Not for Sale!

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Originally Posted by Beeser

Do owners of stick built or larger trailers or 5th wheels get similar attention?

NO!

[Roy in TO]

Originally Posted by Kai in Seattle

Good advice. Get a stupid price and be ready just in case. Problem solved no matter how you slice it.

I agree.

After thinking about it for a while, I came up with my stupid price. That is the price I was thinking it would be worth when I finished my restoration. As a bonus I would throw in all the parts I have acquired but yet to install.

My loss would be the potential labour of love. I've got the other trailer as a backup.

[Jon in AZ]

The difficulty of even finding one for sale, let alone one as clean and sound as the one I have means my stupid price would have to be the cost of a brand new one delivered to Arizona plus tax and registration and enough extra to compensate for loss of use while we waited for Scamp to build it.



And if anyone actually bit on such an absurd price, then I would be immediately suspicious that some kind of fraud was intended.



Can't say I've really had any serious offers. Many curious lookers, and occasionally someone feeling me out to see if I'm a soft target for a lowball offer. With the former I'm always happy to share my love of egg trailers, and if they ask I am frank with them about the market and true values. But with the latter mentioning any price, stupid or otherwise, is merely an invitation to time-wasting counter-offers.



All to say I'll stick with a polite but firm "not for sale."

[Mr Lynn]

Originally Posted by Beeser

Similar to what Byron Kinnaman stated we had a number of people wanting to look at our previous Bigfoot 17.5CB while traveling, not so much with our larger Bigfoot 21RB. Although we have hardly used the later. I wonder, is it the size of the trailer or how it's made (molded fiberglass) that attracts so much attention? Do owners of stick built or larger trailers or 5th wheels get similar attention?

I suspect it's a combination of cuteness and novelty that intrigues people.

We just got our Casita 17, and haven't had it out yet, so haven't experienced the 'Not for Sale' visitors. But this thread has got me thinking about a 'stupid price'. Let's see: considering how hard it was to find a used Casita before someone else snapped it up, a minimum would be the cost of a new one delivered from the factory. Or maybe a 19' Escape? Or. . . how about enough to buy me a new crew-cab pickup and a Bigfoot 5th wheel camper?

/Mr Lynn