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[ericervin]

I've sold my 96 Maxima, 2010 Camaro and 2011 Genesis Coupe online. It was an absolute headache, but by the time I sold the Genesis Coupe I was smarter at weeding out the crooks and time wasters. All I had to do was mention the meet up location--police department--and they would run for the hills. Immediately stop communicating with me. LOL.

[BatCaveOz]

Alternate Title -
"Notorious low-baller gets annoyed when he receives lowball offers".

[chipholland]

I had an older Accord I wanted to sell. I only wanted $1200 for it, but I would get people calling me asking if I'd take payments. No, I'm not going to chase you down every Friday for my $100. Eventually I sold it to a lady who had cash. But she didn't know how to drive a manual, so I gave her some quick instruction, and watched her bunny-hop the clutch down the road.

[justinturner]

Buyer: what’s your lowest price?
Seller: $10, 000
Buyer: okay, yeah it’s a really nice car. Would you take $2, 000?

[richardg]

Love Doug's stories but when he talks I reflexively check my wallet.

[johnmcginn]

I was selling a 2004 325i for 3500, some dude offers me 100 0 so I sent him some non running rust buckets that were actually 1000 dollars, and said here’s some cars in your price range, and the guy got super pissed .

[ShowMeWhatINeedToKnow]

I just had a guy on Craigslist look at my car, brag about what great shape it is in, not find anything wrong with it, and then offer me $2K less than my asking price. And i's only a $6500 car. Why go look at a $6500 car you're only willing to pay $4500 for? What a waste of time! Second: Most $4500 cars, in this market, are in PRETTY ROUGH shape. Hence they are probably going to buy a $4800 car, then put $3000 into it, so they end up at $7500. People need to use their brains.

[ZipKickGo]

I got offered $500 cash now on a $1000 car, someone wanted to trade dogs for my car, other times I sold a bike $3800 firm and they showed up with $3000 and went home with an empty trailer.

[terrylessmann]

Doug is right - selling a car yourself is difficult. Scammers and low ballers take the fun out of it, plus it takes time and effort. But it's all worth it when a real buyer swoops in out of left field and completes a sale. Sometimes ya gotta wade thru a cesspool to find the diamond.

[awsomo]

Sold my 07 Toyota Yaris in 2021. Had 193k miles. In good shape. Blue book was 2700. Priced it firm at 2500. Was in way better shape than other listings. Dealers had the same vehicle for between 4k with a salvage title and 6k. Way overpriced. Was the best deal on a Yaris within 250 miles that wasn't wrecked or had a salvage title, etc.

Within 5 minutes had a "buyer" reach out and offer $1000 as that's all they had. They were 7 hours away and wanted me to meet them halfway. Said my vehicle was worth $1000 and that's all they'd pay. Could've been a real person but most likely some car flipper or shady ass individual.

It sold for full price 3 days later to a young girl needing a cheap, reliable vehicle.

I hate selling cheap cars. I always price them right. Don't negotiate. Most people don't like that. They all want a deal. I list appropriately and don't move on price.

[trcythmpsn]

I took my c5 off marketplace after a few days. The amount of idiots was just to much. Now its a spare car to my c8.

[silversolb]

My favorite message I have got selling cars " is how dare you ask fair market value for your car" like Im suppose to discount it because I posted on on market place.

[partan]

I was fresh out of college and broke as can be. I ended up flipping my personal car 3 times, each time pocketing some cash and upgrading to a cooler car. I averaged about 30% return but what people who want to jump into this need to understand it can take a month to find the right car and 3 months to sell. If you're flipping your personal ride, every deal needs to be a winner so do research and never jump into anything you wouldn't want to own 👍

[noelht]

2:17 His grandfather owning an entire mountain is one of the coolest things I’ve ever heard. Oh I’ve got a nice garden. Yeah I’ve got a mountain!

[wateriver]

15 years ago I posted my dad‘s 1997 Toyota pick up truck for sale. 4 x 4 with some nice 20 inch rims. Truck was flawless. Took two months to sell. A week after posting it on craigslist we had a buyer for it. Said they would come over the next day. They actually did but the next day that truck was sitting on cinderblocks. Took two weeks to track down who stole it because they were trying to offload it at a nearby park about half a mile away. It’s nearing a month trying to sell it and the truck itself gets stolen. Three weeks later it was in an impound lot up in Sacramento. When we went to pick it up the truck was still in good shape aside from the door locks and ignition. Took about a week to get that sorted. And another week for it to get sold. But not before somebody trying to buy it and wanting to trade their Miata for it. We were asking $3500 for it and they wanted to trade their Miata plus $500 because they claimed it had performance modifications and the sound system. Maybe it did maybe it didn’t But the point is we didn’t want to Miata. That’s probably the craziest trying to sell a car story I have.

[Kharma]

Starting the day with a doug story warms my heart, almost makes the 4⁰ weather bearable

[viscountalpha]

"That 12k truck, would you take 6k? It needs these headstuds and it's that iffy v6." 😅😂😅

[firesurfer]

I worked for Macy's in the 70s. It taught me to ALWAYS be on guard and never take anything for granted. I just don't get upset anymore. This is the deal, take it or Goodby. That's it. No exceptions. Just go away.

[MattKubik]

This is so true. I hate dealing with marketplace, I have a lot of stuff I wouldn’t mind giving a new home but I’m hanging on to it just so I don’t have to list it for sale. 😂

[VINwiki]

What is your most painful story from trying to sell a car?