Honestly, OP, if you're not willing to do your research and the legwork, 10% is an acceptable commission.

After mulling it over, I think you'll come to understand this.

My DH uses Bring a Trailer. I don't know much about it, but he is stalking a car he had 30 years ago that he wants to just buy and sit in for nostalgic purposes (SMH)

We have a older 911 and the annual cost of maintenance (even tho we drive it less than1000 miles per year) is $2500. It's like money we would spend on a vacation (with nothing tangibleto show for it) so we view it like that. It makes my DH happy. My DH wants another one, so he jokes that he is going to buy me a "matching car", even though it's just his rationalization for another car to sit in the garage (that we don't have room for).

OP - maybe your husband is just rationalizing that it is your car, because otherwise it would make no sense to own it. I would just cut your losses and give the friend the 10% commission. If they do all of the work it's probably worth it.

Exotic car owner here. Tell us the model. Lamborghini? Ferrari? Porsche? Audi R8?

The market is very "thin" so you need to spread your wings wide. Bring a Trailer only accepts a few cars, so yours needs to be unique to get accepted. It can take a few weeks at least -- I have a friend who sold a very rare Alfa from the 1970s on there.

You can also try carsandbids.com from Doug DeMuro. It's good exposure -- he has over a million followers -- and they are a lot less selective.

You can indeed take it to Carmax. They will low-ball you since they are just going to send it for wholesale, probably to Carlisle. They don't sell cars that expensive on their lot.

Then there are enthusiast groups. The issue there is for many models, the numbers of people in there is not that many so it's a small market. I own a car by a rare automaker, and I'd guess only 1/3 of owners are active in the online forums/owner groups.

This is the dumbest bunch of responses and OP I have almost ever read. 96k is not "high end" that needs white glove sales treatment. Unload the damn thing at carmax or a dealer! Jesus.

Since when is $96k a high end car? Call the dealership and see if they will buy it back. Or pay the friend $10k to sell it or just see what Carmax will give you. This is not hard.

Pretty sure you can list by owner on cars.com and autotrader.com - have you checked those out?

Anonymous wrote:High end car requires a high-end salesperson. Why are rich people so cheap?

This.

Anonymous wrote:I have a high end car my DH bought for me for my bday 4 yrs ago. I also have a daily driver suv. I never drive my high end car and it’s sitting in our garage collecting dust and losing value! I discussed it with my DH and he isn’t happy I want to sell it but I told him I’d rather have that money growing rather than dwindling day by day. He told me to use his friend to sell it but he charges 10% which would amount to about 10k. I think that’s too high and would rather sell it myself. I need advice of how to go about this since my DH isn’t really on board and doesn’t want to help me. He also mentioned a site called Bring a Trailer but that site seems shady. How do I make the most money without paying high commissions ?

Use the friend. If you are asking these questions, you are not going to be able to negotiate a better deal than a professional. You can't even figure out how to find a buyer.

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Anonymous wrote:When you say high end do you mean a late model 911 or a Ferrari F40? Answer is going to vary based off type of car.

2015 he paid 140k for. Blue book is 96k. I’d rather not say the model for privacy reasons but it’s gorgeous.

ok, so it's obviously a 911 which narrows the field down to 50% of middle-aged dads in Great Falls and Potomac.

Sorry wrong !

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Anonymous wrote:When you say high end do you mean a late model 911 or a Ferrari F40? Answer is going to vary based off type of car.

2015 he paid 140k for. Blue book is 96k. I’d rather not say the model for privacy reasons but it’s gorgeous.

ok, so it's obviously a 911 which narrows the field down to 50% of middle-aged dads in Great Falls and Potomac.

Anonymous wrote:I think you need to use DH's friend. If you use any third party you will have to pay a commission of some sort. If you try to sell it yourself you will have to deal with all sorts of people who have no intention of buying it but want to drive it or see it or whatever.

Yes you’re probably right. I think I’ll try BaT first for the $350 and go from there.

I think you need to use DH's friend. If you use any third party you will have to pay a commission of some sort. If you try to sell it yourself you will have to deal with all sorts of people who have no intention of buying it but want to drive it or see it or whatever.

Your options are limited. Who is going to buy in on Craig's list? Sure, maybe somebody.

Anonymous wrote:Call your local dealership and see if they will buy it.

Boy obviously lots of people on here willing to take the gas pipe. Of course a dealership will buy it for probably 60% of its value so they can turn around and sell it and make a fortune.

Find local marque club(s) and advertise via website etc, you’ll get more knowledgeable buyers more likely and perhaps less b,s.

Hard to know without knowing what the vehicle is, could be a dog to sell.