"BJohnson11" (brettjohnson01)
09/01/2013 at 15:47 • Filed to: None
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"BJohnson11" (brettjohnson01)
09/01/2013 at 15:47 • Filed to: None | 0
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If you saw !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! post yesterday, I'm selling my grandma's Prius that she let me drive for the summer (I had an 80 mile/day commute). I thought a price tag of $7000 was optimistic, but I've already gotten 5 calls about it and a couple of texts as well. Sweet! I think I'll hold pretty firm on the 7 grand price. With that amount of interest, I should have no trouble getting it.
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GhostZ
> BJohnson11
09/01/2013 at 15:58 |
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Inflated value. People buy priuses for more than just the facts about them these days.
I'd relist for 10,000 and sit on it a few weeks, let someone talk you down to 8500/9000. Although if the Priuses (prii?) on my campus are any indication, they will fork out 12k-20k for anything with a Toyota badge, even if the ad doesn't list anything except make or model. They make their purchasing decisions as if the cars were toasters.
daender
> BJohnson11
09/01/2013 at 15:58 |
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That's good to hear! I wonder how many of those are eco-hipsters trying to own the original Prius before the Prius became popular, haha.
shinsen
> GhostZ
09/01/2013 at 17:12 |
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Hey,
On your first point, any car that is REMOTELY desirable becomes way overpriced on Craigslist....for example...kelly blue book for a na miata 1.5k....every day there are tons that are listed for 4k and up....and that's for a 16 year old car...
In your case, I would list it for 1k more than you want and then haggle a person down 1k.
This reminds me, I have a new episode of wheeler dealers on dvr!
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GhostZ
> shinsen
09/01/2013 at 17:19 |
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KBB is, nowadays, useless for most cars that are more than 4 years old. Craigslist prices are usually inflated by locality. The further away you are from high-population areas with more cars for sale, the bigger the gap in shipping costs means its in your favor to find a car locally. Only when the # of cars becomes scarce does the price really start jumping.
You also have to consider that while some cars are listed for 4k, they may not actually sell for 4k. Miata prices are jumping really high these last few years, because most of the owners are putting higher value on their cars (won't sell them easily) while they become less common at the same time.
There's no point in over-listing and then haggling down if he can already sell it at 7k without trouble. If people really do want to go after the Prius for 7k, sit on it a little bit and get 8k for it.