Selling a Beach!

[roblpmedinburgh]

I bought a hi spec beach in Feb 24, which is great as a do it all vehicle! However, unfortunately, my life plans have turned upside down, and I am going to be abroad most of the time.

Has anyone sold through a dealer or broker? I'm not sure I have enough time to sell privately and this time of year isn't great either! On the other hand losing 10k not selling privately is a depressing thought too!

Any ideas!!!!???

Maybe i should man up and list it in the adverts on here??

Cheers

Rob

 

[colintfcolintf]

you've nothing to lose by listing an advert on here Rob

 

[roblpmedinburgh]

you've nothing to lose by listing an advert on here Rob

Yes i am just doing it now! Is there a guide anywhere for selling? Deposit? How to make sure I don't get ripped off???!! The last car I sold was £1200....!

 

[Ch1pbutty]

I bought a hi spec beach in Feb 24, which is great as a do it all vehicle! However, unfortunately, my life plans have turned upside down, and I am going to be abroad most of the time.

Has anyone sold through a dealer or broker? I'm not sure I have enough time to sell privately and this time of year isn't great either! On the other hand losing 10k not selling privately is a depressing thought too!

Any ideas!!!!???

Maybe i should man up and list it in the adverts on here??

Cheers

Rob

No need to use a broker, you will make more on a private sale.

Advertised our 2012 Beach + 2015 Joker on club classifieds, eBay & facebook marketplace. If your beach is well spec’d it we’ll sell quickly. Base specs seem harder to shift.

Beach (£33K):
- Zero interest on club classifieds
- Some interest on EBay, but most buyers quite a distance away.
- Sold locally on FB marketplace within 2 days of listing, buyer paid by bank transfer within 7 days.

2015 Club Joker (£47K):
- Zero interest on club classifieds (not a Cali)
- Sold within 6 weeks on EBay to local buyer
- No interest on FB marketplace

 

[roblpmedinburgh]

ok

No need to use a broker, you will make more on a private sale.

Advertised our 2012 Beach + 2015 Joker on club classifieds, eBay & facebook marketplace. If your beach is well spec’d it we’ll sell quickly. Base specs seem harder to shift.

Beach (£33K):
- Zero interest on club classifieds
- Some interest on EBay, but most buyers quite a distance away.
- Sold locally on FB marketplace within 2 days of listing, buyer paid by bank transfer within 7 days.

2015 Club Joker (£47K):
- Zero interest on club classifieds (not a Cali)
- Sold within 6 weeks on EBay to local buyer
- No interest on FB marketplace

Its on the classifieds on here! FB marketplace scares me! Ebay might be worth a try??

 

[roblpmedinburgh]

No need to use a broker, you will make more on a private sale.

Advertised our 2012 Beach + 2015 Joker on club classifieds, eBay & facebook marketplace. If your beach is well spec’d it we’ll sell quickly. Base specs seem harder to shift.

Beach (£33K):
- Zero interest on club classifieds
- Some interest on EBay, but most buyers quite a distance away.
- Sold locally on FB marketplace within 2 days of listing, buyer paid by bank transfer within 7 days.

2015 Club Joker (£47K):
- Zero interest on club classifieds (not a Cali)
- Sold within 6 weeks on EBay to local buyer
- No interest on FB marketplace

What did you do about deposit and test drives? I assume final payment is bank transfer and check on phone???!!

 

[SusiBus]

I've changed our Cali quite a few times, and have advised only on the forum, and sold quickly.
Currently there are a lot more for sale, so l suspect the market is a bit tougher, and it's autumn which makes a big difference when selling. Keep it and try to use until next spring, much easier to sell then.
Selling privately did achieve much better price than was offered by a dealer at the time.

 

[colintfcolintf]

Looks nice, and good spec. Good luck with the sale
Best Regards
Colin

 

[Ch1pbutty]

What did you do about deposit and test drives? I assume final payment is bank transfer and check on phone???!!

Went with them on test drives.

Make sure they are insured to drive vehicles under their policy. If you have a tight driveway…drive it out for them, and then switchover.

You can check someone’s identity is valid using the 192.com app for a small fee.

Put a apple tag or similar in the van, just in case!

I didn’t ask for a deposit as both were local, so theyarranged payment upon collection via bank transfer. Checked on HSBC bank app.
You need to be patient as most banks now do KYC / money laundering checks at last minute, which may take additional 15mins or so…which can be embarrassing for the buyer.

Worth remembering that they are also spending a lot of cash on your van, so they need to be sure it belongs to you etc so might be anxious which might come across as them being dodgy!

 

[AcapulcoLoco]

I bought my Ocean through the club adverts, I was looking on eBay, and Auto trader too, I was looking for a high spec beach but couldn't find one in my price range with all the options I wanted ( LED headlights, Auto, comfort dash etc) but found my Ocean on the club website and I'm very happy with it.

 

[DavidH]

My experience for what it is worth....

My wife and I have had 6 years of great adventures but were just not using it enough so decided it was time to sell.

I thought about selling it on here/privately but so many vans on here anyway thought it might take quite a while to shift and we are heading into autumn

Broker (25sevencampers) - said they could return what I thought was a decent price but involved me dropping the van off in Birmingham and them crawling all over it before advertising it on auto trader / Ebay). They have just put up their commission which put me off a bit as I had previously spoke to them in April and they have put up their commission from then and I am not sure how long it would take to sell.

VW dealer offered £5k less than broker so wouldn't touch them.

Webuyanycar offered £3k more than dealer but £2k less than the broker

So I tried motorway - they put a guide price that was mote than the broker offered and was achieved - they have just picked it up - absolutely no quibbles - full amount paid in in my bank account.

In then end I think I got about £2.5k less than selling privately but very happy with the amount and got and the complete lack of hassle.

Thanks to everyone on this forum it has been in credibly helpful as have the people on here.

Best wishes

David