Selling, what needs repair or replacement?

Boon Docker wrote:

Gdetrailer wrote:


I can't wrap my head around the obsession about new batteries and tires here.

Took 6 months for me to sell a trailer and lots of tire kickers.

You should have put on some new tires and a battery, maybe it would have sold quicker.

Let me see, it was a 20 yr old trailer that I bought for $1800.

I spent $1500 repairing the rot.

I used it for 5 yrs.

I was only asking $1800 for it and it was 25 yrs old at that time.

Tires were only 3 yrs old and battery was only 2 yrs old, BOTH items had plenty of life left in them.

It would have been down right STUPID to put $500 in NEW tires and $70 for a NEW battery and sell it for $1800 just to "make it sell faster"..

Hate to tell you, new tires and battery will not have made ANY difference in selling it faster, but if YOU love throwing YOUR money out the door go ahead.

Selling things depends on a lot of variables like timing, weather and the overall market and saturation of used trailers in the market.

There IS an excess of USED trailers in the market all the time (IE less buyers looking for used than used trailers).. I have been camping since 2000 and can easily find a dozen used trailers in yards for sale at any given time within a 20 mile area..

People around this website have really gotten down right stupid lately.

Current trailer I have I paid $700, no battery and the tires were severally weather checked.. The thought of "bargaining" with the seller for new tires and battery NEVER, EVER came across my mind.

It is a USED trailer being sold "as is"..

The BUYER is responsible to ensure the trailer can be safely moved, not the seller.

:p :B

Boon Docker wrote:
:p :B

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I my mind there are 2 types of buyers when it comes to used anything.

The buyer that wants "turn-key" and the buyer that doesn't mind a small project at the right price....that would be me.:)

So.....it's a judgment call...fix EVERYTHING and charge accordingly....or fix nothing and price accordingly.

Of course....clean and tidy in BOTH cases.

Just my opinion.

#1nobby wrote:
I my mind there are 2 types of buyers when it comes to used anything.

The buyer that wants "turn-key" and the buyer that doesn't mind a small project at the right price....that would be me.:)

So.....it's a judgment call...fix EVERYTHING and charge accordingly....or fix nothing and price accordingly.

Of course....clean and tidy in BOTH cases.

Just my opinion.

I think there is only 1 type.
The one that will buy if it is priced right.
I understand you maybe a DIY project kind of guy, however if the turn key unit is priced right, I imagine you will make the deal.
I don't think you would not buy because there is nothing wrong with the unit, even if you are willing to take on a project.
If the unit is priced right it will sell to any serious buyer.

Lantley wrote:

#1nobby wrote:
I my mind there are 2 types of buyers when it comes to used anything.

The buyer that wants "turn-key" and the buyer that doesn't mind a small project at the right price....that would be me.:)

So.....it's a judgment call...fix EVERYTHING and charge accordingly....or fix nothing and price accordingly.

Of course....clean and tidy in BOTH cases.

Just my opinion.

I think there is only 1 type.
The one that will buy if it is priced right.
I understand you maybe a DIY project kind of guy, however if the turn key unit is priced right, I imagine you will make the deal.
I don't think you would not buy because there is nothing wrong with the unit, even if you are willing to take on a project.
If the unit is priced right it will sell to any serious buyer.

Apple and apples, buddy.

Apple and apples, buddy.

And then there's oranges (but it may not apply to the OP).
In my circumstance, I was looking for a trailer that needed some work. I knew I wouldn't have the heart to tear apart something that was in good shape and road-ready.

When I found the Starcraft that had a wall area I could put my arm through, I knew I had what I wanted. :B

westend wrote:

Apple and apples, buddy.

And then there's oranges (but it may not apply to the OP).
In my circumstance, I was looking for a trailer that needed some work. I knew I wouldn't have the heart to tear apart something that was in good shape and road-ready.

When I found the Starcraft that had a wall area I could put my arm through, I knew I had what I wanted. :B

Now those are oranges! You were looking for parts. Turn key is not a valid term at the RV junk yard.