First, let’s clear up the “safety” issue.  It’s no less safe than your house when the proper care is taken.  A lot of times, I would hazard to say that it might be safer, because I think there are more people looking out for you.  When you’re out there RVing, there’s more of a sense of need of other people. There’s more of a tendency to band together, whether it’s helping someone fix a flat or deal with a contrary sewage tank, or just sharing companionship on a rainy afternoon, playing Yahtzee in someone’s rig.

My point is, people are more inclined to take care of each other, and if the elderly couple camped in the motorhome next door hasn’t been heard from since yesterday, someone’s going to go knock on the door and check on them. In any normal stationary neighborhood, we’re so caught up in our busy day-to-day lives, that it’s more likely that no one would even notice not seeing a neighbor for a few days.

If you want to help other people help you in the event of a medical emergency, post a File of Life in your rig.  This would be a small plastic envelope with a magnetized top that you can stick on your refrigerator and which contains all medical information, your name and address, and your emergency contacts.  That can help set your mind at ease, and could possibly at some point save your life.

]]> http://sellmyrvtoday.com/blog/teaching-the-rules-of-the-road-to-sell-my-rv-for-free/feed/ 1 http://sellmyrvtoday.com/blog/how-can-i-sell-my-rv-for-free/ http://sellmyrvtoday.com/blog/how-can-i-sell-my-rv-for-free/#comments Wed, 20 Jan 2010 05:00:32 +0000 author http://sellmyrvtoday.com/blog/?p=62 I’m trying to figure out how to sell my RV for free, because, seriously, have you looked lately at how much it costs to run an ad in the classifieds?  It cost from $50 to $200 for a couple of weeks of just a few lines.  I mean, maybe that’s not a lot to other people, but I’ll make no bones about it, I’m poor.  Otherwise I wouldn’t be selling my RV!

And, yeah, that price I just mentioned, that’s for the local paper.  That’s not even going to get countywide coverage.  About $200 will get you placed in a national RV publication, but it’ll take a few or more weeks to get that set up, and a month or more for the ad to actually get out there.

The Internet seems to be my best bet.  You get much wider coverage at a relatively reasonable cost.  The Internet RV classified sites are sometimes free, sometimes up to $150 for several months of advertisement.

Still though, man, that’s a lot to deal with, strangers calling you, wanting to come to your house and look at your rig.  They could be crazy, for all you know.  They might ask dumb questions.  I kind of get a headache just thinking about it.

But a friend just told me there’s a site—maybe more than one—that’s not a classifieds site, but a site for a company that actually buys your RV from you—offers fair prices, pays in certified funds, will even come get it.  They help you with all of that headache-inducing paperwork and red tape.  So far, I’m thinking that this is looking like the best deal…

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