Caravan sale scammers

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My mum wants to sell her caravan. Im worried about scammers. I know there are a lot of scams about that involve private sales. Does anyone have any advice on the best way to sell it? Through auto trader perhaps? And the best way to receive a large payment? Thank you.

I sold mine on gumtree and did a bank transfer

I have bought and sold a caravan both by bank transfer and by cash.

In both cases I printed a Sale Note with a short description of the caravan, date of sale, names and addresses of seller and buyer and a space for signatures. Printed two copies, one for each of us.

Do not accept PayPal. Only use PayPal for something you can post with proof of postage because the buyer can claim their money back through PayPal saying it wasn’t received, and without proof of postage you’ll likely lose the money.

Do not take a cheque, for obvious reasons!

Do not let them take the caravan until the money shows in your account. My bank say this could be up to two hours after it is sent, which I have always been prepared to wait, but it has actually always happened pretty instantly.

The note of sale gives both parties some hope of proving the sale of the other party plays silly buggers. For example CRIS won’t change the name on the registration unless the previous owners agrees it, but might with a clear sale note signed by the old owner.

It is nerve racking because it is a lot of money! Good luck!

Thank you. It sounds like bank transfer will be the best option. Thank you for your replies.

You can sell them to caravan versions of 'We buy any car', depends really on how old it is as these places will give you less but will be more reliable and non scamming. Some caravan dealers buy them so that could be an option, though again probably less money than a private sale.

I recently sold ours.. Buyer paid by bank transfer.. It took 23 hours to get to my bank. Apparently it can take up to 24 hours. We just kept possession of the van and all paperwork and delivered it the next day when funds finally cleared.

Thank you all.