The new owners drove away with our caravan today, they will enjoy giving it plenty of work and we are very pleased. Selling the van has been an interesting experience, we first advertised it in November with very few enquiries, then discovered a roof-leak, so withdrew the ad, and booked it in to Jayco to be fixed. Had to put a tarp over it for 6 weeks, spent $400 on a whole roof seal, and advertised it again after bringing it home with its shiny new roof.
Within an hour of posting the ad someone had phoned, and after a long conversation they paid a deposit. Wow, that was fast after such a lot of mucking about! So today it goes to its new home in SA and we have a bare front yard plus some spending money.
Our next nomadding will be by plane, train, and/or ship
kiwijims said
03:47 PM Feb 2, 2015
I'm glad to hear that you have made the sale Gerty Dancer.
Even though the van has gone, there is the memories of your trip around the Block that will stay with you for a long time,
I wouldn't mind betting that the travel bug will get you again in the future and we will see you off to revisit the many places you have seen,
plus a while heap more.
happy travels. K.J.
Radar said
03:58 PM Feb 2, 2015
All the best with your future travels.
the rocket said
10:08 PM Feb 2, 2015
Hi Gerty Dancer, Wow. Well done. that is a weight off your mind.rgards rocket n strop
jules47 said
07:55 AM Feb 3, 2015
Well done Gerty - going to be travelling in luxury now, eh? We will see you somewhere no doubt, meanwhile enjoy life and living.
Dougwe said
08:01 AM Feb 3, 2015
Shut the front gate! How good is that Gerty.
I will be in your neck of the woods late March for a few weeks so probably be look'n at ya then at some stage.
Pejay said
02:19 PM Feb 3, 2015
So sorry to hear you will not be hitting the road any longer so to speak, just when we are heading your way - ah well, that's life. Enjoy exploring with your new modes of transport.
jandas fun said
06:11 PM Feb 3, 2015
Hi Gerty, well done on the sale of your caravan.
Due to family health problems and needing to downsize from our small property, we will be selling our caravan and tug and having
smaller trips using cabins,fly drives etc. Hope we can sell quickly. Sad, because some of the best times we had have been on the road somewhere.
Would you mind teling us where you advertised yor van for such a quick sale.
Johnw
Gerty Dancer said
06:35 PM Feb 3, 2015
Hi John. That quick sale had to be a freak, we just happened to put it up when somebody who was looking for that precise caravan was looking. And we were prepared to drop the price.
The first time it was advertised we put it on several sites but the only replies we had were from the Gumtree ad. Then we found the caravan roof leaked! . We took all the ads off while waiting for the roof to be fixed, and the night it was sold we had only put it on Gumtree . No time to put up any other ads!
Gumtree is free, but they charge for "bumping" your ad to the top or "featuring" it.
It might be a good idea to try your local paper too.
Very best wishes Jandas fun, enjoy the next chapter of life.
Gerty Dancer said
06:49 PM Feb 3, 2015
Posted twice. Sorry
-- Edited by Gerty Dancer on Tuesday 3rd of February 2015 06:50:29 PM
tempestv8 said
09:00 PM Feb 3, 2015
That's interesting because I also advertised my van in November, but had no bites. After coming back from a trip over Christmas, I had three interested parties. Ultimately I sold it just before Australia Day long weekend, albeit I gave a healthy price drop. That was because I was already mentally interested in selling it quickly. The buyers definitely got a great deal on it, and I do hope they get to enjoy its use.
-- Edited by tempestv8 on Tuesday 3rd of February 2015 09:04:53 PM
The new owners drove away with our caravan today, they will enjoy giving it plenty of work and we are very pleased. Selling the van has been an interesting experience, we first advertised it in November with very few enquiries, then discovered a roof-leak, so withdrew the ad, and booked it in to Jayco to be fixed. Had to put a tarp over it for 6 weeks, spent $400 on a whole roof seal, and advertised it again after bringing it home with its shiny new roof.
Within an hour of posting the ad someone had phoned, and after a long conversation they paid a deposit. Wow, that was fast after such a lot of mucking about! So today it goes to its new home in SA and we have a bare front yard plus some spending money.
Our next nomadding will be by plane, train, and/or ship
I'm glad to hear that you have made the sale Gerty Dancer.
Even though the van has gone, there is the memories of your trip around the Block that will stay with you for a long time,
I wouldn't mind betting that the travel bug will get you again in the future and we will see you off to revisit the many places you have seen,
plus a while heap more.
happy travels. K.J.
All the best with your future travels.
Hi Gerty Dancer, Wow. Well done. that is a weight off your mind.rgards rocket n strop
I will be in your neck of the woods late March for a few weeks so probably be look'n at ya then at some stage.
Due to family health problems and needing to downsize from our small property, we will be selling our caravan and tug and having
smaller trips using cabins,fly drives etc. Hope we can sell quickly. Sad, because some of the best times we had have been on the road somewhere.
Would you mind teling us where you advertised yor van for such a quick sale.
Johnw
The first time it was advertised we put it on several sites but the only replies we had were from the Gumtree ad. Then we found the caravan roof leaked! . We took all the ads off while waiting for the roof to be fixed, and the night it was sold we had only put it on Gumtree . No time to put up any other ads!
Gumtree is free, but they charge for "bumping" your ad to the top or "featuring" it.
It might be a good idea to try your local paper too.
Very best wishes Jandas fun, enjoy the next chapter of life.
Posted twice. Sorry
-- Edited by Gerty Dancer on Tuesday 3rd of February 2015 06:50:29 PM
That's interesting because I also advertised my van in November, but had no bites. After coming back from a trip over Christmas, I had three interested parties. Ultimately I sold it just before Australia Day long weekend, albeit I gave a healthy price drop. That was because I was already mentally interested in selling it quickly. The buyers definitely got a great deal on it, and I do hope they get to enjoy its use.
-- Edited by tempestv8 on Tuesday 3rd of February 2015 09:04:53 PM