Many people are wary of negotiating when it comes to purchasing caravans for sale because they fear that the seller or the dealer will simply turn around and pull their offer off the table. Whilst it is actually unlikely that they will actually do this (they want to make the sale after all), it can still be pretty intimidating to offer a lower price. By using the following tips, you can ensure that you approach negotiating the right way and increase your chances of picking up a caravan cheaper.

• Find a number of dealers or private sellers who are selling the type of caravan that you are after. Make contact with these people and ask them how much the van is going for. Then, take the lowest price that you were quoted and take off about 20-25% - this is how much you should be looking at offering.


• Give the dealer or seller a call (or pay their showroom a visit) to tell them your offer. More often than not, they will act surprised or scandalized that you have loped so much off the price; to counteract this, inform the dealer of the lowest offer that you received for the same or a similar caravan for sale as an explanation for your reasoning.


• If the dealer or private seller seems hesitant to accept your offer or make you another one, tell them that you wont be actually making the purchase for another 10 days (because youre waiting for funds to clear, for example) and leave. Once they have weighed up their options, they might be more than willing to negotiate.


• After telling a few dealers or sellers that you arent making a purchase just yet, keep an eye on your emails inbox in the days leading up to the date that you specified. You might be surprised at the emails with revised offers that you receive. After this date has passed, just assume that they werent interested in negotiating (or the caravan has sold).

There are plenty of ways that you can go about negotiating the price of a caravan for sale without resulting in having an all-out argument with the dealer or private seller. By using the above tips, you could actually work towards lowering the price that you pay by up to 30%, which is a huge saving when you consider that many caravans sell for around $70,000 these days. And dont feel too bad about negotiating with dealers theyre already making a fair profit on the van even with this percentage knocked off.