I decided to sell my car on the internet
Recently I was given a promotion, and with the boost in pay I decided it was time to buy a new car. That meant I had to sell my car, and like many people today I’m very busy, my goal was to sell it as fast and easy as possible. I decided that the best way to sell my car was online. I was not interested in taking a trade in with me to the dealership because I knew that would be a hassle.
Online options
I did my research like a good girl and narrowed down my options. I had one of several choices to decide from.
1. I could place an ad in the online version of my local newspaper.
2. I could place an ad on Auto Trader or another of the big online auto selling services
3. I could utilize one of the many online services to help me sell my car.
The best solution
In fact, I tried all three. I figured I could make an experiment of it and see which method worked the best. That way in the future I would know the best way.
Here were my results:
Online newspaper ad
This option forced me to make my contact information available to strangers and being a single woman that is not something I will never do again. Although I got lots of interested perspective buyers, it took a great deal of time to sort through them. Not to mention meeting people and test driving with them is nerve wracking.
I decided without a doubt that this was not an option I’d choose to sell my car in the future.
Online Auto Trader
This option was much the same as the newspaper ad in that it required me to deal with lots of strangers. Even when meeting them in a public place I had to go for test drives with them. These are essentially do-it-yourself options, and not only did they take up a lot of my time, but I had to ask a male friend to accompany me and that means it took up his time too.
As with the above option, I wouldn’t go this route again.