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Date:         Sun, 26 Mar 2006 22:17:41 +0200
Reply-To:     Joy Hecht <jhecht@ALUM.MIT.EDU>
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From:         Joy Hecht <jhecht@ALUM.MIT.EDU>
Subject:      Re: Wanted: ideas on good ways to sell a camper
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I found mine through an ad on westfalia.org - pretty good classifieds there.

Joy

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****************************************************************:::-----Orig inal Message----- :::From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM] On Behalf :::Of Dave Vickery :::Sent: Sunday, March 26, 2006 5:33 PM :::To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM :::Subject: Re: Wanted: ideas on good ways to sell a camper ::: :::I'm selling mine and here are my thoughts. Use an online ad that you can :::run for as long as it takes--it is a widely spread audience and can take :::a :::whle to sell. If you put on Craig's list, add a link to photos. :::Thesamba.com is good but mostly people who read it already have vans. :::GoWesty.com is worse. I am using Autotrader. I advertised a car on :::Cars.com a while back and wasn't that satisfied. My ad has below too :::much :::info. Most ads have too little. Using a photo to get more text space is :::pretty cool, but I overdid it. ::: :::I will resort to Ebay if it doesn't sell at some point. There is a lot :::of :::weirdness on Ebay and you really have to know how to set reserves, $10 :::starting price, keep the reserve to yourself( but put one in) and no "buy :::it :::now" option, and write a good ad, or you can get burned (buying or :::selling). ::: It is worth remembering that ebay is an advertising medium and you :::don't :::have to sell something if you don't like the way it is going. The best :::advice there is to be honest and it should come through in your ad. It :::is :::hard to argue with the huge immediate audience you can reach on Ebay. ::: :::My ad: :::http://www.autotrader.com/fyc/vdp.jsp?car_id=197175080 ::: :::Good luck, :::Dave in Denver ::: ::: :::>From: Lee Kouns <LeeKouns@WEBTV.NET> :::>Reply-To: Lee Kouns <LeeKouns@WEBTV.NET> :::>To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM :::>Subject: Wanted: ideas on good ways to sell a camper :::>Date: Sat, 25 Mar 2006 22:40:22 -0800 :::> :::>Hi Everyone! :::> It's good to be back on the list after being away from it for :::about :::>6 months. :::> I'm still in Reno and getting ready to sell one of my two campers. :::>I'm not very experienced at selling cars and would appreciate any input :::>on good ways to go about it (or good websites to use). I'm not in a big :::>hurry, but would like to complete things by mid-July. :::> I'd also like to hear from other list members living in the :::>Reno/Tahoe area for possible outings or mutual support. :::>Thanks in advance for your ideas. :::>Lee :::>'87 Westy :::>'88 Westy


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