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Car selling tips for Cragislist?

HappyHighwayman

HappyHighwayman

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My friend is trying to sell her 2001 BMW 330i. It's had a lot of work done and a lot of stuff replaced and is currently running well. Had over 110,000 miles.

She basically put a photo, listed the recent service and all the features.

What tips can you give me to advise her to give the ad a little more "zing" and encourage people to come take a look?
 
These are all excellent ideas. I wonder how many men would actually buy the car if that was the real offer ;)
 
Price the car well. Basically pick the KBb value, the Excellent choice. I'm sure her car is super clean.

Leave only email in the ad, and announce that, you'll basically be gone for the week and will not respond to emails.

Good luck:thumbup
 
AbsolutEnduser said:
Price the car well. Basically pick the KBb value, the Excellent choice. I'm sure her car is super clean.

Leave only email in the ad, and announce that, you'll basically be gone for the week and will not respond to emails.

Good luck:thumbup
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lol. I feel her asking price is unrealistic. She's posted the KBB excellent price, which is not a great description of the condition...
 
It's Craigslist...when a buyer shows up with the money, rob them.
 
Yup, NADA is typically much more accurate. KBB is often a joke. I'd look up NADA, compare to KBB, laugh, then look at comps in the area and come up with a price.
 
Beauregard said:
Really, on Craigslist it's the price that sells. She could have a monkey write the ad and if she priced it right it will sell. In my experience "zing" isn't a very effective tool for CL postings.
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That's it right there. Beau knows best.
 
Beauregard said:
Really, on Craigslist it's the price that sells. She could have a monkey write the ad and if she priced it right it will sell. In my experience "zing" isn't a very effective tool for CL postings.
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I've just seen the difference between a motorcycle craigslist add that immediately says "Owned by competent individual who remembered to change the oil and take care of it" vs. "Can barely spell his own name and didn't even list the mileage" type ads though.
 
Put a picture of her jumping the car. Nothing sells like a picture of a car jumping:
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And since CL is full of bottom feeders, it has to be a bargain price or it won't go. If she wants decent money for it, Autotrader might be another option. An HJ might help, tho.
 
Be very clear that it's NO TRADES in the ad or more than half the responses you get will be clowns looking to unload something + cash.

Last car I sold on CL I forgot to say no trades in the ad and some guy offered to trade me the Corvette straight across for a Boss Hoss motorcycle.
 
wow... I guess it's priced about 1.5K too high. That's a big %age. I checked KBB (maybe I forgot to put auto-transmission, if the default is 'manual')

and.. you said "a lot of stuff done" but to me it looks like routine maintenance. Everything except the radiator, seems routine:
"new tires, brakes, radiator, starter, thermostat, hoses and belts"

I mean, tires come and go. "hoses"... they break from time-wear all the time. I had one even replaced for free for example.
 
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