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is it worth flogging the caravan now or better off waiting til march time ?  

are people still buying 7 year old vans in the current climate and with the onset of winter or is it  worth waiting  until the vans another year older but hopefully the financial situation may have improved and spring will be just round the corner ?

seen the same old vans in the local paper and they dont appear to be shifting just now.

has anyone sold their van recently and did they get what they wanted for it ?

No harm in advertising, if you don't get what you want try again in the Spring.  Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

Sorry to hear you are selling.

Ali

I had the same problem recently do I give up caravaning get a smaller car and pocket money for my Baily 460/2.

Looking on E bay soon sorted me out. The number of good caravans under few years old complte with everything even the kitchen sink and at around 3 to 4 000 pound soon made me realaise keep going run both into the ground then pck up if i have outlived them.

Well, we sold our fc a couple of weeks ago. It's swings and roundabouts. 

People will look now thinking that people are getting rid before winter/paying storage etc - so are more inclined to buy. People on the look out in Spring should know that they will be up against some competition and may expect to pay higher prices.

It's a tough call.

We gambled and got more than we were expecting - so try it and see

we are considering packing it in altogether for now until the job situation gets resolved.no big rush to sell it we may even use it again this year but next year is dodgy until i get a new job and the jobs im looking at the holidays are not great for the first year and weekend working is involved.may get a cheapy van for a few hundred just to get us away once in a while but who knows ? my head is a shed with all of it right now.

probably ask around £5500 for it,thats with the powrtouch mover fitted and the awning as well,hows that sound for a 2001 avante with a fixed bed ?

I was advised on here to put our caravan on Ebay but not to be greedy with my pricing. To get this right, first I went to our local main dealer & asked the friendly salesman there what sort of money it was worth. He gave me the prices from his guide right across the board & I was able to see for myself the condition & prices of identical vans on his sales yard.

I advertised it on Ebay around 1145 on the sunday morning & it was sold before teatime the same day. It was 26 months old. I certainly got what I wanted for it otherwise it would still be here.

My main reason for selling was due to the serious downturn in my work & I wasn't prepared to risk a bad winter with a valuable caravan sat on the drive waiting for next season. I'm not the most popular bunny in the hutch for selling it but, these things have to be done & done quick to get it right. The man who bought it got a very genuine caravan & we can always buy another one.

I was also insured through Caravan guard, they stood by their cancellation conditions & allowed me to cancel the insurance with only a £65 admin fee. This is refundable should I buy another van & insure through them within one year. I can't fault them at all for the sevice I got from them considering I was walking away & not buying from them.

I wish you well with your sale

BB

Have you tried Caravanfinder. It is £35 for four photos and this will advertise your van for a year. We sold ours in September after just two weeks.

Jon

Not caravans but cars and I've been looking for exactly the right one for six weeks on ebay and Autotrader, over this time prices have dropped £1000 on 3/4 year old cars of the type I want. That's three times or more normal depreciation!!

One that pressed all the buttons was overpriced but I decided to ring, he told me he thought he was buying cheap when he bought it but now he was stuck, I offered 6K when he wanted 8K, I knew I was more right than he was but we could not even get close to each other. If he still has it at Christmas he'll wish he'd sold it for less than 6K

In short it's a buyers market, you either take the hit or keep it!

try here 

http://caravanfinder.co.uk/

According to our local dealer, cheaper/lighter new and most decent used, actually do well in a downturn. With people moving into it for cheaper holidays and some people downsizing.

New 2009 models will suffer, remaining 2008 stock already is.

Hold on if you can seems the best advice