| the US coach selling season [message #221758] |
Mon, 09 September 2013 10:32  |
rcjordan
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Some sellers have asked me about missing "the season." This is just a confirmation of what would seem logical but, FWIW, the number of classic/vintage coach ads on Craigslist (that spans about 14 brands, not just GMCs) is dropping quickly. The peak was in the first 2 weeks of August. It's already dropped by roughly half.
The traffic trend graphs I followed on GMCs were very familiar to me as they mimicked online resort tourism --an industry I have almost 20 years experience in. Again, that's logical.
So, assuming that the coach market continues to follow the above patterns, the low point of the season will -literally- be Christmas day. It'll start ticking up Dec 26th and then shift into 2nd gear in April and then shift in high gear in June.
I don't specifically track ebay ads, but I do eyeball them almost daily. It appears that the pattern holds there, too.
All the above is based on seller's ads. Other than anecdotal information, I don't know much about buyers.
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| Re: the US coach selling season [message #221795 is a reply to message #221758] |
Mon, 09 September 2013 16:13  |
rcjordan
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>Mar-Apr
I'd have thought so, too. And it very well may be --particularly in regions that are RV-heavy and/or have travel weather that time of year. But nationally, assuming that the 2012-2013 crop of buyers were using search engines, then the volume (and the season) was probably a little later than that. May-June, maybe.
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| Re: [GMCnet] the US coach selling season [message #221835 is a reply to message #221793] |
Mon, 09 September 2013 18:47 |
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Around here, the boat dealers (Lake Lanier) say the selling season is gone after the 4th of July. I suspect RVs are similar.
--johnny
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On Mon, 9/9/13, Randy <Acrosport2@hotmail.com> wrote:
Subject: Re: [GMCnet] the US coach selling season
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Date: Monday, September 9, 2013, 9:02 PM
I think prime coach selling season is March and April.
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Ahwatukee (Phoenix) AZ
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| Re: [GMCnet] the US coach selling season [message #221916 is a reply to message #221835] |
Tue, 10 September 2013 10:37 |
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| Johnny Bridges wrote on Mon, 09 September 2013 18:47 |
Around here, the boat dealers (Lake Lanier) say the selling season is gone after the 4th of July. I suspect RVs are similar.
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I wonder if there is a difference in buying habits for something you'll finance versus something you'll pay cash for and maybe have to do some work on?
I'd hate for my first payment on a new boat to be about the time I am winterizing it.
But late summer might be when a lot of people think aobut getting an old camper, get a little use out of it and then work on it for next year?
Dave & Ellen Silva
Hertford, NC
76 Birchaven, 1-ton and other stuff
Currently planning the Great american Road Trip Summer 2021
It's gonna take a lot of Adderall to get this thing right.
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| Re: [GMCnet] the US coach selling season [message #221999 is a reply to message #221916] |
Tue, 10 September 2013 20:27 |
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Dunno - your theory has merit though. I'm allergic to making payments, so I bought a cheep GMC out of pocket. I suspect most of the folks on this forum did the same. I do stuff as the money presents. I work in an unstable industry - always have - so I try to stay where I can survive if necessary doing "Welcome to Wal-Mart" and "You want fries with that?" As long as I got a salary I can live - but I can exist of need be on SS and retirement from Uncle and a couple others. This way I can buy gas for the GMC and entry fees for dog shows. I think as you do, a faor number of people - particularly tinkerers - take this route. Time of year isn't all that important.
--johnny
'76 23' transmode Norris
'76 palm beach
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On Tue, 9/10/13, dave silva <admin@oldrv.net> wrote:
Subject: Re: [GMCnet] the US coach selling season
To: gmclist@temp.gmcnet.org
Date: Tuesday, September 10, 2013, 3:37 PM
Johnny Bridges wrote on Mon, 09 September 2013 18:47
> Around here, the boat dealers (Lake Lanier) say the
selling season is gone after the 4th of July. I
suspect RVs are similar.
I wonder if there is a difference in buying habits for
something you'll finance versus something you'll pay cash
for and maybe have to do some work on?
I'd hate for my first payment on a new boat to be about the
time I am winterizing it.
But late summer might be when a lot of people think aobut
getting an old camper, get a little use out of it and then
work on it for next year?
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Dave & Ellen Silva
1972 Revcon Olds 455, toro drive train. All Stock
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