Valuation of 2nd Hand Caravans

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RACQ told you that you are not insured while someone you gave permission is driving your vehicle?

Malcom

We sold our regent cruiser series 3 about 2years ago for $39k. recently .

It had a different layout to yours, the shower and toilet were seperate and we had two single beds.

I woulds say you could ask around the $35k mark.

Having said that I would be going to the newsagency and looking at the caravan magazines that d nothing but sell RV's and get an idea of pricing from there.

Regards BooBoo

Hi Malcolm

Have you checked out similar vans on RVPoint.com.au? This of course will tell you what other people think their van is worth, not what they may gets when they achieve a sale.

Check out also values of any on the Trader here, and on

http://caravanersforum.com/viewforum.php?f=52&sid=ad5422b71debdd95736b28a2fb90b378

Motherhen

IF you allow someone to go for a test drive in your vehicle, always (ALWAYS) make sure that you or someone you can trust goes with them. Don't fall for the old trick of them leaving their vehicle and keys with you as security as 'their' vehicle is often a stolen one. What Ins Co. says is correct as you are offering your vehicle for sale it is not the intended purpose for the insurance cover in the first place.

Hi Malcolm,

I think you will need to broaden the advertising medium you use - if you have only tried the local paper thats too restrictive. I would tru the caravan site as mentioned above (www.rvpoint.com.au) as well as the personal Trading Post - they have a huge number of vans for sale. the Trading Post can be the first port of call for many buyers. We live in a global marketplace now and people will shop around for the particular item they want no matter where it is. The internet with photos is a marketplace where buyers can compare items anywhere.
After advertising my tractor in the paper with no responses for 2 weeks I tried the Trading Post and sold it within 5 days and had about another 6 calls after that. I recently bought 2 second cars for my daughters - one was in Melbourne and one was in Tamworth - because that was the best price in the colour and transmission configuration we wanted. Last year I bought a Landcruiser in South Australia. We live in Brisbane.
All I am saying your marketplace is now Australia - not just Townsville.
Hope you sell it for a good price ,
Cheers,
GPM

As a rough guide, we were told, $1000-1500 per foot, plus $5K for ensuite, plus extras like awning, solar panels, dual batteries etc etc etc. We have also been told that a caravan in extremely good condition should/could bring about what it cost originally. Keep in mind a custom layout might not suit some buyers needs.

I have recently been looking at all the caravan for sale sites as we are ready to buy. While not wanting to upset people, it seems most consider their van to be worth much more than it will fetch in todays economic climate.
I guess I would be the same but as it is becoming a buyers market be prepared for some harsh attempts at bagaining.
Maybe take a bit of a loss now if you really have to sell, otherwise try to hold on to it.
( There are litterally thousands of vans for sale at the moment)

Malcolm,

I put up a post about the caravan market a few days ago.

My observation is that there are about twice as many vans for sale than there were twelve months ago. But the prices, particularly with dealers, haven't yet dropped.

The market is flooded so if you're advertising it at about the going rate, don't expect too many calls. Anything will sell at a price, it just depends on how low you are prepared to go.

Sorry to be the bearer of bad news.

Cheers,

Jim.