Whats your best method for selling a car?
I have a 1997 Grand Cherokee i want to sell and I have always used a newspaper ad to sell a car as they were inexpensive and fairly fruitful.
Okay now... what used to be a $8.- $9. affordable ad is now $75. to $85.:eek: under the newspapers new pricing. This inflation seemed to happen almost overnight. Maybe this seems cheap to some of you; but here in the Ozarks; it's robbery. Now it is time to get creative;.... what seems to be the most fruitful methods of selling a car in your experience?? Thanks for your input!:D |
Mr. Kenny, if that is your picture in your Avatar, you are not going to be able to sell your car:D :D
I hate buying and selling cars. I hate dickering, ect.....However, the last three cars I sold (including a very expensive one) were sold through www.cars.com which appears on the webpage of my local newspaper. I paid $40 and you get to post a color picture and a paragraph about the car. The ad runs until you sell. I sold all three cars for asking price w/in 2 weeks. There are a lot of ebayers here too, but I don't have any experience with that. Seems like a lot of additional hassle to me though. |
We have a "trading post" which is all stuff for sale...
Its free, and its slogan is "you buy a newspaper to read, you buy a trading post to buy!" or something like that... ~Nate |
bickering, hageling... all part of cars:D
I love it, seriously good stuff... I had a 87 mazduhh truck listed in the trading post for $200... SOme guy called up and asked "is there any rust" and i sayd yeah... week later a guy calls up, and asks "is there any rust" and it sounded like the same guy... I said "no way, its mint" and he bought it for $150... He was just using the rust as leverage:D What an evil man, but o well... fair price for that POS still miss beating on it though ~Nate |
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eBay. It is the most work, but you *will* get the most money.
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2nd the craigslist.com recommendation and also suggest autotrader.com
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$275.00:eek: I can't possibly use them for such a purpose. I'll use the local Yankee Trader rag or the Pennysaver at a cost of $48.00. Not as good.......and you might need to run it a couple of times.......but I'll be GD if I'll pay them $275.00 for a three line ad. These people are simply outrageous. |
I forgot I also sold one on autotrader.com
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Don't forget ebay. If your selling it may work out pretty good.
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Personally I would recommend autotrader.com
I had a 2000 Cherokee sport i wanted to sell, I had it in the paper first, and barely got any calls and all the people that did call either didnt have (or didnt want to spend) the $$ even though it was very agressively priced. I put it on autotrader, had a call the next day, and the first person that called, purchased it. I took down the ad a day later, after having at least 6 more calls. The other thing is you can for the most part type to your hearts content, include photos etc, all things that make the presentation more appealing to a prospective purchaser. Basically I view the newspaper as an analog technology in a digital world. I am not trying to sound biased here, but the more affluent a person, the more likely they are to a) have internet access b) be computer savvy, c) rely on the internet for information. Most people view the newspaper as a source of recreation, especially in a large community, where the internet is where they run to search for needed info. Just my thoughts on the subject. George |
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