Van Trade In

Dunno. If it's like a house, anything that's fixed stays.

Bill, Leave it all the detailers at the trade in place will love You for ever. LOL.
If there is stuff that is specific to Your old van & no benefit to the newbie fair enough to leave, but will probably be removed by the dealer anyway.
Enjoy the new van
Mike.

Keep anything that will be of use in the new van.....anything !!

Out of that list you provided, the only things I would leave would possibly be the TV and booster....IF it was on a bracket that is bolted to the van !!

To me it would be as how the dealer viewed it and on what he gave you the price.

When I traded I only left the Annexe which was part of the deal and the Jack and spare wheel. Kept EVERYTHING else.

When we bought our current van, we left all our stuff which I had customised to suit us on the old van. When we went to pick up the new van, we noted that the dealer had stripped all our stuff (awning covers, extended step, bike carrier etc) off it.

I would work on the principle that if you made it and you need it for your new van, strip it before you get a trade-in, but if you couldn't do that, tell teh dealer what you intend to take. If it is too late, take it anyway because the dealer probably will strip it anyway. Obviously leave the spare wheel and anything which was originally fitted to the van, but take everything else.

Hi Bill

At Renmark this Easter, a chap next to us traded his van on a new van in Mildura.

The dealer that traded his van told him to take everything we wanted out of his old van, as just like a car, he would not get any more trade in with the many extra accessories that he added. When asked why was the caravan dealer so honest, the answer was so simple.....

If it's not in the van and the new owner wants it, I sell the item or items to them and make more money out of the extra add on sales.

The items that you mentioned above, if you need them, keep them, as the dealer would not have given you any more money as a trade in value. Think of it this way, when you trade your vehicle in, do they give you any more money if your fuel tank is full or empty?.....no way

One of my sons worked in a car dealer and when a car was traded in with many good accessories, the seller would get no extra money for them, yet they would strip them out and then sell them off and make extra money.


My thoughts and if I was you, keep the lot.



Cheers



Stephen

Thanks to all of you for your helpful comments.
I guess if it was a private sale, the extras would count for a better sale result. But I can see dealers wanting to make a dollar.
The dealer in my case hasn't seen the van. He quoted sight unseen so he won't know what was on the van.
bill

I worked in thw Rv industry for a few years. Vans that were traded were stripped of anything that was not original so if you can use it or sell it, take it out.