Selling a motorhome… consignment or self?

[Richpatty]

Thanks Joe! I appreciate the feedback. If I sell, I will definitely lean towards selling myself.
Good luck in the selling of your last RV. I am sure it is a melancholy feeling.

Rich

 

[Richpatty]

Going back to this thread as 2024 was not a good year and selling continues to be a valid option.

What does person do with all of the items in the RV? Like chairs, grills, accessories, and the tons of things you bought to go with your Rv? I guess you could ask the buyer if they were interested in buying any of these items? eBay/Craig s list/Facebook?

Thoughts.
Thanks

 

[Joe Dutchstar]

Regarding the extras, I sold many of the items to the new buyer of our CanyonStar in 2021, Buyer paid asking for RV so gave him a good deal on extras. Depending on age and condition, you might just let them go with the RV.
That said, if you don't mind the sales process, FaceBook, Craigslist, RV sales sites are good options. The down side of the internet is many buyers will be out of the area, thoughts on shipping big heavy items. Shipping fees are typically a deal killer.
However, I did ship an Inverter once to Canada from Florida, buyer was happy to pay shipping. A real pain to pack up for shipping.

 

[punkinhead]

To the OP's original question... A few months ago we bought a Newmar Ventana and sold our Class B. The Ventana seller used a broker who took all the pictures, wrote and posted the ads (mostly RVtrader), and acted as a first point of contact to filter out the tire kickers and scammers. He paid $6k for this service. To be fair, the broker had excellent, professional picture taken and the ad was well written. But once the broker put us in direct contact with the seller neither of us ever talked to her again so I don't think it was $6k worth of service.

We sold our 2 year old Class B through RVtrader. We cleaned it well, took tons of good pictures, and placed an ad on RVtrader with a long bulleted list of features and details. It sold in a few weeks. A few serious buyers, no tire kickers, and only one easy to spot scammer who was trying to get us to buy a vehicle report. It was an easy sale, completed by the buyer doing a wire transfer to us then us signing over the title and handing them the keys.

I don't like selling vehicles and dealing with buyers so I understand wanting to pay someone to do it. I wouldn't do what our Ventana seller did because there just wasn't enough value there plus he still had to do all the end dealings with potential buyers, including showing them the rig. If I truly dreaded selling I would go full-on consignment so I could just wash my hands of the entire process.

 

[John&Andrea]

I agree does not seem worth $6000

 

[Richpatty]

To the OP's original question... A few months ago we bought a Newmar Ventana and sold our Class B. The Ventana seller used a broker who took all the pictures, wrote and posted the ads (mostly RVtrader), and acted as a first point of contact to filter out the tire kickers and scammers. He paid $6k for this service. To be fair, the broker had excellent, professional picture taken and the ad was well written. But once the broker put us in direct contact with the seller neither of us ever talked to her again so I don't think it was $6k worth of service.

We sold our 2 year old Class B through RVtrader. We cleaned it well, took tons of good pictures, and placed an ad on RVtrader with a long bulleted list of features and details. It sold in a few weeks. A few serious buyers, no tire kickers, and only one easy to spot scammer who was trying to get us to buy a vehicle report. It was an easy sale, completed by the buyer doing a wire transfer to us then us signing over the title and handing them the keys.

I don't like selling vehicles and dealing with buyers so I understand wanting to pay someone to do it. I wouldn't do what our Ventana seller did because there just wasn't enough value there plus he still had to do all the end dealings with potential buyers, including showing them the rig. If I truly dreaded selling I would go full-on consignment so I could just wash my hands of the entire process.

Thanks for that info. It does seem that doing this on your own makes sense….especially to maximize the return.

 

[Rich W.]

I’m a sell it myself guy. I just couldn’t leave my coach in the hands of some sales lot with potentially unsupervised hoards trooping through causing who knows what. Just too much at stake for me.