Anonymous
04/11/2013 21:17
Subject: best place to sell car?
Donated to public radio and got a huge tax break.
Anonymous
04/11/2013 19:57
Subject: best place to sell car?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Carmax
Right, and know that you can probably add between $1,000 to $2,000 to that price by selling it yourself and still be attractive to a buyer who would pay even more by buying a used car from a dealer.
Right, but then you have to deal with a bunch if random people who want to come and test drive your car.
+1. I wanted a no hassle sale and i didn't want to deal with weirdos test driving my car. Drove in with my 11 year old car, drove out with $5,000. I didn't have an appointment and the whole thing took about 1.5-2 hours.
Anonymous
04/11/2013 19:24
Subject: best place to sell car?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Carmax
Right, and know that you can probably add between $1,000 to $2,000 to that price by selling it yourself and still be attractive to a buyer who would pay even more by buying a used car from a dealer.
Right, but then you have to deal with a bunch if random people who want to come and test drive your car.
We've sold 3 cars through Carmax and the convenience has been totally worth it. Our cars have all been relatively low mileage for their age and well-maintained.
Anonymous
04/10/2013 18:42
Subject: best place to sell car?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Carmax
Right, and know that you can probably add between $1,000 to $2,000 to that price by selling it yourself and still be attractive to a buyer who would pay even more by buying a used car from a dealer.
Right, but then you have to deal with a bunch if random people who want to come and test drive your car.
Anonymous
04/10/2013 18:32
Subject: best place to sell car?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:craigslist
beware craigslist. i share this story with you not to highlight that i did something stupid (which i fully admit i did) but that the extra cash is not necessarily worth the risk. i 'sold' my car to someone on craiglist and they gave me a bad check. it cleared right before the thanksgiving holiday weekend and reversed the following tuesday. guess who was no longer answering the phone or email?? and yes i *know* i should have gone to the bank with them to get the cash but he could only come at a certain time in the evening after banks were closed (red flag). i was so excited someone finally wanted my old car i jumped on it.
he did end up getting caught and serving time in jail, and i got full restitution, but it took 18 months and i had to be a witness in court. just not worth the hassle. go to carmax. i recently sold my '08 BMW there and they had the best price - we shopped multiple dealers and they came out ahead by almost $1k.
btw, a huge thanks to the fairfax county detectives who jumped all over this. if it had happened in MoCo or DC i would never had seen my money nor would this criminal have been caught. the police there are just not set up to work on this sort of stuff. the detective told me this criminal led him to a larger auto theft ring so hopefully more criminals are caught and in jail because of this idiot car thief.
well you should have asked for cash, not check. Do not do check transactions on craigslist, only cash
Anonymous
04/10/2013 17:44
Subject: best place to sell car?
If you sell it to a private party, insist on cash. Anything else can be forged.
Anonymous
04/09/2013 09:23
Subject: best place to sell car?
We just sold a car to someone on craigslist. Yes, you do have to be careful. BUT, it also can work out.
We placed ads on both Craigslist and AutoTrader, and the most traffic came from Craigslist. We also put a for sale sign on our car and parked it at the end of our driveway with my husband's phone number on it and got some calls from that, as well.
We placed ads on both Craigslist and AutoTrader, and the most traffic came from Craigslist. We also put a for sale sign on our car and parked it at the end of our driveway with my husband's phone number on it and got some calls from that, as well.
Anonymous
04/09/2013 09:07
Subject: best place to sell car?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:craigslist
beware craigslist. i share this story with you not to highlight that i did something stupid (which i fully admit i did) but that the extra cash is not necessarily worth the risk. i 'sold' my car to someone on craiglist and they gave me a bad check. it cleared right before the thanksgiving holiday weekend and reversed the following tuesday. guess who was no longer answering the phone or email?? and yes i *know* i should have gone to the bank with them to get the cash but he could only come at a certain time in the evening after banks were closed (red flag). i was so excited someone finally wanted my old car i jumped on it.
he did end up getting caught and serving time in jail, and i got full restitution, but it took 18 months and i had to be a witness in court. just not worth the hassle. go to carmax. i recently sold my '08 BMW there and they had the best price - we shopped multiple dealers and they came out ahead by almost $1k.
btw, a huge thanks to the fairfax county detectives who jumped all over this. if it had happened in MoCo or DC i would never had seen my money nor would this criminal have been caught. the police there are just not set up to work on this sort of stuff. the detective told me this criminal led him to a larger auto theft ring so hopefully more criminals are caught and in jail because of this idiot car thief.
Anonymous
04/09/2013 09:04
Subject: best place to sell car?
Anonymous wrote:craigslist
beware craigslist. i share this story with you not to highlight that i did something stupid (which i fully admit i did) but that the extra cash is not necessarily worth the risk. i 'sold' my car to someone on craiglist and they gave me a bad check. it cleared right before the thanksgiving holiday weekend and reversed the following tuesday. guess who was no longer answering the phone or email?? and yes i *know* i should have gone to the bank with them to get the cash but he could only come at a certain time in the evening after banks were closed (red flag). i was so excited someone finally wanted my old car i jumped on it.
he did end up getting caught and serving time in jail, and i got full restitution, but it took 18 months and i had to be a witness in court. just not worth the hassle. go to carmax. i recently sold my '08 BMW there and they had the best price - we shopped multiple dealers and they came out ahead by almost $1k.
Anonymous
04/09/2013 08:57
Subject: best place to sell car?
Anonymous wrote:Carmax
Right, and know that you can probably add between $1,000 to $2,000 to that price by selling it yourself and still be attractive to a buyer who would pay even more by buying a used car from a dealer.
Anonymous
04/09/2013 08:56
Subject: best place to sell car?
Anonymous wrote:craigslist
+1
Anonymous
04/09/2013 08:55
Subject: best place to sell car?
craigslist
Anonymous
04/09/2013 06:13
Subject: best place to sell car?
Carmax
Anonymous
04/09/2013 02:40
Subject: best place to sell car?
I'd start with getting a quote from Carmax, just as a reference point.
Anonymous
04/09/2013 02:02
Subject: best place to sell car?
We want to downsize to just 1 car and have an '06 BMW to sell. What sites do you recommend?