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Buying an RV from a Private Seller

Just as the RV Dealer isn’t your enemy - the Private Seller can
be your best friend. They don’t have ANY appreciable overhead
built into the sale, other than the cost of their advertising,
and/or any repairs or refurbishing to be done to the RV.

The private seller is usually much more motivated than a dealer.
They only have ONE unit on which to concentrate their efforts.
Many times their sole intention is to rid themselves of the
burden of their no-longer-needed RV.

In RARE cases, they are WISELY selling by owner so they can move
on to a unit more suited to their present needs and desires.
This allows them to sell their RV for a higher price than a
dealer would allow them on trade-in, while still offering a
bargain to their potential buyers.

Purchasing from a Private Seller can work to your advantage
in many ways:

1. Lower overhead = Lower selling price.

2. Higher motivation = Lower selling price.

3. No over-pricing to allow for trade-ins.

4. More complete vehicle history.

5. A more personal transaction.

Because of these benefits, buying an RV from an individual may
allow you to save thousands of dollars over buying a similar
unit from a dealer.

You MUST however do your due diligence prior to the actual
purchase. Any faulty systems left unchecked or untested will
likely become your own burden unless discovered PRIOR to your
purchase. In other words: “Caveat Emptor”… or “Buyer Beware”.

For now, let’s take a look at some of the advantages of buying
an RV from a private seller.

Lower or NO Overhead Costs

Most individual sellers will incur minimal selling costs when
selling “by owner”. Most of these costs will come from
advertising in local newspaper classifieds, Internet
advertisements or other forms of marketing.

When compared to the costs incurred by an RV dealer, the
individual has a major advantage. First of all, they have no
commissions to pay upon the sale. Commissions in the RV industry
are commonly set at approximately 20% of the gross profit.

In other words, if a salesman sells an RV for an average profit
of $5,000 - Then $1,000 of that is going to the salesman as
commission. This is not a concern for the private seller,
therefore sales commission ALONE can be a potential gain of
$1,000 or more to the buyer. (Not to mention the other $4,000
the dealer gained over his wholesale price)

Also, because of the minimal or nonexistent overhead of the
individual seller, profit is commonly NOT a motive for selling.
In MOST cases, the sellers simply want to rid themselves of the
unit. This usually translates into THOUSANDS of dollars in
savings.

While most private RV sellers will try to achieve a RETAIL sales
price when the unit is initially offered, they rapidly tire of
the stresses of the sales process and lower their “perceived”
value of the RV. In other words, when they start the sales
process, they have an unrealistic impression of their RV’s
value. After dealing with prospective buyers for a minimal
amount of time, they rapidly become educated on the true value
of their RV.

Seriously, think about your own experiences. How many times have
you tried to sell something for a premium price, only to accept
a lower, yet HONEST offer for much less than your original
price? It all goes back to the old saying: “One in the hand is
worth two in the bush.” In other words, fatigued sellers WILL
accept a bargain price if the offer is GENUINE. It ends their
suffering - so to speak.

The key is to FIND these fatigued sellers when they are weak.
Just as the predator on the African Plains seeks out the weaker
and slower prey, you must find the weary seller - and strike
when they are at their weakest point. Ruthless -yes… Unethical
- no. It’s the law of the urban jungle. Live and prosper by the
law, or live and pay a higher price… still by the law. (I
can’t believe I just wrote that)

Higher motivation = Lower selling price

Most private sellers are very IMPATIENT. They easily tire of the
phone calls and missed appointments. Many times they tire of NO
phone calls or ANY appointments to view their RV. This quickly
motivates them to consider any and all GENUINE offers.

Many times these sellers have found an RV that they wish to
purchase upon the sale of their present unit. They worry that if
their RV doesn’t sell quickly they’ll miss the opportunity to
buy their TARGET unit. This also makes for a very motivated
seller.

Most of these sellers realize that if they can sell their RV for
a little more than the RV dealer is offering on trade-in, they
will come out ahead. This is a win-win situation for both buyer
and seller. They are willing to accept a little over wholesale
for their RV, and you able to purchase the same unit for MUCH
less than if it were for sale by an RV dealer.

No Over-Pricing to Allow for Trade-Ins

Hopefully you realize that an RV dealer will ALWAYS take a
trade-in at, or even BELOW wholesale. Also, that same dealer’s
“sale price” will nearly ALWAYS be set HIGHER than the actual
RETAIL price of any particular unit. This is done to allow room
in the price to show the buyer a retail price for their trade-in.

We know that there was a time you may have traded a car, boat,
RV or something else to a dealer (of any kind) and thought you
actually received RETAIL on your trade-in.

You DIDN’T - EVER! If you don’t accept this for ABSOLUTE truth,
then we have failed in our efforts to educate you in the
dealer/individual sales process.

Complete Vehicle History

Most RV dealers DON’T want you to contact the previous owner of
a used RV. Go ahead and try it… Next time you’re looking at a
used RV, ask the salesman if you can contact the previous owner.
You’ll be amazed how the salesman can come up with excuses NOT
to contact the previous owner… at least not until the sale has
taken place.

It may be reasons of privacy; it may be against company
policy… it will, however be very entertaining.

Private RV sellers normally have a much different philosophy.
They’re TRIHILLED to provide complete records of service work,
maintenance, storage information, etc. If they don’t… you
might want to ask a few more questions. This is a good
indication of a negligent RV owner. They may be passing their
headache on to you. Do your homework and ask for as many details
about the unit’s history as possible.

A more personal transaction

One of the most gratifying aspects of buying a used RV from an
individual is the personal aspect of the buying process. As a
result of your investigation of the RV, you become intimately
involved with the seller.

Hopefully, the RV you are considering has been the seller’s
prized possession. They have loved it and taken care of it. They
have (hopefully) kept complete records on each and every repair,
improvement and service work done on the vehicle.

Selling their prized RV is practically the same as losing a
child to college. In many ways, these conscientious sellers may
seem to be sizing you up as a potential owner of their pre-loved
RV. However, at the right time, and for the right price…
They’d more than likely sell it to a carnival.

Barry Wilder President - Best Rate, Inc.

Copyright 2005 The IWE, LLC. All Rights Reserved.

What I’m about to reveal to you in this article will literally change the way you look at ‘Amazon’ forever.

As you know, Amazon is a buyers market place and is a VERY powerful search engine for products of all sorts, especially Books.

Now, you’re probably saying to yourself, “yeah, I already know that about Amazon, but how do I get my share of Amazon’s traffic?”.

Well, I’m going to answer that question in just a few moments, but first, here’s just some of the benefits you’ll receive once you’ve ‘Set-Up’ what I’m about to show you:

- you’ll position yourself as an Expert within your Niche

- you’ll receive Highly Targeted traffic to your website

- you’ll be able to build a HIGHLY targeted ‘Opt-In’ list

Those are some pretty Powerful benefits wouldn’t you say?

And who would of ever guessed that Amazon could deliver this to you.

I only recently learned of this tactic myself from a Very well known Internet marketer who was kind enough to share it with me.

So now, I’m going to do the same for you.

Are you ready to see what Amazon can do for your Business and Credibility?

Enough said, lets get started.

Step #1. Set up a account with Amazon.

This is the easiest part of the whole task. Simply go to http://www.amazon.com and set up an account for yourself.

This should only take a few minutes and is very straight forward.

Step #2. Click on your “Your Name” Store tab.

Once you’ve set up your account you should have been given a password in order to login to your account.

If you’re not logged in already, login now.

Now, from within the members area there should be a row of tabs at the top of the members area, click on the one that says “Your Name” Store(ex. ‘Corys Store’ tab).

This will take you to a different area with a different sub-menu.

Click on the tab in the sub-menu that says “About You Area”.

Step #3. Setting up your “About You Area”.

Now this is where you have to pay ‘Special Attention’ because this is what people will see when they click on your ‘About You’ tab.

Assuming you are at the ‘About You Area’ you’ll notice that you have spots available to put your Picture, Name, Nickname, eMail Address, Real Name and About Me.

Go ahead and fill out all the area’s accept your ‘About Me’.

The ‘About Me’ spot is what I’ll talk about in the next step, but for now, just fill out all the other area’s and if you want to put up a picture of yourself, you can, it’s up to you.

Step #4. Setting up the ‘About Me’ section.

This is probably the single most important part of this whole process because this is where your potential customer will read about who you are and what you and your business is all about, so do take this seriously.

Now, you have about 4,000 characters of space to write up a description about who you are and what your business is about, so its up to you on how long you want your description to be.

Before you start writing your description this is what You have to do First within the first 70 to 80 characters of your ‘About Me’ description and I’ll show you an example of how mine looks so you’ll be able to see this in action.

(ex. About me: Hi, I’m Cory Threlfall and I’m the Editor/Publisher of ‘www.internetwondersezine.com’ which is a …)

Do you see what I’ve done?

I’ve incorporated my ‘Domain Name’ in quotes into my First 70 to 80 characters of my description so when they click on my ‘About Me’ and read my profile they’ll also see my Domain Name, and if they wish to find out more about me they can either ‘Copy and Paste or Type’ my domain into there browser which will then bring them to my website where they can either ‘Subscribe’ to my newsletter or read my sale copy which will then get them to Opt-In to my newsletter.

This is where the ‘List Building’ starts to take place from the traffic sent through Amazon.

Now, we’ve already established that Amazon is a High Traffic website and now that you’ve set up your ‘About Me Area’ the way I’ve outlined it above I’m now going to show you how to direct Amazon’s traffic to your website.

Step #5. Directing Amazon’s traffic to your website.

This is where the fun starts. And once you see How its done you’ll probably kick yourself in the butt like I did when I was shown How-To do this.

What we need to do now is a little exercise so you’ll see for yourself how you’ll tap into Amazon’s traffic.

So, we know that Amazon is best known for Books, so click on the ‘Books’ tab within Amazon’s members area. This will take you to a different page.

In the upper left corner you’ll see a ‘Search Books’ search box.

Now, for the purpose of this exercise, just so that we’re on the same page, lets use ‘internet marketing’ as the search term.

So, go ahead and type that in and press GO!.

You should now see a bunch of listings on books related to ‘internet marketing’.

Scroll down and select the “33 Days To Online Profits” link. This will bring you to its Product Description page.

Within this Product Description page you’ll find Product Details, Editorial Reviews and most important of all, All Customer Reviews.

Notice I said “and most important of all, All Customer Reviews”.

Thats right, all you need to do is ‘Write Reviews’ on books within your particular Niche and when potential customers are reviewing the book you wrote the review on and they scroll down and happen to read your review and click on Your Name to see what you’re all about, guess what they’ll see?

They’ll see your profile with your Name, Nick Name, eMail Address and your ‘About Me’ description with your Domain Name screaming out at them which can easily be typed into there browser.

There you have it, “5 Quick and Easy Steps On HOW-TO Send Your Website A SURGE Of Amazon’s Traffic For FREE!”

I truly hope you see the benefits of writing reviews and how it will make you look in the eyes of your potential customer.

This is a great tactic to use if you’re looking to establish yourself as an Expert within your Niche and at the same time, build a HIGHLY targeted ‘Opt-In’ list that you can market to for years to come.

About the Author

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Digital cameras do not have some of the features that are used in various types of photography programs. Photographers use different lenses for different needs. For a proper photograph you can use lenses that have advance digital techniques.

Let us now consider examples of landscape photographs. A landscape photograph will not come out clear unless the correct lens is used. Which are the best types of lens for landscape photography? The focal length used most by photographers is 20mm to 35mm. It is often favored to use a 24 mm set of f11 when focusing on tall trees. This will allow the photographer to focus on the trees and it will cover all the surroundings. The effect is excellent.

Digital photography doesn’t follow a strict set of rules. Experience and your own efforts to continue learning will ultimately lead to high quality photographs. If you’re unsure of what your camera’s lens can do, then do the research to find out. First determine the width and then the maximum area covered by the lens. If the quality of your lens is insufficient, depth will be noticeably lacking in your photograph. In this way lens makes the distinction in good or bad. See what a 20mm results in when you take your next landscape photograph.

Make sure that you compare each photograph with the others in the series. Pay careful attention to the subject’s position as well as your location and the lens you are using. Focus on everything. Rank the photos as good, average, or poor, and then compare the details to note what distinguishes one from the other.

Shopping seems to have existed for as long as people
have had a need for items they could not make themselves.
Even before cash was “invented”, people would barter and
trade for things they wanted and this was essentially
shopping. Shopping has evolved quite a bit over the years.

Internet shopping can be a great way to make passive
income
if you are a stay at semi retired or a home mom. If
you spend any time at all online, you’ve probably seen
plenty of ads enticing you to earn six figures from the
comfort of your own home. All of these promotions focus
on one main theme - the growth of online shopping.

Most of these advertisements are geared toward multi-level
marketing (M.L.M.) or affiliate programs. Since M.L.M.
requires each person enrolled to get more people enrolled
underneath him or her, it creates a large number of online
ads. M.L.M is usually not that reliable or reputable but
you don’t have to involve yourself in the world of M.L.M.
to take advantage of the growth in online shopping.

For instance, you may choose to sell products online
of your own making. You could set up your own website
shopping cart and then sell products your make or own or
even sell products you have purchased at a reduced price.
Many people earn their living this way. Things people
need to make money online are websites, shopping cart
systems, and products. If you are a coach, or consultant,
your product can even be your own existing knowledge!
Consider selling tele-classes, coaching sessions or
e-Books
online. However, digital product delivery can be
difficult, so make sure your shopping cart provider is a
good one.

As a consumer, online shopping carts are normally
very easy to use. The order forms are usually quite
simple, the encryptions are secure, and the whole process
seems to go easily and quickly. Behind the scenes,
however, implementing online shopping carts can just be a
nightmare. So it is critical that you link up with a
shopping cart provider that provides a straightforward
system that is low cost and gives customer support.

As a merchant, shopping carts are critical. You
can’t expect to compete online if you ask potential
customers to pay you with a check, and then wait two
weeks for the check to clear. Regardless of what you are
selling online, you need to make it possible for
payment by credit card. With good quality shopping
carts, you can accept monies from all over the globe.
You can make changes to items like shipping costs quickly
and easily. You can even change items with the blink
of an eye. You can offer coupons, rebates and other
bonuses to your clients. You can even gather vital
information about your clients, to help you understand
and target your customer base more effectively.

Jeanne Goodale is passionate about shopping and
is the webmaster of FTR Shopping