RVs and TAKE IN "TRADES". This further INCREASES the amount of USED UNITS available to the buyers.
Since USED market is saturated in the spring you must have a very low asking price to motivate the interest in your unit (remember you are competing with a lot of trailer sellers at that time). Otherwise you are going to sit a long, long time with not even a bit until AFTER the used market supply drops later in the summer..
Later in the summer and early fall will bring out a lot of "bargain hunters" and "tire kickers", these folks are looking for units that have been on the market a long, long time and the seller is motivated to drop the price enough to generate interest.
I bought both of my TTs in LATE SEPTEMBER, I was able to get for a reasonable price without a lot of bargaining..
Since the OPs trailer is only 2yrs old, they may feel they should get nearly what they paid for it OR if they have a loan what the payoff is.. Just not going to happen...
No matter how good you have taken care of it and how pristine it looks, it is used, not new and selling it, you WILL take some lumps..
Additionally, many people may have a difficult time securing a loan on a used RV and if they do they will be paying a higher interest on it than if they bought new.. Tends to sway people to skip a high priced used unit and buy a new unit.. This is especially true if your are pricing it within a few thousand of new.
Price it to sell (REASONABLE) and it will sell, price it near new and people won't bother to even consider it.
It is only worth what the BUYER is willing to pay.
