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Best way to sell a 2006 VW Golf?

Started by Monsterlover, February 11, 2011, 07:05:55 AM

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Monsterlover

February 11, 2011, 07:05:55 AM
I have some friends with an 06 Golf they want to sell (daughter's car in college that's unneeded)  They've tried Ebay and only got calls from companies that want to sell the car for them.

Craigslist has not worked well either. 

Would they be better off on autotrader or a specific vw forum?

I hate to send them to a forum because you know how it goes when someone with one post puts up a car to sell (if they'll let someone with one post do that)

Thoughts?
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ducpainter

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February 11, 2011, 07:15:06 AM
How about selling it to a dealer?

If the car is in good shape, clean, and under 100K it would be of interest to them.
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ducatiz

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February 11, 2011, 08:16:47 AM
first off, have it detailed.  it's worth it.  place near me will shampoo and clean the interior for $100.  hand wax and polish the outside for another $100, which includes hand-cleaning the wheels.  this makes the car look taken care of. 

how's the mechanical condition?  have a mechanic go over it and find anything wrong with it.  either fix it or prepare to lower the price for that.  any dents/rust? 

lastly, where are you?  plenty of places right now aren't moving cars.  best time to sell a car like that is 2-3 months before college starts as parents buy their spoiled rotten piece of shit kids a car to drive while at school.   

i put my volvo up for sale a while back, nearly perfect shape and asked 6000.  i got a few nibbles and 2 offers for under $4000.  no way.  i waited until last june.  had it detailed as above and put it up for sale with tons of pics on craigslist. 

i got 3 people interested right away, the winner offered me $5800 and i told him i'd wait for the extra $200 and that was it, he just wrote the check for $6000. 
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#3
February 11, 2011, 08:54:23 AM
Without knowing the car's condition/history and asking price, I am not able to comment too much.  I do believe that you can sell any car if you price it right for the local market.  Price it appropriately and get it detailed, as ducatiz suggested, and you just might get some interest. 

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February 11, 2011, 09:11:42 AM
If it didn't sell on Ebay or CL they probably want too much money for it given the season and or condition of the car. 

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February 11, 2011, 09:48:43 AM
Quote from: Vindingo on February 11, 2011, 09:11:42 AM
If it didn't sell on Ebay or CL they probably want too much money for it given the season and or condition of the car. 

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Drjones

#6
February 11, 2011, 09:50:50 AM
Personally I don't like Ebay especially for buying anything worth thousands.  Too many scammers on there and I want to be able to personally see the item before dropping thousands.  That means only dealing locally.  Autotrader, CL, Green Sheet, etc.

If they're looking to dump the car yesterday and are willing to take wholesale offers then Carmax, dealerships, local used car buying companies, etc.
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February 13, 2011, 08:05:19 AM
id reccomend doing something like this with it.  me and my  buddies do this every fall at the local county fairs its alot of fun and you always at least get scrap value out of the car plus alot of fun driving in the process

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#8
February 14, 2011, 01:01:17 PM
Sometimes you gotta go old school:

http://www.americanclassifieds.com/

Thats where I look for used cars.... but I get the free one from the grocery store... not online.
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February 14, 2011, 09:51:16 PM
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#10
February 14, 2011, 11:20:19 PM
Quote from: ducatiz on February 11, 2011, 08:16:47 AM
best time to sell a car like that is 2-3 months before college starts as parents buy their spoiled rotten piece of shit kids a car to drive while at school.   

[laugh]

oh wait, my ass rode a bicycle for the first 3 months :-\, it was a chick magnet! by chicks i mean dirty bums trying to steal my pimp ride.
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