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K-9_HANDLER
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Oct 19, 2015

Selling our TT what's the best source for prices?

We have decided to sell our TT in the spring. Kids are in college and high school. They are really busy with their own interests and we never use the TT anymore. When we travel now its to visit and stay with family in various parts of the country. I have been watching local ads both internet and paper to research prices. Looked online at the NADA site and those prices seem higher then what I am seeing locally.Given the condition of my TT I would put it at the higher end of the price range but I guess everyone thinks that about their own trailer. Was wondering if others could recommend any other sources and does my approach seem correct.
Thanks

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  • You can take it to a dealer and ask what they'd give for it flat-out. At least there, you'd know what the BOTTOM figure is. Any amount above that is a plus.
  • I agree with the others. In my experience NADA is high for RV's And I've used Craigslist, eBay, etc to determine market value.
  • K-9 HANDLER wrote:
    Given the condition of my TT I would put it at the higher end of the price range but I guess everyone thinks that about their own trailer.


    You haven't mentioned your trailer's model year so although condition may help convince a prospective purchaser to buy it's unlikely to have much impact on price as any that are relatively new should show well anyway. Once about 7 years old any trailer by that time is realistically only worth at retail what someone else may be convinced to pay for it as it's book wholesale value will be so little so condition may help you here a bit. All it takes is one interested party though so good luck with it. :)
  • ^^^Good advice. Check Ebay for COMPLETED listings and ACTUAL selling prices on similar RVs. You can also check RVTrader and get a good idea of ASKING prices. My assumption is that all those asking prices are optimistic, and actual selling prices are significantly lower.
  • Probably wrong time of year to sell but ebay is a great way to gauge the price people are willing to pay for an item,

    Put the TT on ebay with the reserve set at the price you want/hope to get and see how high the price goes (great if it goes above the reserve !!).

    If it does not sell wait a while and try it again - see what is the highest bid.

    I've done this a few times when trying to determine the "worth" of an item - I set the reserve realistically where the highest bid was and the item sold.

    You probably may not sell the TT for what you WANT but you have to be realistic as well. It's like selling a motorcycle/convertible in October is less lucrative than selling it in April.

    I've used Craiglist but RVTrader seems to be a good source.

    Gerry