RV Trader: Shop RVs Reviews

update: appreciate the developer reaching out but we bought our rv so no longer use RVTrader to be of any help. honestly it felt like app was pushing us off the platform for excessive usage but in this hot market for rvs where every one we contacted had already sold we had to search continuously. i know the web version on laptop complained and asked for proof of being human a lot if we flipped through picts too fast, so am inferring the ios app was using this video for the same reason / hope that helps the developer.

Original:app has become useless and it was not the last version that did it but i constantly get shifted to an add of folks running (in one version it had a guy putting goggles on and a quote say my name is sam, i live in london. its soo invasive it happens multiple times per minute and opens multiple copies so you close one only to get another its like a virus - has made RVTrader useless!!!

We listed our rv with RV trader and paid to have it listed. After having the RV listed at a very reasonable price for 1 month we received zero calls or emails. I am not sure if this is because they put all the dealership RV’s prior to the private party RV’s or if RV trader is a thing of the past and those shopping for RVs do not look on RV Trader anymore. We reached out to RV trader to let them know of our terrible experience and lack of service for our money paid and after 2 voicemails we still have not received a call back. With all that said I highly recommend if you want to sell your RV your best bet is Offer up or Craigslist once we listed on both sites we had about 30 people interested and it sold within a week at same listed price. RV Trader is terrible highly don’t recommend it as a private party!

RVTrader is great for searching for RV’s for sale and to list your RV for sale; however, it crashes all the time! Screen will lock and even after a few hrs will not unlock . This was frustrating as a buyer, but now as a seller , it is very frustrating. Sometimes it will show my listing on my profile, sometimes it won’t. Also very difficult to edit listing. You may think you did edits and hit save and even get a message saying edits were successful and will be displayed shortly, but then they don’t. Also unable to open email messages on app when prospective buyer sends one, have to go to your actual email to read even though the number of emails are highlighted to open messages.

As a former web designer and software tester, I’m surprised that someone as well known as RV Trader would have such a buggy app. There are issues with the saved searches and also with contacting people through RVTrader . Given that a lot of people aren’t very tech savvy, I’m surprised they don’t have a better messaging system instead of relying on email that can get stuck in Spam folders. A couple of the people I contacted to purchase from had difficulties with getting inquiries and responding. I had to give them my direct email to contact me. I sent other requests and never received RV Trader’s confirmation that the RV owner received it, and I’m assuming they didn’t since I never heard back from them either. I contacted customer service once and the person who responded was too dumb to even understand what I was trying to tell her.

Some things they should do, but don’t:
- mark an RV as viewed (when you look at so many, you can’t keep track
- have a messaging system for communication between buyers and sellers
- have more fields for the seller to complete because a lot of the ads lack a lot of information
- TEST the software!!! It’s buggy!!!

Do not use this company. I posted a rv. They have a option for you to put your phone number unlisted. I decided to do that and if a person was interested I would give them my number.
I had seven different inquiries, all one or two liners except one well written Email. I thought that was odd. Then after you reply to the people and give them your number. They don’t call, they don’t send any more messages, all of a sudden they don’t want to talk to you. That’s when I felt like I paid for a service I’m not getting. The one person that sent me a real email did call me the day I sold the RV on Craigslist. But the issue now is I get calls atleast once a week asking me to advertise my rv on whoever's website. Just avoid this company and post it locally.

UPDATE: After developer response: yes, the link takes you to RVTrader on the phone you have. BUT, when it takes you to RVTrader thats all it does. It does not open the RV that was shared to you. It just opens the main screen of RVTrader . So developer, its intended purpose is to open the home page of RVTrader and not the RV that was shared to you? Because that is what you just stated in your reply. It does not open the RV shared to you, like i explained. When you click the share button, through a text message; its just a link to download RVTrader , or open RVTrader . It never opens the RV you wanted to share. And the URL it shares is just RVTrader store link. I want to share the RV I’m looking at, not RVTrader . Dumb.

Very thoughtful user experience. After using RVTrader religiously to hunt down an Rv for my family, there are a few things buyers like myself could use.

1. Sort - rent vs. buy. Many of the sellers put pricing low for rentals. Well if you’re buying like me, it’s an annoyance for them to be included when you’re not interested in renting. Currently I just use the list view to set a custom price at 5000 and up.

2. Add a filter and sort to your saved rvs. I have many of them save and want to compare them, a filter would facilitate that!

The latest release seems to have some critical issues. I opened RVTrader and clicked on the tab to see my saved searches (I recently created two new saved searches through the website). The new searches were not there, and neither was the saved search I had built in RVTrader months ago. The screen just showed some gray boxes. So I deleted RVTrader from my iPhone, downloaded it again from RVTrader Store and reinstalled. When I went to the login screen and entered my email and password and submitted, nothing happened. So now I can’t even log into RVTrader . Therefore it’s worthless. Good luck all you other users, but I’m tired of fooling with it.

I love RVTrader but there’s a few things I would to see get added.

The option to put your vehicle in your account and the search refinements will point which camper is right for your vehicle.

A button to add air conditioning. To some people ac is a necessity especially if you’re using your camper as a home away from home for work.

RVTrader features are great. Searching is a breeze and I love how custom searches can be to search for the perfect RV, HOWEVER... RVTrader is almost unusable. From the moment RVTrader is opened it slowly starts slowing down and becoming unresponsive. Not just RVTrader itself, but my whole phone starts taking forever to respond to any of my taps or button presses. Seems to me that there is poor cpu optimization or a memory leak of some sort. Would love to give RVTrader 5 stars, but the fact that it slows down my entire phone while using it is a deal breaker.

I love the class b rv, there just aren’t many to buy for a decent price these days nor easy to find private sellers. Once I get the one for me I want a manual with it. Any direction you can offer would be great. I hope my next lead will work out. Love the site tho.

Enjoy RVTrader . but I would like to see an option in the filter section, for example... “pending/under contract”. Twice I’ve seen a super C for sale that I really liked only to find out it was pending. Would also like to see an option for engine size/model. For example, DD13 or DD16, etc. I know with all the RV sizes and options this may be harder then the request.

While using RVTrader for searching may be good, listing an RV for sale RVTrader is extremely buggy. When under the listing section, if it even shows up, from uploading pictures to responding to leads, the clicking and gamble of it ‘will work or not’ is constant. Understanding that this may be compatibility issues with the phone vendor and OS version, it would appear that more regression testing is needed by the developers with a focus on users listing RVs for sale. Especially since private parties selling RVs are paying $50+ for a listing, I expect more from RVTrader .

As a forum for connecting people, this is great. But the in app email communication function simply doesn’t work. I can reply but not send. I think I have successfully sent 1 email from the email. I get the notifications in my email and can respond from there but would prefer to manage the listing from RVTrader and it is woefully lacking in function.

All of the ads are misleading. Your initial search wall require lots of filters and lots of filtering fodder. If you really want to waste your time and get frustrated finding lots of ads for people wanting to rent you their RV and putting misleading prices with hidden details, then this is your place. If you want to purchase things like a normal person where you can put in filters that will give you honest results, then you’re best off with craigslist. Yes I said craigslist. RVTrader is terrible

I don’t normally review apps. But this thing has got to be the least user-friendly app that I’ve ever worked with. There does not seem to be a way to save your search, so if you accidentally hit the back button, you have to enter all of your filters again.

I gave it 2 stars simply because I appreciate the fact that it exists at all...but it does make me wonder if the designers ever actually used it.

Please add a search element for Engine HP & Torque. And also REQUIRE all sellers to post the Engine Make Model HP & Torque. A buyer searching for a preferred power plant and performance has to search thru a lot of posted RVs that don’t specify engine details and then have to Google search the Make / Model to find out what the unit is normally equipped with. Also please take down SOLD units sooner than later.

Since I’ve done the update I can’t find additional information that would be like a sellers story on how they’ve taken care of or modified the unit no longer available if you’re writing an email to the individual if you pause it’ll go away in a race itself so you have to start to email all over again wish I could back up to the old version

If you turn your phone sideways (landscape) to get a better view of photos, a ridiculously large “email” button covers a 1/3 of the photo. The button shouldn’t even be there in landscape mode. If you want to contact the seller, you would reorient your phone to dial or email. Makes RVTrader nearly useless. Who wants to look at tiny photos?

The design is pretty good but has a few annoying issues. One is that “Featured” ads do not conform to the search filters that are set. If I set the maximum distance at 100 miles, I still get ads that are over 500 miles away or have much higher sale prices that what I’ve set. Another is that I see ads that are over five years old.

You can see which units are available and the prices. The photos helped me decide what type of RV I wanted, kitchen in the back. Then track down the available ones within a radius I’m willing to travel to check them out.

Overall I like RVTrader but occasionally when opening a listing it’ll return a message that say ms “sorry listing sold or removed...” but my spouse’s app says it’s listed. Close app go back and that listing is active. Not sure which it is. Also saved (hearted/ favorited) listings when sold should remove automatically or be moved to “sold/ removed listing” category. Thanks.

The this app is easy to use intuitively; an extremely useful means of searching for, comparing, identifying, and notifying one. Alerting, you, to the newest availability, features, location, and competitive costs of a motor coach in your ‘Saved Searches’. An excellent Buyer’s Tool.

this app is a great thing, but RVTrader doesn’t come close to being functional. You can’t sell an RV with RVTrader , open links from friends without crashing RVTrader , view your listings or see the RV’s you saved on their website. All these functions would be great if they worked. Otherwise, just leave them out.

The only reason I gave RVTrader 4 STARS rather than 5 is because I’m looking for a toy hauler and it doesn’t have a Garage Size/cargo space option! It would be perfect to have that because all of us That have toys know that is the most important option!!!

App occasionally freezes after selecting a RV to view and has to be shut down and restarted. Very frustrating and eventually you just give up and search with other means. Don’t think I would pay to list my RV here.

Latest release is much easier to navigate and easier to use. Highly recommend for finding RV’s.

RVTrader is too buggy. Constantly freezes and crashes or just blanks out and nothing happens. Tried everything from force quitting app to restarting device to reinstalling app. Problem still persistent. Will continue my search and purchase elsewhere. Would advise moving onto a different route.

First time I’ve tried to use it since the latest update. Three tries and 10 minutes and it still was not working. Husband says he hopes the RV runs better than RVTrader . At 30 minutes he says he was sending the tent off for new zippers and seam sealing. You have lost us. The dog and I will be at REI. We both need new winter bags.