Originally Posted by Dead Eye

Because if onehung seen brass in his neighborhood hanging around, cops would be called.

Originally Posted by Profits of Doom

I have this strange affinity for early to mid 80's luxury cars, so I go through phases where I'm buying and selling them. Trust me when I say Facebook Marketplace is going to be your best bet. If you post on Craigslist you are going to get 50 scammers for every one legitimate buyer, and if you post your phone number as your contact you're going to get constant Nigerians texting you day and night using the Google Voice app. I'm sure you've heard of all the Nigerian Paypal scams where they try and get you to ship your car, so I won't rehash them.

Facebook Marketplace isn't perfect, but at least you can get an actual profile to look through and vet. You'll get the occasional Nigerian with a fake profile contacting you, but for the most part Facebook is pretty good at catching them...

Originally Posted by sarettah

I have sold a lot of stuff on CL and FB including a couple of cars and my Harley.

1. Go to kbb and get the blue book value. Be honest with what all features it has and what condition it is in. This will give you your high and low.

2. Take lots of pictures. Make it so the buyer can see every inch of the vehicle without having to come see it. Too many people think they can sell a $20,000 car with 1 picture. The pictures are your strongest selling tool.

3. As others have said. Be honest in the ad about any issues. Also be honest about any enhancements or extras are involved.

4. List it at the high end of the blue book, possibly a little higher. Definitely higher than whatever price you actually want for it. That way you can come down in price if you need to. If you start at the price you want you have no room to haggle and many people still like ot do the haggle thing.

5. Don't list your address or phone number in the ad. Let all contact start at email, that way you can weed out the scammers. Get a gmail address just for the car sale. Use that when posting the CL ad. Do not give out the phone number or address until you know you have someone truly interested that has the cash.

6. Do not let anyone do a test drive without seeing the cash or at least holding something of theirs during the test drive. If need be, be an asshole and ride along on the test drive.

I did a quick look up on kbb and it appears, if you sold your car out here, that the range is from 22-25,5 or so. Probably higher where you are. If it is in excellent condition then price it up at the high end.

Good luck with the sale.

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