anybody ever sell a car on ebay ?
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my brother has. Take tons of pictures of the car (like 20 or so). Be very descriptive in your add, especially mentioning what might be wrong with the car. If you want it to sell, pay the extra 20 bucks to make it a feature auction, start the price at 99 cents and put no reserve on it. List it for 7 days. Have confidence in ebay, and don't worry about it not bringing enough money. Starting it low and putting it with no reserve gets the interest piqued for lots of people who will bid against each other and get the price elevated. Bidders are automatically turned off if your starting price is high and if you have a reserve. NR (NO RESERVE) really grabs their attention. GL!
Also, start your auction on a Saturday or Sunday evening so it will end at the same time 1 week later. Having it end at a high usage time really helps.
Also, start your auction on a Saturday or Sunday evening so it will end at the same time 1 week later. Having it end at a high usage time really helps.
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Haven't sold one, but i bought one about 6 months ago. I can tell you from the buyers perspective that as 6/5 says, take pictures of EVERYTHING, inside and out and even underneath. Also i was uninterested in bidding on auctions with no reserve. If you won't take less than a certain price, then list it for that price; don't reserve it.
i have sold a few cars on ebay and always got a fair price if that what your concerned about. The one thing i would never do again is let the person pick up car at your residence or place of buisness/work this also goes for selling thru auto trader. its along story but i picked up guy at airport brought him to my house he took car back to sacramento drove all night called me about seven in the morning said car drove fine but a rear speaker was not working and headliner had a tear he called me everyname in the book was going to report me to his cop friends and come back down and shoot me. Needless to say i was a liitle nervous i sent he 300 to make him happy and never heard from him again. When i first picked him up from airport i had a felling he was on some kind of drug he never sttopped talking and was pacing in my house the whole time. by the way the car was a 90s acura legend that sold for 4500
warner said:
hahah one of the best posts ive read in a while... i woulda done the same and just sent the guy the $...
My brother sold his rv on e-bay. he didn't have bids on it, he just had a lot of pictures and his price. A man from Denver bought it and sent my brother a third down after talking with my brothers banker. He then flew in from Denver with the rest of the money and drove the rv home......My brother first tried the local paper and didn't get but 4 inquires in this town of 200,000...Sold it the 2nd day on e-bay...
SixFive said:
I've bought one and sold one on ebay and SixFive pretty much nailed it down with this post. Everything you need to know he mentioned.
Good luck!
kneifl
i think if anybody buys a car from pictures on the net, he needs a check up from the neck up....
AR182 said:
Al, you would be surprised how many people buy cars over the net. You would usually call the seller and make sure that it's okay, running well, and that you could test drive it before purchasing it like most people do. I'm not the only person that I know that has done this either - my boss at work has, and I have several friends that have done so as well.
kneifl
kneifl said:
i haven't bought a used car in a long time..but when i did i didn't rely on the seller to tell me that the car is okay....i brought it into a mecahnic of my choosing to tell me the status of the car.
imo, anybody buying or selling a car on the net is asking for trouble.
--along the same lines --what would one suggest as best way to sell older classic car--I got one I been wanting to sell for 10 years--but to damn lazy to do the leg work.
DOGS THAT BARK said:
you have an old classic car?? What kind?? Call Clay; he'll know how to get it done.
