Suggested websites to sell a motor home

Coffee2015 wrote:
We have our motor home for sale on rvtrader.com , rvt.com and motorhomesforsalebyowners.com. Any other suggestions?

RVTRADER.COM is where I've bought two different units. That's the one that reaches the entire Nation!

craigslist is so flaky, only flakes respond there.

We sold ours by taking it to PPL Consignment in Texas. It sold within a month to a couple who flew in from Florida.

It has been my experience that unless you have something really, really unique, selling locally is going to be your only real option. Yes, with those websites you are getting national exposure, but real buyers aren't going to travel 2000 miles to look at something they could buy 10 minutes away unless the price is truly unbelievable, which, by definition, means the buyer won't believe the price and won't look at it. If you are near major metro areas, Craigslist is your best option. If you are very rural, like I am, try Craigslist and if you don't get a bite, plan on taking it to a reputable consignment broker and take the hit. Selling is all about price and presentation. Price it right, describe it well, post great pictures, don't hide or lie about the flaws and by all means clean it up and make it stand 10 feet tall. Good Luck.

Usually asking the question on an RV forum is a good place to try! :)

We recently went down this road selling our 2007 Endeavor. We posted it on over a dozen Craigslist sites for two months. Our price was about midway between trade and retail. We did not get ONE legitimate sales lead. Nothing but scammers. I did have some fun with a couple of them before telling them to get lost.

The MH home was also listed on eBay for two months. I've been buying and selling on eBay since 1998, so I knew what I was doing. Not one reasonable offer. The best one was $6K below what the dealer offered us in trade. Most were around $15K below trade.

We also listed the MH on rvtrader.com. Biggest issue we had with rvt was the number of dealers including CW bothering us wanting to make us a cash offer. Had a number of legitimate leads. One sale fell through 48 hours before closing. The folks who eventually bought the MH were 3 1/2 hours from us. We spent 5 1/2 hours with them going over everything and checking out all the systems. They wrote us a 10% down check on the spot. They financed the balance through Essex Credit which was easy. Only complaint I had about Essex is that they do not do wire transfers to individuals only to dealers. But they provide contact information for funds verification.

Here are my suggestions on selling an RV. Set up a throwaway email for negotiations after you've screened perspective buyers. When things begin to get serious exchange some piece of information that allows both parties to verify identity.

As a seller you should be totally transparent in disclosing information about your RV. I had a list of everything that had broken, modifications, all maintenance records and things that needed attention soon and in the near future. Take lots of pictures inside and out. I even had 30 something pictures of outside blemishes to show condition.

The other thing that I did was provide the buyer a nine page listing for the care and use of the MH in alphabetical order. I even included all the quarks and strange noises like the one the dash air makes when switching it off.

If at all possible have the original window sticker or make a complete list of features so that a buyer can make realistic estimates of the value of the RV.

Price fairly, disclose everything and be patient.

BTW, there is a similar scam if you're buying. You see an ad for a really nice motorhome that looks like they just left a zero off the price (you know the rig should be around $33,000 and the price is $3300). You reply to the ad, inquiring about the real price. Then they come at you with "the story". It's usually something like moving out of the country or getting deployed and they need to dump the MH in a hurry and they will deliver the coach to you (even though they don't know where you are at this point) to inspect the coach and all you need to do is put a deposit in their PayPal account.

The pix are usually from an ad on RVT or RVTrader.

Be careful out there.

Bought 2 and sold one on Craigslist. Just watch for the scammers. If you get a reply that contains the following;

1. Full price offer, sight unseen
2. Will only deal through PayPal
3. Is out of the country or on an offshore oil rig
4. Buying it for his father
5. Will send an agent to complete the deal

it's a scam. Do not even reply.

Craigslist--Email communication until it gets serious.
Personally, I do not do any craigslist transactions at my home. Usually a parking lot somewhere. For an RV, I'd meet at a nearby business to show it.

We bought ours on craigslist.

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