Any Body Trying To Sell A Bus

Beatenbo · June 08, 2011, 08:39:30 PM

I am trying to sell my F3500 MCI for about half it's worth and I've never seen it so slow. I have sold 10 previous buses I owned but times have never been like this before. Sheee

pipopak · June 08, 2011, 08:45:43 PM

Slow times?. Tell ME about it. I am in construction. In the past 60 days made exactly $600.

RJ · June 08, 2011, 09:07:35 PM

Quote from: pipopak on June 08, 2011, 08:45:43 PM
Slow times?. Tell ME about it. I am in construction. In the past 60 days made exactly $600.

Might be worth a temporary move to Joplin, MO or NC. Lots of folk are gonna need help rebuilding after the tornadoes.

FWIW & HTH. . .

Lin · June 08, 2011, 09:40:37 PM

Is yours a personal or professional conversion?

busnut104 · June 09, 2011, 03:08:03 AM

My bus was org. pro converted but when I bought I up dated and made changes, I have had it for sale for well over a year, keep dropping the price way less then half what I have into it and nothing for the work. I still have it. I was thinking that I could take it to the woods, It would make a nice hunting cabin, just kidding there.

luvrbus · June 09, 2011, 06:44:23 AM

This is the reason a 45 ft CC Prevost 1996 model 123,000 miles extra clean sold for 95,000 I offered 90 three years ago this one would have sold for around 300,000 fwiw he had a balance of 102,000 he took the hit just to unload the bus because he felt if he didn't sell now the loose would be greater as time passed. you never know I would have kept it instead of digging into my pocket but like he told he could have but difference was the same as 3 more payments he had to make lol

good luck

papatony · June 10, 2011, 02:13:26 AM

mabey the good Lord intends that you keep it . I think that some where you have to draw a line. We went thru this a few years ago and just refused to give it away. We still have our home away from home. Unless I crank and move it . it cost nothing to keep it.

Beatenbo · June 10, 2011, 07:37:45 AM

My coach was a pro built Limo coach that was over 300K new. I made some changes and added some things. I bought to use in business and it's not cost effective to drive 30,000 miles a year with high fuel cost. It is for the RV user being better than motels and condos. www.bus.s5.com some one will get a steal when the buyer comes along.

gus · June 10, 2011, 02:53:26 PM

I'm going to put my old 4104 on the market in the fall when I have the time to do it.

I'm not counting on the good lord to help me much considering the state of the bus market right now!! I doubt he gets much involved in the sale of old bus conversions!

artvonne · June 12, 2011, 08:13:18 PM

If inflation goes up, everyone says everything is so expensive, money dont go around like it used to, everyones wants a raise. If the dollar goes up, everything gets cheap, but no one can afford the high wages and no one wants a pay cut so jobs are lost. Then nobody has any money to buy stuff even when its dirt cheap. Couldnt sell it when it was $400K cuz it was a "buyers market". Now nobody can afford it even at 1/10 the cost. Vicious circle. The clowns we elect keep thinking running off more and more money is going to fix it. Sorta like filling a fuel tank while someones punching holes through with a machine gun. No matter how much faster you pump, it just keeps going out faster. Until the bottom falls out.

This time around is likely different, though. I just dont see it ever turning around to like it was. Not like it was 4 years ago, or two years ago, but like yesterday. Id keep whatever you have as long as you have it. You never know when your going to need it.

luvrbus · June 12, 2011, 08:30:05 PM

It not only that Paul you have all the Prevost that were converted in the 80's and 90's on the market anyway you look at those are 20 and 30 year old buses bought when fuel was under a buck a gal the market will get worse before long there will be no demand for a converted bus done by the owner

good luck

eagle19952 · June 12, 2011, 08:38:04 PM

Could you reword this so that it is a bit clearer......

Quote from: artvonne on June 12, 2011, 08:13:18 PM
If inflation goes up, everyone says everything is so expensive, money dont go around like it used to, everyones wants a raise. If the dollar goes up, everything gets cheap, but no one can afford the high wages and no one wants a pay cut so jobs are lost. Then nobody has any money to buy stuff even when its dirt cheap. Couldnt sell it when it was $400K cuz it was a "buyers market". Now nobody can afford it even at 1/10 the cost. Vicious circle. The clowns we elect keep thinking running off more and more money is going to fix it. Sorta like filling a fuel tank while someones punching holes through with a machine gun. No matter how much faster you pump, it just keeps going out faster. Until the bottom falls out.

This time around is likely different, though. I just dont see it ever turning around to like it was. Not like it was 4 years ago, or two years ago, but like yesterday. Id keep whatever you have as long as you have it. You never know when your going to need it.

artvonne · June 12, 2011, 10:30:10 PM

Quote from: eagle19952 on June 12, 2011, 08:38:04 PM
Could you reword this so that it is a bit clearer......

That even with fire sale prices today, there are no buyers. First they stopped buying because housing cooled. Then eveyone was waiting for the "bottom". Now everyone is just waiting around for Armageddon to begin.

chev49 · June 13, 2011, 06:21:18 AM

which remends me that the converted 64 eagle in brookings, ore sold for scrap value PO told me last week.

TedsBUSted · June 13, 2011, 07:38:07 AM

Quote from: eagle19952 on June 12, 2011, 08:38:04 PM
Could you reword this so that it is a bit clearer......

I believe I could get it down to two words.