trading in across the water

Who better to ask than the people in the know.
I'm thinking of downsizing from a 2007 Burnster A class to a c. 2012 to 2015 LWB van type camper. Problem is very little choice (if any) available in Ireland. What do you think is my best option?.
1/ Sell privately on DoneDeal.
2/ Give it to an Irish Dealer to sell for me.
3/ Take it to the UK and trade it in there - do they take Irish vans as trade ins.

Thanks in advance to those who recommend the best route.

Jokee

As Ally said!! Prices are gone mental especially for good ones.

I am assuming you have a ROI reg vehicle, taking it to GB will not allow you to get the same value as selling privately as the UK won't allow for the VRT element. As others have said sell locally and get the best value for it and then have a no trade in route to get extra off the next one at a dealer

I would advise sell on eBay and buy from a dealer or someone you can thrust.
There is a new crowd IMCS. ( They may be useless but at least honest. ) You could advertise your A class with them and see what interest there is.

Have a serious look at what your planning to do, going from an A-class to a van is a big change, not a lot of room that you are used to, look at B-class also, There are a few people on here that have downsized last year that will give you an honest opinion of the change

FREE to advertise and it goes to all our social media also.

http://irishmotorhomesales.com/

A private sale is sold as seen, you should advise the prospective buyer to have it checked over by a professional, anything that is not identified before the sale is entirely at their risk.

If dealers are selling mid €40k's, realistically, you'll need to undercut that. The biggest problem you'll have is that private sales are easy at low prices where people are buying with straight cash, not many people can access €40k in cash.

It's worth checking out the stock in the various dealers, if you see something you like, it might be a good time to look at a trade in if they know they can shift your van on quickly.

Bank transfer is the way to go, once it is in your account its yours, do not accept paypal or bankers draft as both can be recalled after you have parted with your van

Sorry for the late reply this is for the UK

Once the recipient's bank has accepted the payment order, the transfer cannot be reversed. If the originating bank sends a cancellation notice to the recipient bank, and the cancellation notice is received before the recipient bank accepts the payment order, the recipient bank will generally refuse the payment order.

Have found a quote also from Bank of Ireland and it reads very similar.

David