E-bay
Safety Car
Joined: May 2008
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From: Lafayette Louisiana
Sold my 93 on ebay a few months ago.
Sold my 93 on ebay a few months ago to pay for my 76 and got a pretty good fair price for it. Ebay opens you up to a national audience and many more potential buyers. My 93 in Louisiana went to Colorado on a transport 
Few suggestions:
*check completed ebay listings for selling price, pricing the car correctly, not too high and using a no reserve starting price that is the absolute lowest that you will take is the best way to go, I think.
*Post many many pictures and pictures of the stuff that we all know buyers will want to see, like potential rust areas (frame, birdcage, ect. Really, why not pull the kickpanels and show a photo? The buyer will want to see this, so show them!)
*honest and accurate description of the car, good and bad. Write your description and get somebody else to critique it. It is too easy to over describe a car that you like and want to get top dollar for.
Good luck! And the market is down now as everybody knows or a buyers market with lots of great deals to choose from!!
Few suggestions:
*check completed ebay listings for selling price, pricing the car correctly, not too high and using a no reserve starting price that is the absolute lowest that you will take is the best way to go, I think.
*Post many many pictures and pictures of the stuff that we all know buyers will want to see, like potential rust areas (frame, birdcage, ect. Really, why not pull the kickpanels and show a photo? The buyer will want to see this, so show them!)
*honest and accurate description of the car, good and bad. Write your description and get somebody else to critique it. It is too easy to over describe a car that you like and want to get top dollar for.
Good luck! And the market is down now as everybody knows or a buyers market with lots of great deals to choose from!!
Safety Car
Joined: Sep 2007
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From: Indy Indiana
pricing a car is most important.. but the fact is, EBAY is for a buyer that buys a car sight unseen, since most buyers won't do it, the seller rarely gets his price... you will onlyl get top dollar for a car that is clean and well represented with ample access to inspect. Do you know how many lawsuits there are out there from buyers that bought a car sight unseen, or just looked it over for 10 minutes and made a quick decision?
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From: About 1100 miles from where I call home.
pricing a car is most important.. but the fact is, EBAY is for a buyer that buys a car sight unseen, since most buyers won't do it, the seller rarely gets his price... you will onlyl get top dollar for a car that is clean and well represented with ample access to inspect. Do you know how many lawsuits there are out there from buyers that bought a car sight unseen, or just looked it over for 10 minutes and made a quick decision?
Most people don't realize a large percentage of ebay sales happen just like that... not through a completed auction. Its usually a deal made after the end of the auction, or like I described, by agreeing to end the auction. These transactions are not captured by ebay's "completed transactions" search, which is why people are completely inaccurate when they quote those results as their source of market trends.
To the OP, yes, definitely list on ebay. It's still the best bang for your advertising buck, and the exposure is spectacular.
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Joined: Jun 2008
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From: Avon Connecticut
Ive bought and sold Corvettes on ebay, and when I bought, I went (sometimes several states away) and looked at the car the same as any other purchse before I bought. We made the deal, the seller ended his auction, then completed the transaction. This is also how I sold there.
Most people don't realize a large percentage of ebay sales happen just like that... not through a completed auction. Its usually a deal made after the end of the auction, or like I described, by agreeing to end the auction. These transactions are not captured by ebay's "completed transactions" search, which is why people are completely inaccurate when they quote those results as their source of market trends.
To the OP, yes, definitely list on ebay. It's still the best bang for your advertising buck, and the exposure is spectacular.
Most people don't realize a large percentage of ebay sales happen just like that... not through a completed auction. Its usually a deal made after the end of the auction, or like I described, by agreeing to end the auction. These transactions are not captured by ebay's "completed transactions" search, which is why people are completely inaccurate when they quote those results as their source of market trends.
To the OP, yes, definitely list on ebay. It's still the best bang for your advertising buck, and the exposure is spectacular.
I saw the car on ebay and shot the owner an email, whm happened to have the car a few towns over.
I went to go see it, it was love at first site.
He canceled the auction on ebay and sold it to me for A LOT less than his buy it now price.
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Joined: Nov 2008
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From: MN
I sold an 84 Monte Carlo SS on ebay a few years ago.
It all comes down to how you list it. If you show your car is worth X dollars you'll get someone to pay that or close to that.
Take lots of clear/detailed pictures. Describe everything you can. Describe what you have fixed and what you have not fixed. If you have a nick in the fender describe it. If you are detailed they will be more comfortable believing you are disclosing everything that you know.
Good seller rating also helps!
It all comes down to how you list it. If you show your car is worth X dollars you'll get someone to pay that or close to that.
Take lots of clear/detailed pictures. Describe everything you can. Describe what you have fixed and what you have not fixed. If you have a nick in the fender describe it. If you are detailed they will be more comfortable believing you are disclosing everything that you know.
Good seller rating also helps!