Marsha/CA
Moderator Emeritus
Well, we sold our 2003 Allegro Bus on Thursday afternoon. Lots of emotions floating around. Sad for us...but happy for the new owner. He is VERY excited.
I learned a lot about how best to sell an RV:
*The first thing....advertise...advertise....advertise.
*The next most important thing is, it should be immaculately clean inside and out.... and ours was.
*Everything needs to be in great condition...ours was.
*Stage it. Leave things in the RV that make it feel warm and inviting i.e. rugs, towels, lamps, nic-nacks, bedspread, pillows. Don't strip it down.
*Have it set up as if you were camping in it, awning out, sun shades on the windows, welcome mat by the front door along with a lawn chair or two sitting on the patio.
*Allow the interested/party "committed prospective" new owner to spend the night.
*Take a test drive on both 2 lane roads and on a freeway.
*Have all manuals for everything itemized, organized and easy to get to. We set up a file with everything in it as an easy reference.
*Also provided all the maintenance records.
We met at our financial institution and arranged for a wire transfer from the new owner's account to our account.
Then we returned to the coach and signed title papers, bill of sale and transfer documents.
We are so excited for the new owner, who specifically wanted a Tiffin Coach. He is now driving home cross country.
We are reliving motorhome memories and things we did. We had that coach a long time and she was part of the family. But Tim (hubby) has agreed if I'm really miserable without an RV, we will buy a small trailer so I can get my RV Fix.
Marsha~
I learned a lot about how best to sell an RV:
*The first thing....advertise...advertise....advertise.
*The next most important thing is, it should be immaculately clean inside and out.... and ours was.
*Everything needs to be in great condition...ours was.
*Stage it. Leave things in the RV that make it feel warm and inviting i.e. rugs, towels, lamps, nic-nacks, bedspread, pillows. Don't strip it down.
*Have it set up as if you were camping in it, awning out, sun shades on the windows, welcome mat by the front door along with a lawn chair or two sitting on the patio.
*Allow the interested/party "committed prospective" new owner to spend the night.
*Take a test drive on both 2 lane roads and on a freeway.
*Have all manuals for everything itemized, organized and easy to get to. We set up a file with everything in it as an easy reference.
*Also provided all the maintenance records.
We met at our financial institution and arranged for a wire transfer from the new owner's account to our account.
Then we returned to the coach and signed title papers, bill of sale and transfer documents.
We are so excited for the new owner, who specifically wanted a Tiffin Coach. He is now driving home cross country.
We are reliving motorhome memories and things we did. We had that coach a long time and she was part of the family. But Tim (hubby) has agreed if I'm really miserable without an RV, we will buy a small trailer so I can get my RV Fix.
Marsha~