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PC Coach For Sale Ad’s
We do our very best to assure the inventory on this site is accurate and coaches that have been sold are deleted after a 30 day period. If you see anything that you know is incorrect, listed wrong, sold and still being listed or a coach that is long gone, please let Jon or I know. Nothing worse than someone looking for a bus that is unavailable, but still shows as a currecnt Ad.
I was browsing one of our competitors and noticed some long gone coaches, but they were still listed for sale. There was an H that is listed 3 times by two different advertisers and different prices.
So please lelp us out if you see something that is incorrect. We’ll fix it….
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Understand that when ads for coaches for sale are placed, especially by converters or dealers that they may not always be able to track where all their ads have been placed. Most are excellent at tracking their ads and when a coach is sold they either add that “sold” notice to the ad, or they delete the ad.
It not only helps us insure our listings are valid and current if you report an ad you know to be out of date, but it spares the seller from getting phone calls on a coach they no longer have available.
Some sites intentionally leave old ads or have listings that are not valid because it makes it appear they have more listings than they really do. Some are fraudulent because they intended as scams. I have seen photos taken from our site and other legitimate sites and used to create a bogus listing. If you see any of those also let us know so we can alert members as to the chance those ads may be there merely to screw someone out of money.
Just be cautious of a site that has multiple ads for the same coach under different seller’s names. Too bad things like this happen.
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POG has a 2000 marathon coach # 0635 listed once by Marathon ($249k) and once by Southwest ($189K). If you go to Southwset website to look at listed coaches for sale, it shows non, only sold coaches. I sent a message to inquire about it. Haven’t gotten any good info back. This is a prime example of prices being all over the place and hard to make sense of. At least we have knowledge and experience here to help sort out the confusing marketing done by some. Before I make a purchase I will definitely be making use of the very helpfull people on this site and in the Prevost community as a whole.
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Paul & Jane,
My guess on the coach you reference it was likely a Marathon Consignment coach and Southwest bought it and is brokering it. That was the case with our bus. We purchased it from Southwest and they did right by us. They use Taylor Tours in Phoenix to do their PDI and repair work. Good people all around.
Good luck on your hunt. It took three years to find the perfect bus for us… but we are loving…. it.
Bill
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Paul and Jane,
That’s exactly what we are trying to avoid and thanks for the heads up. Nothing worse than thinking you might have found the RIGHT bus, only to learn it’s long gone.
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That is an example of how an outdated listing is annoying. It also is an example of what might be baiting. Regardless of what it is I suspect those two listings may at one time have been legitimate and what you see now is an oversight on the part of three companies, the two sellers and the web site that doesn’t police its listings or leaves old listings to create the impression it is bigger than it really is.
Where this leads into a problem is a person with bad motives can recognize those listings as an opportunity to create an ad with a very attractive price by lifting photos off the listings. Then when you express an interest you are encouraged to send some money to hold it while you schedule a visit to see it because it is “going to sell quick”.
You know how that is going to end.
It is very difficult to keep a site listing coaches for sale up to date. We will react if you tell us a coach listed on our site has been sold or is no longer available.
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I am a little surprised to see the difference in pricing listed by 2 different company’s. There is no way I see on that site to tell which ad is newer. When I was at the POG coach show in January there was a dealer showing a coach with a dining chair that the back was broken on. I think I would have removed the chair rather than showing the coach with a broken chair. It’s this type of actions that shrinks the comfort level of purchasing from some dealers.
If they are willing to overlook these details what else are they willing to overlook.
I believe the first time owner does better by buying from a reputable dealer for their first coach, but then you see sales like Peter’s that just happened and you know that one couldn’t get any better. Then the new coach just listed on here with Tom’s comment. The power of this site will improve the brand.
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