RE: [A/S] Re: 1965 Airstream

["Tricia & Conrad Holsomback" <triconholsomback@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Wally said "If the trailer is in really good condition, start at maybe
$2K.  You might just get a great deal.. At least you will get an answer,
and probably a better idea of what the seller wants for it.  He wants
you to make an offer because he doesn't know what it's worth and he's
hoping you don't either.
By giving him the lower offer, you are in essence telling him what it's
worth to you.  You can always go up from there, but you can never go
back
down again.
Don't forget to point out what's wrong with it or what needs to be fixed
or
replaced.  This will justify your lower offer."

That is good advice and basically what we did when we purchased our
first Airstream, an 83 Excella.  But we also took a friend along who
owned an Airstream to look at it.

We belonged to this list at the time and Hunter was also on it. When we
learned she lived only 5 miles from the Stream, we asked her to meet us
there.  As we used an ice pick around the floor and discussed the
various things about the trailer the owners became a little nervous and
offered more things: a hitch, portable stabilizers, fabric to cover the
chair to match the couch, a microwave, etc.

We said we would like to talk it over and call them back and went to
lunch with Hunter.  We all agreed it was in good enough shape as we had
been looking at several others for some time.

When we called back that evening, we didn't even have the chance to make
an offer when the owner lowered the price $2500. from what they were
asking.  It was fair enough, we picked it up the next day and we were
happy with it until this '88 came along with a queen bed and dinette.


We also learned in our search, that if the owner won't accept our offer
there are others available.  We walked away from 5 or 6 before buying
our first one.

Good luck.

Tricia & Conrad