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Re: How to sell our Class C
Thanks everyone for response. Will try RV Trader. Someone said we were selling it for $5000 less than a new one & I never mentioned how much we're selling it for. We know we're taking a hit. Put $30,000 down & just want to stem the flow of pymts for something we're not using.776Views0likes0CommentsHow to sell our Class C
We made a mistake, not liking RVing. Made another mistake, bought brand new. Don't want to go bigger. Now trying to sell it & running into scammers. I made signs to put in the window. Posted it on Craigslist. No contact from buyers. Someone contacted us from Craigslist, obviously foreign, wanted to pay thru PayPal, sight unseen, full price. Apparently it is a popular scam so I said get lost. Today a guy called husb from LA (we're in ID) & wants to charge us $400 to put it on '30 different websites UNTIL it's sold'. I told him if it's too good to be true, it probably is. Even though we put it in our ad, no salesmen, another contacted us to sell on consignment. We have to give a month's notice to take it out of covered storage & don't like the idea of strangers walking thru it, maybe damaging it, but might have to do it. We are paying about $500/mo pymt & storage & haven't used it for a year. Every month that goes by we're wasting more money. Can anyone let me know the BEST way to sell an RV? It looks brand new, only 7500 miles. I know someone will say 'this has already been covered' but sometimes you just need an answer to your own specific problem. Thanks.5.7KViews0likes24CommentsRe: Are there clamps for covers over slides? High winds!
Thank you for answering. We don't have an iPhone & didn't always have internet on our trip. I bought an iPad on the trip and later found out you can pay $15/mo to have service away from home but now that we ARE home I can use our regular wifi for everything. We heard on the news last night that other drivers in that storm were wondering why there wasn't a better warning from the transportation dept or police.190Views0likes0CommentsAre there clamps for covers over slides? High winds!
We just got back from Snowbirding on St. Patrick's Day. Our last leg of the trip should have been 4 hours from Jackpot, NV to Boise. Unfortunately, we did not know that we were heading into a horrible wind storm. It was 70 when we got there & the next morning it was snowing & on the news they said up to 60 MPH 'gusts'. If we knew how bad it was, we'd have stayed in Jackpot another night, but our cats would have been left alone in the house 2 days (sitter left)... My question is, are there clamps that hold down the covers that roll over the tops of slides? Four semi's were blown onto their sides on our terrifying ride home & we had to pull over in Twin Falls for hours. When we finally felt it was safe to try again, our left slide cover was rattling something awful. Someone behind us told us it was coming off. We pulled over again & couldn't see it coming off. Took 9 hours to get home. Husb got up on a ladder today to look at the canvas cover over the slide & wondered if a clamp or bolt was missing. Is there supposed to be one there? There's a bracket up there that goes nowhere, serves no purpose, and husb wonders if they left something off. We bought the rig brand new & have never spoken to the dealer again; had a bad experience with them & laughable walk thru. First RV purchase. I don't feel up to going again, it was so awful. We don't know if the horrible rattling with just due to the high winds. If we'd KNOWN it was sustained high winds, we wouldn't have left. It felt like the whole RV was falling apart but the cover over this slide sounded like it was going back & forth in the wind. We didn't want to kill anyone else on the freeway by having it go thru their windshield. Sure appreciate your help/advice. Lets all avoid high winds. 2012 30' Forest River SunSeeker1.3KViews0likes3CommentsRe: 5th Wheel vs Class C
We did 'change out'. Had the hard, uncomfortable sofa taken out at an 'RV Furniture Store'. We bought two recliners there but the guy just basically threw them in, tossed our old sofa. The recliners are so high off the ground that I have to get on mine with a stepstool. They are on the slide. My husb had to jury-rig some carpet around the base because the guy left a mess, overcharged us. We also found he left a watch & a length of rope under our mattress which we found extremely kinky because we never had him do anything in the back near the bed. The whole rig isn't right. We both find bathroom not big enough to wipe in! Sorry to be crass. Met a couple on drive home last year with same model & they had the sense to sell theirs after one trip. They bought a bigger class A, used. We figure our rig would be good for a couple in their 30s using it for a week here & there. Not a couple in their 60s for 4-6 mos.741Views0likes0CommentsRe: 5th Wheel vs Class C
And you're all right, stairs in 5th Wh could be a problem. I'm 5'2" & chunky. Just looking at 5th Wh's at the lot recently wore me out. KNOW I need to lose weight. Also, I have 3 stepstools along in our C. All different sizes. Dogs are elderly (10 & 13) & have to be carried up & down those steps too.741Views0likes0CommentsRe: 5th Wheel vs Class C
Thanks all. I liked itaylor1920's comment best… We are from WA, currently live in ID. Wouldn't put pets in back of 5th wheel while traveling. We're not THAT dumb. ha ha We are currently snowbirding for almost 5 mos & it is c-r-a-m-p-e-d. Know a change would cost us another arm & leg. Putting house on market when we get back home. IF it sells, will downsize, maybe live in 55+ senior mobile home park in WA, travel in more comfort in better suited rig. Travellng with pets hasn't always been that easy. Cat has clawed brand new furniture in Class C. Found double-sided cat tape at WalMart after he started that. Just have to work around situations as they come up. We have been asking others in our current park in Mesa their opinions, but they mostly want to sell us their park models! Not ready for that. Don't like Mesa enough to come here & only here every winter.743Views0likes0Comments5th Wheel vs Class C
Has anyone out there switched from a Class C to a 5th wheel? We bought our 1st RV & made the mistake of buying one too small. Guess it's a common one but don't want to lose a lot more money. Went with a NEW 30' C & tow a small car. On 2nd year of snowbirding & we are cramped. The sofa was hard as a rock so we tore it out & got 2 recliners. They are comfy but so high off the ground I have to get in it with a step stool. Bed is too high off the ground & I fell, obtaining a head injury when I stood on a storage cube to get into bed. We spent $3000 having a tow pkg put on & now we wonder if we should have bought a big truck & 5th wheel. They seem so much more spacious. My husb is nervous towing the car, feels it's difficult getting gas so not sure how he'd do pulling a 5th w. He has a CDL & is a great driver but came down a route from ID to AZ that didn't always have easy access for gas. One place we stopped, a guy was inside at a slot machine while we waited to pull forward! Would like a shower we can turn around in, bed we can walk around. We're constantly bumping into each other & it's aggravating. Traveling with two toy dogs & a cat too. Thanks if you can give any input.9KViews0likes29CommentsRe: Snowbird Prices (RANT)
It's not just FL.....AZ too. This is our 2nd year as Snowbirds. Bought a first time brand new RV last year, retired, headed south for 3+ months. Discovered the RV we bought was a bit too small. It was a nice enough park looks-wise but the people (guests) were very snobby. Met a nice couple at a dinner show who recommended their park. Came down to that one this year. It is older, cheaper. People are friendlier. But the park is in poor repair. Some of the pool is crumbling, the arbors have dangerous rotting wood, there is no internet at the sites. There is a movie theater with a huge speed bump inside the door that several people have fallen over. The movies shown have been HORRIBLE. The manager told us to 'get our money back' because DARK SHADOWS with J Depp was deplorable. The showers have been cold. The check in folks were unfriendly. The mail lady told us she had no idea who we were even though we made reservations in March for November. Doesn't the ofc send a list of residents to the mail room? I am not so sure I want to try a 3rd season Snowbirding. Not sure I want to invest more money in a bigger rig when the few parks we've stayed at don't live up to their end of the bargain. We are quiet clean people & paid in advance. Feel rather taken advantage of by this industry. I've been telling husb I'd rather stay home cold with the heater on than spend all these thousands to get ripped off. He's kind of agreeing. We found the ofc overcharged us by $288 & I dread going in trying to get that straightened out as they are totally unhelpful. You read so many bad reviews online that it's scary trying to think of where to go next or just cut our losses & sell the RV. Discouraged454Views0likes0Comments
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