Re: Cars for Sale...What's a fair price
I sold my 2005 SSB SRT-6 Coupe back in May with 11K miles for $19,500.
How? Simple. I wrote a lengthy, detailed ebay ad that told the entire story of my car, took 100+ high quality photos of the car from my tripod to ensure clarity, hosted them on my own website at 8 megapixel resolution, and refused to take less than $19,500 for the car.
It took over four weeks, and I completed the sale off of ebay since the eventual buyer and I wound up in involved phone conversations that went past the end of the third auction listing I put up for the car.
Oh, and the remaining time on the CPO warranty and the MAX Care warranty helped the price, probably by about $1,500, based upon what my buyer said.
Condition, description, documentation and a good story are everything. Put it up on ebay,don't panic and don't lower your expectations on price. Write a good listing talking about YOUR car. Be patient. Take and host a lot of super high quality photos AND disclose every little tiny seemingly insignificant flaw with the car in writing and in photos. Detail maintenance you (and prior owners, if applicable) did to the car.
You can get your price for an SRT-6. I don't know if it applies to regular crossfires since there are 25 times as many as those on the market, but the SRT-6 is still a car of particular interest that can be sold for a non fire-sale price. It just takes time and work on your part.
(Also, it doesn't hurt that I live in New England, historically one of the most expensive used car markets in the country for good clean used cars.)
Last edited by Display_Name; Aug 15, 2009 at 09:25 AM.