Comments on: Sell Your Car Yourself, Screw the Dealership – Part 2

By: Clint@CarDealers

Clint@CarDealers — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 10:08:09 +0000

Nice Info Kyle. We should keep in mind those precautions while buying a used car. Also you are right images are very important they show the reality of car and make a nice picture of the car in buyer’s mind.

By: elan

elan — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 05:14:33 +0000

are people buying all sorts of different priced cars on craigslist? What I’m saying is, do people buy expensive cars on craigs list?

Also, how do you avoid getting scammed? Do you go with them to the bank to do the deposit? Do you check driver’s license?

By: Kevin@OutOfYourRut

Kevin@OutOfYourRut — Fri, 14 May 2010 13:31:01 +0000

Thanks for showing us the better way Kyle! Whenever I work with a car dealer, I can never escape the deep conviction that I’ll either pay more or get less than the best sale price/trade in. Anything done to eliminate dealers is a step toward financial sanity.

We’ll be selling a car soon, and while I’ve been hearning a lot about Craigslist, I’ve been a bit reluctant…until now reading this post.
.-= Kevin@OutOfYourRutÂ´s last blog ..Why Leasing a Car is a Bad Deal =-.

By: Kyle

Kyle — Thu, 13 May 2010 13:15:57 +0000

On the pictures, I actually had I think 6 photos. The side shot, front, back, front seats, back seats, trailer hitch. I tried to make sure I had it all covered so people could see there were no major dings or dents. I wouldn’t have taken a money order but I did accept a cashiers check, it didn’t occur to me a cashiers check could be forged but I guess it is possible.

By: Aaron @ Clarifinancial

Aaron @ Clarifinancial — Thu, 13 May 2010 13:11:42 +0000

You did a great job of using a title that sticks out a little bit from other potential search results by starting it with “4×4″. You also included a lot of keywords that people would search on. For this particular vehicle, I would have mentioned “Honda Passport” in the bottom somewhere because they are siblings and anyone looking for a Passport should consider the Rodeo.

I sold a car in a day for more than I would have settled for on Craigslist. I didn’t have a clear title at the time, but that didn’t slow things down. Check your state’s laws. For a technical buyer, mentioning maintenance records (if you kept them) is great, as well as listing the VIN number, and go ahead and pull the CarFax report for them.

Also, the most common question is “why are you selling the car”, so answering that in the ad is the right. If you phrase it right, it can even help elevate your car above others. And figuring out how your car will be cross-shopped will help your description. Mentioning leather seats and other features in our Mazda Protege 5 helped it compare against VW GTI’s instead of VW Golf wagons.

I like that photo, but I would want to see at least one interior photo and possibly one more exterior photo. They should be as descriptive as possible – driver’s seat angle of dash and 3/4 exterior shots.

Also, make sure that you take cash, cash, or cash. If they want to give you a money order, check, cashier’s check or anything else, just meet up at their bank so they can give you cash.