'04 PW Excel TS value?

[Chuck_Goodwin]

Hi B'ers:

We're thinking of joining your ranks, looking at a 2004 PW Excel Ts with 60+K mi, seems to be in excellent shape but yet to see it in person. NADA suggests Average Value of $25k. I see via searching that NADA is often low for Class B's (and as they say it is an average number, with excellent condition and/or low miles could be higher). Maybe another reason could be higher demand compared to other RVs?

Owner is asking high $30k's, have not yet begun to dicker but it seems a long way to go to get down to our budget, much less to NADA's number. IF it looks good and we think the sleeping area will work for us, we're thinking of offering NADA + 20%, i.e. $30k. Seem reasonable?

Thanks
Chuck

[Escargot]

I'm just curious... is it that cramped, or is it the fact that they had three people, and it really only has a bed for two...

It was the sleeping arrangement mostly.

[mlts22]

Escargot wrote:

Chuck Goodwin wrote:
Thanks for the inputs! Will probably go have a look-see and offer $30k if we think we can sleep in the rig! Escargot, may I ask what was the asked-for price and NADA value at the time??
Chuck

Asking price was $38k. The sellers were anxious to off-load it for lack of use. They bought it (sort of impulsively because they were so taken with the ingenuity and conveniences built into it) for $40K, took two short trips in it, and realized it just wasnt suited for the couple and their teenaged daughter.

I don't recall the NADA valuation.

I'm just curious... is it that cramped, or is it the fact that they had three people, and it really only has a bed for two...

[Escargot]

Chuck Goodwin wrote:
Thanks for the inputs! Will probably go have a look-see and offer $30k if we think we can sleep in the rig! Escargot, may I ask what was the asked-for price and NADA value at the time??
Chuck

Asking price was $38k. The sellers were anxious to off-load it for lack of use. They bought it (sort of impulsively because they were so taken with the ingenuity and conveniences built into it) for $40K, took two short trips in it, and realized it just wasnt suited for the couple and their teenaged daughter.

I don't recall the NADA valuation.

[Chuck_Goodwin]

Thanks for the inputs! Will probably go have a look-see and offer $30k if we think we can sleep in the rig! Escargot, may I ask what was the asked-for price and NADA value at the time??
Chuck

[Escargot]

To give you another point of reference.
I bought my 2003 PW in great shape, with 32,000 miles on it, for $30k from a private seller in 2009. I considered it a good deal back then. I think I got it for the price I offered because it had been on the market for a while. I believe I could probably sell it right now for the same, or very close to the original price I paid for it.

[Davydd]

$30,000 is reasonable if the seller accepts it. Make the offer. You have nothing to lose in doing so. NADA really is not a good source nor are most sellers' inflated wishes.

[DiscoverThis]

Just for reference purposes, we sold our new 2008 TS for $50,000 in January 2011. It had only 14,000 miles on the odometer.