Selling my trailer, advice?

[joetekcor]

Well, after having couple years enjoying our travel trailer, we have decided it's time to sell it. The boys are getting older, their activities are getting busier, and the time to go camping is pretty much gone. This year we have taken the trailer out twice.
I can't justify the monthly payments for such little usage. Maybe when the kids leave the house (people tell me that they will eventually leave) my wife and I can get something more suited to us and we can travel some more.

I have an appointment with PPL in Houston next week for an appraisal. I can let them sell it, for a fee. Or I can try and do it myself. Does anyone have any advice on selling a trailer?

I still owe money on it but I'm hoping to at least break even. I am about halfway through the extended warranty and roadside assistance that I bought so I'm hoping to get a prorated refund on that.

[Dennis_Smith]

This is why its nice to pay cash for toys. When you get tired of it your not so worried about what you can get out of it.

CL I have sold two on it. First one, second person looked at it bought if for cash, second one first phone call wanted it came the next morning and bought it. Price it right and make sure its spotless and everything works, did I mention to tell you make sure its spotless and everything works.

[joetekcor]

Thanks for the advice everyone. Luckily I don't have to get rid of it overnight. I'll see what PPL has to offer next week. It's a no obligation appraisal and I need to get the State Inspection done and they can do that there as well. I'll decide what to do from there.

You bring up a good point Crawfordville, it's probably the worst time of the year to sell an RV.

[Crawfordville]

We had a pop up and sold it on CL. We listed it in late fall and only had one person look at it. Then we re-listed it in late spring/early summer and reduced the price and I couldn't believe all the people wanting to look at it. Had three people lined up on one night. But the first person that looked at it bought it.

So, I agree - price it right and choose the right time of year.

[azdryheat]

Set your price for half the trailer's value and it will sell because that's where the price will eventually end up. That's what I had to do to sell my last one.

[dodge_guy]

Good luck! We tried to sell ours a couple years ago. it seems that unless you price it low you will not get any honest replies to it. if you price it for what it is actually worth people will just skip it because you can buy new for almost the same price.

Good luck!

[SWD]

We recently sold our TT on Kijiji. The first week we got idiots making an offer without seeing it etc etc, bunch of time wasters and more. Took it down, reposted it a week later at a slightly reduced price and it sold within a week.

[dadmomh]

My cousin and hubby just sold theirs through PPL. They have a "program" that they explained to them where they list it higher than is reasonable, then in a couple of weeks, it goes "On Sale", then a couple more weeks "Reduced" and so on. They told them it would take about 6 weeks + or - to sell and I think theirs was just about right on the dot. Then another 4+ weeks for them to get their check. Don't know how much the commission was. Unless you're in a big hurry or just plain don't want to mess with it, I'd give Craigslist or ebay a shot for a short while first. No commission to have to part with and since you still have a balance owing, you don't want to give up any more than necessary. Be aware, that with craigslist, which is how we sold our ROO, you'll get a bunch of idiots that are either scamming to get info - DO NOT SEND THEM EMAIL FROM YOUR PERSONAL EMAIL NO MATTER WHAT STORY THEY GIVE YOU. We sent everything through craigslist with no personal info included or available. The only thing they knew was the city we're in. Another idiot wanted to know if we'd like to trade our ROO for a "mostly restored '67 VW" located in Fresno, CA.....well, NO!!! We did get serious contacts and did sell it on craigslist, just know going in that it's not always easy. The upside of PPL is that besides handling all the garbage involved, if the purchaser needs financing, they can help with that. Good luck. Sorry to see anyone get out of camping for a while, but yes, they do leave....just don't let them back in no matter what or they'll be there forever - note my neighbor. And they'll do less to help out than they did before they "grew up and moved out".

[samsontdog]

Craigs List

[Cecilt]

CraigsList is how I would sell it assuming you want to sell it yourself. Will PPL let you pick the price you are willing to accept? I would assume doing this they won't be too inclined to move your unit vs. their new and used units they have. Yours could take a back seat and not be shown much. A 2007 should not have a ton of value left and things move easily and quickly on CL when priced right.

[popupcamping]

If you took the 15 year plan I am sure you will be still upside down.