Craigslist cars for sale

"PartyPooper2012" (PartyPooper2012) 06/17/2016 at 09:00 • Filed to: None

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So as I’m browsing the craigslist posts of cars for sale, I see prices anywhere from $20 to infinity. Made me think... at what price point do you say to yourself - perhaps I should get a professional involved. That I guess applies to both - buyer and seller.

How comfortable is it really to have some stranger meet you to look at your $crazy money car.

I guess my tolerance for big numbers is low. I would want a small military in the backyard in case the weirdo wants to try something funny.

Flavien Vidal > PartyPooper2012 06/17/2016 at 09:04

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I have no limit. If I want to buy, I solely look at people who can spell properly, describe their cars accurately and can take decent pictures. Never had a problem. Most expensive car I ever bought was the Fiat Dino Coupe and transaction was perfect.

Wrong Wheel Drive (41%) > PartyPooper2012 06/17/2016 at 09:07

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All the “professional” adds is a middleman and overhead costs. Unless he/she can get you more money overall than you are losing by hiring someone, then its not going to be worth it. But you also have to consider “time is money” so if this broker of sorts saved you 40 hours of labor in trying to sell an obscure, expensive car then I imagine it being worthwhile.

PartyPooper2012 > Wrong Wheel Drive (41%) 06/17/2016 at 09:13

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honestly, I don’t even know what kind of professional I would need here. Just saying I wouldn’t feel good about exchanging say 60K in a parking lot

Slant6 > PartyPooper2012 06/17/2016 at 09:14

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The expensive cars on craigslist usually go for cash, which is nice because you can low key get out of some taxes that way.

PartyPooper2012 > Flavien Vidal 06/17/2016 at 09:14

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was it $10k, $50K $100K $million?

Like... do you bring cash to parking lot behind wallmart and buy your dino?

PartyPooper2012 > Slant6 06/17/2016 at 09:15

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Shhhh... don’t say that on the internets. Uncle Sam reads this...

Rustholes-Are-Weight-Reduction > Flavien Vidal 06/17/2016 at 09:16

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Proper spelling doesn’t always ensure the seller is OK, I have bought shitty cars from educated people as well as good cars from idiots.
I prefer the latter, it generally helps in the negociations.

Slant6 > PartyPooper2012 06/17/2016 at 09:18

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Uncle Sam

Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To > PartyPooper2012 06/17/2016 at 09:22

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Anything over $3k and I’d be meeting at the bank.

Flavien Vidal > PartyPooper2012 06/17/2016 at 09:24

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lol, no but I would tend to think over a certainly level, people stop giving appointment at Walmart to sell a car. You call the guy, talk about the car, its history, what paper history they have of the car, then usually just talk in general and meet him at his place. The guy had a Detomaso Pantera that he started for me too. We made the deal, I gave him a certified check and I drove 800km back home with it. The Dino was the cheapest one all over europe BTW, 23000$ roughly. It’s in Japan with me now, body work and paint being done...

And usually, for more average cars, just the first meet up is done on the parking lot of a walmart. Then if you decide to buy it, you drive back to your home or his home to do the paper work and have a coffee...

I understand it can be different for a 500$ car, but that’s how I deal when I sell cars too.

For more expensive cars, I also ask for the name of the guy before even going, so I can do the certified check BEFORE even seeing the car. If the car is 20k$, I do a 16k$ certified check and take the rest in cash so I can negociate the price. Works very well, all the time.

Flavien Vidal > Rustholes-Are-Weight-Reduction 06/17/2016 at 09:32

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Sure but it’s a start. When someone can’t take decent pictures to sell a car or spell the brand of his car correctly (“Datsan 240z”), I don’t even bother.

Rustholes-Are-Weight-Reduction > Flavien Vidal 06/17/2016 at 09:45

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It sure is a start, but I’d still check out a Datsan 240Z with no pictures at all (god I hate those ads), because 240Z, I’d be happy finding even a crappy one.

TheREALShaniaTwain69 > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To 06/17/2016 at 10:48

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Yeah, that’s what I did. Recently sold a my car to someone I was a little wary about (who turned out to be fine), but I just found a branch of my bank half the distance between the two of us, met up, did a test drive, then walked in the bank. He handed me $6,500 cash, I handed it directly to the teller, she ran it through the counter and deposited it in my account. I then asked (and the bank obliged) to use one of their empty desks for me and the guy to sit down and complete the bill of sale & title transfer. It was great, and I think both parties felt protected.

PartyPooper2012 > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To 06/17/2016 at 10:59

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Sir, you don’t have an account with us. Please stop coming into our branch... and especially quit driving your crappy corolla into the building. This is the third time this week.

Wrong Wheel Drive (41%) > PartyPooper2012 06/17/2016 at 15:06

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You could always do it in a bank or one of those AAA autoclubs if you have those. Naturally you would want some sort of notarized bill of sale I guess too. I imagine there are ways to lower the risk and make it less sketchy.

Twinpowermeansoneturbo > PartyPooper2012 06/18/2016 at 10:40

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A few years back I bought a WRX on Craigslist for $20k. It was very simple. I got a bank check for the car and met the seller at the DMV. Test drove, gave him the check, and he signed the title over. He was nice enough to stick around while I waited to get plates too, just so that there were no issues.

PartyPooper2012 > Twinpowermeansoneturbo 06/20/2016 at 06:11

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Awesome.