Selling Trailer
Wife and I own TT. We are thinking about selling it and would be interested in your thoughts about selling it to a dealer vs selling on our own. Not set yet, but my take a year or two off and then...
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Doug33 wrote:
In NJ, a benefit of trading in when buying a new one is that you only get charged sales tax on the difference in the price between the new one and the trade in. Which can be a lot of money because the tax rate is 7%.
I was about to make that point. I bought a new StarCraft popup in 2013, used it 5 times and then traded it in for a TT. I lost nearly 25% in the deal.
The only reason I went for it is because of the nearly 15% sales tax issue. I would have had to sell it for $1,000 dollars more than he was offering to come out ahead by $100.00.
It really depends on what you paid and how old the trailer is. In my case I saw no upside for the prospective customer. I did however strip the trailer of all the accessories and sold everything privately through Kijiji (our version of Craigslist).
Just so you know, I ALWAYS buy used. These were the first new vehicle purchases I made in the last 20 years and that was a result of new construction techniques that allowed me to get a luxury 27' trailer that only weighed 4,760 pounds with all the options.
