[PlazaGuy]

We not only sold our 1990 (coach #232), just last month, on e-bay, we also bought our 2002 (coach #638, also a race coach) from an e-bay ad in June 2014. I think the reason that it's not apparent that some are sold from e-bay ads is because if you've contacted the seller to make arrangements to see the coach, and the ad time runs out then it is not relisted and doesn't show up as sold. We advertised on RV Trader and never got an inquiry. We also advertised, for $239 or something like that with some outfit in California and never got a response. The e-bay ad got several responses.

Since we had purchased the 1990 in 1996 from an ad in Family Motor Coach Magazine, we put an ad there. The problem with that is there is a 2-month lead time on getting the ad inserted. However it's very affordable. We received 5 inquiries from the FMCA Magazine ad after we had already sold the coach on e-bay. So I think that is a good source.

Naturally, all of us think our coaches are worth more than the market will bear, so you have to be willing to negotiate a little. Our 1990 was a beautiful coach, well maintained, and we had lots of very fond memories so we thought we should get at least $60,000 out of it. Ended up selling for $47,000. So, everybody is reasonably happy. We were lucky because the guy that bought it had owned a 1987 Newell and knew what he was getting. Some people have no idea that they're getting a superior motor home.

E-bay works, because my wife advertised a bus for our church on ebay and it sold almost immediately even though there were several of the same year and model advertised everywhere on the internet. You just have to be realistic about the pricing.
The church board were pretty insistent on a certain price because it had low mileage but she talked them into advertising for about $2000 less that most of listings. The dealers you go with generally not only have to give a warranty, but also pay a commission to a salesman, so naturally they need more money initially.