Motorhome Buyers Guide

If you are looking for someone to buy your motorhome, you have come to the right place! We are the UK’s leading motorhome buyers.

We offer a fast, efficient, secure way to sell your motorhome. But, if you have done your homework, you may have discovered that there are different types of motorhome buyer. So let’s have a look at what they are and what the benefits and draw backs of each are.

Professional Cash Motorhome Buyers

Yes, that’s us, that’s all we do. Sell My Motorhome is a business which is dedicated to buying motorhomes from private sellers. We understand what you want and we aim to make selling your motorhome as easy and stress free as possible.

The benefits of our service are an instant cash offer. Fast payment and free collection which we can do within 24 hours. A secure transaction whereby you don’t hand over the keys until you have cleared funds in your bank account. A friendly, professional service – from our call handlers to collection drivers, we understand the value of great customer service and aim to make the whole experience pleasant for you. Of course, there are other businesses operating as motorhome cash buyers but beware, not all offer the same level of service or security. Only deal with an established national company, that will not haggle over price on your doorstep and will make sure you are happy you have cleared funds in your bank before taking the keys.

Motorhome Dealers

Another option is to try and sell your motorhome to a dealer. They sometimes take used motorhomes in part-exchange against another motorhome or may even make you a cash offer. The main benefit of part-exchange is of course convenience. The idea of just taking your existing motorhome in and driving out with your new one is appealing. However, motorhome dealers have large overheads to cover – premises, staff, stock, advertising etc. It all adds up and they need to make large margins on the motorhomes they sell to stay in business. And of course, this is reflected in the prices they are willing to pay for used motorhomes and part-exchanges. So that convenience might come at quite a cost to you.

Motorhome Brokers

Motorhome brokers offer to sell your motorhome for you while it remains on your driveway. There are some benefits to this service – a good broker should take care of all of the “Unpleasant” aspects of selling like advertising and dealing with the buyers for you, including negotiating the price. The main drawback to this type of service is the time it may take to find the right buyer. The process can take weeks or even months, which may not fit your timescales.

Private Sale vs Motorhome Buyers

Of course, you do have the option of trying to sell your motorhome privately yourself. All we can tell you is that a good number of our customers are people that have tried it and given up. Comments include the cost of advertising for no return, time wasters and tyre-kickers, people not showing up, aggressive haggling and worries about the security of payments. It certainly isn’t for everyone!

Sale or Return

This is a controversial option for selling your motorhome and not one we would recommend. Here’s why – it entails leaving your motorhome and V5 with a “Dealer” to sell it on your behalf. The risk of course is that the dealer sells your motorhome and doesn’t pay you for it. Now, most dealers are good honest people, but this has happened in the recent past. In one well known case it turned out that most of the dealer’s stock was sale or return, which they sold, before going into liquidation and leaving the owners high and dry.

So there we are. You have a number of options for selling your motorhome, but if it is a fast, secure transaction you want, contact us today for the best motorhome buyers experience.