I found a used Lance selling for way below retail.

If it's too good to be true on Craigslist, it often is a scam. Not for certain, but often. Contact the seller and ask how to see it. If the answer is not straightforward, run.

You can also try to see if you can find the same trailer listed in other parts of the country. Do a search on one of the nationwide CL search engines. If it is listed in other places, it's a scam for sure.

You can use Searchtempest.com. I just went there and plugged in 2013 Lance 2185 and a lot of listings came up. Just a quick glance and I didn't see yours, but I did see a different one repeated all over the country, for $4200. And it is the same trailer at the same house as the one you found, but a different photo.

On CL, it's way more likely it's a scam than real. You'll know when the buyer wants you to send moeny before looking at it or it's never available to view.

Proceed with caution...

Thanks. I'm still waiting for a reply but I already found one...Same trailer, same house $4200

I almost bought a TT off Craigslist, but got wondering why there were palm trees in the picture when the unit was supposed to be in St. Louis, Mo?

Nothing but a scam!

I have never seen a Lance around here...either. Lots of palm trees in Missouri...I hear.

It's clearly a scam. I'm just thinking about what to say when/if he replies. It's been 10 hours but maybe scammers take Sundays off too.

TrueBlueKC wrote:
It's clearly a scam. I'm just thinking about what to say when/if he replies. It's been 10 hours but maybe scammers take Sundays off too.

tell him you have 100 C notes in your pocket and you'll be over with your tow vehicle and have the title signed and ready. If he goes for it, take a friend and go armed.

TrueBlueKC wrote:
2013 Lance 2185 $10000

Average retail $18300
low retail $15200

I never see Lance trailers around here and I like the floorplan. Wasn't planning on buying yet as our pop-up needs warranty work (Jayco lift issue) and I was going to sell it first but this is too good to pass up. Or maybe too good to be true?

Thoughts?

I would vote for a scammer also.

Anything priced way below average market value is bait for the scammers to real in the cheapskates..

Easy to spot.

Many scammers now days are using not only Craigslist but Ebay and a lot of Internet sites to get YOUR contact info..

DON'T email or contact these scammers, they want your Email, Phone number and any other means to contact you. They in turn will SELL that info to OTHER SCAMMERS.

Information is money to these folk and falling for these cheap deals is a great way to snag the info.

It may not be a scam, but it may be a storm damaged unit. I suspect there will be a lot of these showing up after the damage Harvey and Irma caused.

Went with a friend this summer to look at an RV in Wasilla, AK. They guy selling it said he'd bought "outside" and brought it up to Alaska where he'd been doing some repairs in his shop over the the past few winters. There was an Alabama dealer sticker on the side and it appeared to us to have a lot of water damage. My feeling was it had been salvaged from hurricane Katrina or Rita and this guy was trying to fix and flip it. We walked away.