How to Price a unit you want to sell

[David Brady]

I just ran the NADA numbers for my coach:



2002 LXI, 80K miles, 2 slides: $278K to $335K



2002 LXi, 80K miles, 1 slide: $271K to $326K



2002 LXi, 80K miles, no slides: $186K to $224K



These numbers look pretty ballpark to me. I just plumped

in the year and the mileage, no other options and this is

what NADA spit out. You can see that a no-slide coach

really suffers in the market place. One slide boosts the

average price by $93K while a second slide adds only

$8K more. If I were to list my coach today I'd price it

at $300K hoping to get $275K. What numbers are you

seeing Bruce?



David Brady

'02 LXi, NC









birdshill123 wrote:

As some of you know I am in the market for a newer Bird. Probably
an

LXI. I have spent a lot of time on the net looking and talking with

sellers. Drove to Calif. to see an LXI and am heading to Atlanta and

Florida to see a few more. I am a businessman and when I sell

something the first thing you must do is use your head and not your

heart. These are inanimate objects and if one is attached to this MH

maybe one should not sell it. Of course some people are not sellers

they are simply testing the waters. But if you really want to or

need to sell a BB it has to be advertised properly. That means pics

and description on the net. You would not believe the number of MH

owners who think that 4 pictures of the exterior and a blurb about

musical horns is good enough. I had one owner who was selling a unit

at almost $100k over NADA tell me he was upside down and had to get

what he owed. Others go to NADA and add in all the extras. This is

wrong. Most DP's and especially BB's come almost fully equipped. You

do not add in : AC's, awnings. micro, aluminum wheels, etc.. The

sellers should add in things like upograded sound systems. LCD TV's,

satellite dishes, etc. In most cases the NADA price without options

will be close to what NADA claims the unit should be worth. But

this price does not reflect the marketplace. Especially the current

market. NADA is simply a depreciated from new price. Not an average

of what BB's sell for. But it can be a valuable tool for a starting

price. Then there are those who think that if they wait a year or

more that prices will rebound!! HUH??? There are sellers, including

a few dealers, who have had units for sale for more than 2 years.

Wouldnt that be a hint that the unit is overpriced? These are not

investments. They are high priced depreciating toys.



Bruce

1988 FC35

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