Showing my RV to prospective buyers
We want to try selling our 2006 Four Winds Class A ourselves, but have some concerns about showing it to prospective buyers. There are plenty of articles about advertising and setting your sales price...
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I bought my motorhome about a year and a half ago and the seller had just inherited the motorhome and did not have a title. He and I spent about 3 hours at a local AAA club getting the title/registration worked out. I was a little concerned when he said he didn't have a title, but in the end it worked out.
As for the test drive, he was very trusting. I had only driven one RV before this one and it showed. He drove it to a large parking lot and let me drive it back. I don't know that I would have been that trusting. Several years ago I was selling a Ninja motorcycle and the potential buyer wanted to test ride it. I asked if he had ridden motorcycles before and he said no. I let him start the bike, test the controls but said NO to a test drive. I did drive it on the street so he could see that it worked. He insisted on riding it and I said NO again. I told him if he wanted to ride it, he would have to buy it and then assume the risk of crashing it.
Well, he did buy it and once the paperwork was done and money exchanged, he proceeded to take the bike (which was showroom mint)out for a test ride. A few minutes later I heard a screech and a crash. He smashed it into a wall. Broke the foot pegs, the turn signals, smashed the exhaust and tore up the fiber glass. He said to me "what do we do about this? How do we fix it?" I said, we don't. This is your bike and the exact reason I didn't let you test ride it.
Buyers AND sellers need to be careful. Good luck.
As for the test drive, he was very trusting. I had only driven one RV before this one and it showed. He drove it to a large parking lot and let me drive it back. I don't know that I would have been that trusting. Several years ago I was selling a Ninja motorcycle and the potential buyer wanted to test ride it. I asked if he had ridden motorcycles before and he said no. I let him start the bike, test the controls but said NO to a test drive. I did drive it on the street so he could see that it worked. He insisted on riding it and I said NO again. I told him if he wanted to ride it, he would have to buy it and then assume the risk of crashing it.
Well, he did buy it and once the paperwork was done and money exchanged, he proceeded to take the bike (which was showroom mint)out for a test ride. A few minutes later I heard a screech and a crash. He smashed it into a wall. Broke the foot pegs, the turn signals, smashed the exhaust and tore up the fiber glass. He said to me "what do we do about this? How do we fix it?" I said, we don't. This is your bike and the exact reason I didn't let you test ride it.
Buyers AND sellers need to be careful. Good luck.
