Best way to sell my car online?

StephenK · 07-23-2003, 10:09 AM

Hey all,

I need to get rid of my car, (moving to a bigger place and can't afford to do both). I listed it on Yahoo classifieds, but I'm not getting enough "eyeballs". Anyone have any ideas how to get the widest exposure? I'm in NYC btw. Cars.com charges $35 and autotrader.com charges $45.

FYI, this is a mint 2002 Audi A6 3.0 with 6,650 miles. Kills me to lose it.

Thanks
Steve

Philip_G · 07-23-2003, 12:19 PM

I've tried both cars.com and autotrader and wasn't pleased with either. I ran an ad in the local paper and sold it 2 days later.
BTW my local paper runs an ad in the paper and on cars.com for like 60 bucks.

Scott L · 07-23-2003, 02:42 PM

I'm searching for a car right now.. I mainly use autotrader.com and cars.com.

Lee L · 10-09-2003, 10:23 AM

OK, I fiugured I would dredge this up instead of starting a new thread.

I am getting ready to try to sell my 2001 Jeep Cherokee. I looked at listings at Autotrader.com and every single listing is from a dealer. Do no private sellers use it anymor?. I will try my local newspaper but I'm looking for max exposure here. Any other tips?

StephenK · 10-09-2003, 11:46 AM

Lee,

I posted at Cars.com, Autotrader.com and yahoo classified. I think I got about 6 series leads from yahoo, 3 or 4 from cars.com and 10+ from autotrader. ymmv.

Good luck

ps it sold off the yahoo ad, but after I sold it, a better offer came from autotrader.

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Eric_L · 10-09-2003, 03:40 PM

I had good luck with EBAY motors myself.

DonnyD · 10-09-2003, 06:28 PM

I tried to sell a Yamaha waverunner in my local paper for several weeks with no serious offers........ then ran it on ebay and it sold in 4 hours. This was in May at the beginning of the water season and it was a mint machine..... Ebay was good to me and no BS during the sale.

Lee L · 10-10-2003, 09:22 AM

So does EBAY motors allow you to place a set price ad? I guess I could just put a high reserve on it, I just don;t know that much about selling stuff on ebay, much less the auto side of things.

Josh Lowe · 10-10-2003, 10:26 AM

one more vote for autotrader.com

i put my car on at.com last year and it sold for my asking price in two weeks. i was pleased.

Tim K · 10-10-2003, 10:43 PM

I sold my 2001 Grand Cherokee using cars.com and autotrader.com back in July. It sold to a guy from Autotrader after about 2 1/2 weeks listed. Well worth the prices paid as I got what I was hoping for.