We are starting looking for a used motorhome. Any tips on where best to buy from? Where to look? Dealer or private better. Ebay etc. it's minefield out there and we don't want to make a mistake. Any tips most welcome please
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Hi thank you for a reply. A 2009 year would be out of our price range I am afraid. Lovely though it would be. Now if I win the lottery, that would be another matterHi just thought i would reply what are you looking for in your motorhome, how big? fixed bed? how much? I asked these questions because I am thinking of selling my 2009 Autotrail cheyenne 840d with lots of extras.
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I'd sell it to a private buyer at 65% before I'd sell it to a dealer ......but that's just meNot wishing to "hijack" the thread, and also without casting aspersions on anyone in particular, it emphasises a situation I'm currently in which also begs the question, private or dealer.
A friend has just died who bought a new motorhome and only managed one trip in it before being hospitalised. Having been looking after it whilst in storage the executors have asked me to get a valuation.
The first call was to the dealer who sold it, who came back with a buy-back offer approx 65% of a similar van currently on the market. Although, like probably most others on the forum, my initial reaction was "that's ridiculous" I stopped to think. The dealer has to make a profit, let's say 20%. Then he has to charge VAT at another 20%. In that case his offer doesn't seem all that unreasonable.
From my knowledge accrued over the several years I have owned a motorhome I know I could expect to get around 85% of a dealer-offered item, but of course the executors are looking for a quick disposal and are definitely not interested in the work and time involved in a "private" sale (and frankly neither am I, good friend so he was - there's nothing in it for me).
But here comes a complication - the habitation check I arranged to keep the Warranty current revealed damp. Not serious and easily rectified (a leaking seal round the water filler) of course any sensible private buyer will simply walk away. Before you ask, I did provide all the evidence to the dealer so his offer would reflect that.
So what do I tell the executor (a firm of solicitors)? In my humble opinion the van could be an excellent bargain, even with the damp which almost certainly would be sorted under warranty, and so I'm asking around locally (I've got a couple of "leads") before I get back to the executor.
But it does beg the question - private or dealer?
I don't want to give out any specifics here and I'm going to try a few of those traders who offer to buy vans. I don't suppose I'll fare much better there though. It's a shame because it's the beneficiaries who are going to lose out.
Terry
You are very welcome to come and pay us a visit, Andy or Paul will give you sensible adviceWe are starting looking for a used motorhome. Any tips on where best to buy from? Where to look? Dealer or private better. Ebay etc. it's minefield out there and we don't want to make a mistake. Any tips most welcome please
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You are very welcome to come and pay us a visit, Andy or Paul will give you sensible advice
Peter
The first call was to the dealer who sold it, who came back with a buy-back offer approx 65% of a similar van currently on the market. Although, like probably most others on the forum, my initial reaction was "that's ridiculous" I stopped to think. The dealer has to make a profit, let's say 20%. Then he has to charge VAT at another 20%. In that case his offer doesn't seem all that unreasonable.
But here comes a complication - the habitation check I arranged to keep the Warranty current revealed damp. Not serious and easily rectified (a leaking seal round the water filler) of course any sensible private buyer will simply walk away. Before you ask, I did provide all the evidence to the dealer so his offer would reflect that.
Terry
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