Selling a car for $20k:
> 5 messages
> "Hi can I get the VIN for a carfax report"
> "If all looks good, will you take 18500?"
> buyer shows up with a bank draft and registration/insurance
> Total time on market: 11 days
Selling a car for $2k:
> 400 messages
> "Will you take it to my mechanic in the middle of a workday so he can look at it?"
> "hi I have $600 let me know we have deal"
> "does it come with service records?, when was the last time the time the muffler bearings were done?"
> People claim they're on the way to see it and never show
> "Will you knock $750 off the price because the windshield is cracked?"
> "Will you trade for three XBox 360's and a mountain bike?
> "I'm interested buy I'm out of town for the next 8 months, will you hold it for me with no deposit?"
> Obvious paypal scams
> 4ft tall filipino shows up to test drive it, fucks the seat position beyond all repair and leaves without making an offer
> "Hi this is Keith Shitterson from Kunkleman Hyundai, we'd like to buy your car. Come by and I'm sure we can get you approved on a $65000 tucson"
> Total time on market: 60 days
Buying and selling shitboxes was fun 10 years ago, but the rise of Facebook Marketplace and the fall-off of it's competitors has completely fucked everything up.
I got real lucky getting rid of my last shitbox. Guy calls me, offers the right amount if I can drop it off. I say yes and he straight up wires me the funds. Doesn't even want to look at it.
Arrive at the office of a construction company and am told to take a picture of where I parked and leave the key with the receptionist.
The guy who called me isn't even there, he's in another city.
That literally sounds like a GTA mission
well we cant all live the dream
>have $5000 car, better than average exterior, interior, and mileage
>willing to take $4000
>"$2500?"
>"$3000 cash"
>"lmk"
Probably the worst thing that happened to me was I was selling a running/kind of driving truck for $1,900. Vietnamese immigrant, FOB, was thinking about buying it
Literally told him that he shouldn't buy it unless he's super desperate, even for the $1,500 he offered me lmao
> 4ft tall filipino shows up to test drive it, fucks the seat position beyond all repair and leaves without making an offer
would you believe me if I told you that this very same thing has happened to me 3 times?
israelites aren’t the problem after all. It’s the god damn Filipinos
How do you even fuck up the seat position mechanism?
His seat rusted in place cause he hasn't adjusted it in years
Well at least start making horrible offers
>"does it come with service records?, when was the last time the time the muffler bearings were done?"
>> "Will you knock $750 off the price because the windshield is cracked?"
I am sure you are exaggerating the muffler bearing scenario but those seem reasonable questions. Obviously you are supposed to counter with or tell them no
In this day and age just finding a running driving car for 2k is a great deal, you absolutely should not expect it to have a fucking file of service records
>Be cheapskate
>Shopping for $2k shitboxes cause im bored with my 22 year old shitbox
> They all seem shittier than the $1500 year 2002 Hyundai I bought 10 years ago and drive reliably and comfortable.
>Need service records cause your car was known for various issues that aren't worth fucking with
> Sellers don't want to answer basic questions about how the car works
> End up paying 3x as much buying from a dealer cause hes not a complete fucking asshole
Fuck you retarded sellers. I know that most of the used cars are trouble, im trying to figure out if its worth it. Answering basic questions politely gets the car sold unless its too fucked up to deal with. Being a rude sketchy asshole prolongs your misery.
>Being a rude sketchy asshole prolongs my misery.
fixed.
My $2k shitbox that I bought from a scumbag car flipper came with a clean title, 1 registered owner and 30 years of service records (I purchased it about 1 year ago)
>kunkleman hyundai
fucking furries
No, furries fuck in a Toyota Matrix. Why do you think they love all that cargo space?
>Scambook
Now there's your problem.
The biggest problem with facebook marketplace right now is people completely overpricing their cars. Every listing I see for an interesting car at a good price is sold within a week. Stuff that's overpriced sits there a while and people gradually reduce it. Lexus LS400s are a prime example. People try to list them for like 8-10k if they're under 200k miles, and they're up for weeks or months at a time. Someone posts a listing for 4500 its sold within a few days.
If it's taking you a long time to sell your car, that means it's overpriced, simple as.
>OP learns how normies ruin everything
probably the only good thing to cone out of forums dying is that you're more likely to have much better experiences buying and selling shit through them since the people that still use them are usually not fantastically retarded
>Selling a car for $2k:
Yeah when you're down in that price category you need to a big think on whether it's worth the hassle when a cash for junk scrapping outfit will likely give you between $500 and $800 for it no questions asked.