Advice on selling my 5th wheel

[A_Miel]

I have a 2017 fifth wheel that I want to sell. I am not using this forum to sell it, rather just for some advice on pros/cons of putting it up for consignment or selling it privately. I am leaning towards consignment, since I am pretty far out in the country and might be difficult for folks to come out here. Any pitfalls to be aware of when going consignment? Would appreciate advice/suggestions. Thanks!

[bertschb]

A.Miel wrote:
Would appreciate advice/suggestions. Thanks!

You will lose a ton of money if you choose to do a consignment. I used RV Trader to sell my last truck and RV (as a package deal) so I would get nationwide exposure. I had a lot of interest and ended up selling to a really nice guy in Texas. He flew to my home state of Oregon and paid full price then drove them home. It was a very smooth transaction. As with any sale to a private party, you need to be really careful to read the people you're dealing with. I'm very sensitive to red flags and feel I'm a pretty good judge of people. I've never traded in anything. All my vehicle sales have been private party and it's saved me tens of thousands of dollars over the years.

I will say consignment (like trading your vehicle in) is much easier and less stressful. That is worth something.

Good luck with whatever decision you make.

[MFL]

Do you have a friend or relative located in a high traffic area? They may let you park it there, with your phone number on it. Some businesses will let you park it on their lot for sale for a small fee.

Jerry

[jkwilson]

You are going to lose a lot of money consigning it.

[old_guy]

just make sure of what % they want to sell your rig. a friend of mine wanted x amount for his and the company priced it out at twice the amount. and it wasn't worth it so it sat on the lot for a long time before he took it home and sold it himself

[Lwiddis]

Negotiate the deal carefully. Read every sentence. Remember that if the consignment company owner goes bankrupt, you lose it all 99.9% of the time. Does your insurance cover the time on the consignment lot? Oh, you don’t know? Tisk, tisk.