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- RumpleForeskin3, on 05/21/2009, -4/+71 1. Don’t worry when a little rust starts to form.
2. Don’t wash the outside of the car. First impressions don’t matter.
3. Don’t pick up trash from the back seat of the car. Who rides in the back seat?
4. Clean the car, but don’t detail it.
5. Don’t bother checking the fluid levels. Who cares about oil, brake fluid, and power steering?
6. Don’t fix minor interior problems, such a knobs, switches, and vents.
7. Don’t bother with adding an air-freshner.
8. Let your pets have free reign over the car.
9. Don’t worry about touching up paint.
10. Don’t bother cleaning out the trunk. Instead assume they won’t pop it open.
11. Add the 16th bumper sticker to your collection.
12. Continually smoke in your car up until the day you sell.
13. Don’t replace old, worn out floor mats.
14. Let your kids eat food in the car. Would you like fries with that?
15. Assume waxing your vehicle is over-rated.
16. Sell your car to a dealer without checking the private party market.
17. Don’t bother with keeping maintenance records. Everyone will take your word.
18. Don’t mention that your car has been totaled… twice.
19. Don’t bother paying off the title even if you’re able.
20. Only advertise in one medium.
21. Don’t bother with free online listings. They take too long and people hate the internet.
22. Clean the car, but ignore the tires/rims. No one ever looks at the size or condition of tires.
23. Don’t bother to check the air in all the tires.
24. Don’t replace broken headlights. You can just sell it during the day.
25. Don’t replace broken windshield wipers. You can sell it on a sunny day.
26. Let people test drive your car alone.
27. Tell everyone your reason for selling is “Time to move on from this one.”
28. Print fliers in black and white.
29. Forget to mention you’ve been the only owner.
30. Grant a discount, because it’s “all the cash they have on them”.
31. Put “Or Best Offer” on every ad.
32. Forget to mention any other calls or appointments you may have.
33. Sell your 4-wheel drive in the spring, right after all the snow melts away.
34. Sell your rear-wheel drive convertible in November.
35. Donate your car to charity without first testing the local market, solely for the tax write-off.
36. Start your price slightly above-market, just in case. That works well for homes, too.
37. Advertise your price as $13,000 instead of $12,900, even if you’re willing to take $12,000.
38. Don’t bother getting that clicking noise looked at. Buyers probably won’t notice it.
39. Don’t worry about a physical “For Sale” sign.
40. Forget to mention that you are selling your car to family and friends.
41. Have an annoying ring-back tone on the number you place in the ads. Everyone likes Soulja Boy.
42. Don’t screen buyers by phone. Just put your address directly in the ad.
43. Ignore how you look when you meet potential buyers to show the car.
44. Sell your car on payments.
45. Answer the question, “What’s the lowest you’ll take?”
46. Just sign over the title, without checking your state laws. Isn’t that what Uncle Earl always does?
47. Forget to look over the glove compartment and trunk one last time.
48. Don’t cancel your insurance after selling the car.
49. Don’t study the local market. Kelley Blue Book conquers all.
50. Post an ad without any pictures.
51. Ignore all calls from numbers you don’t know hoping they will leave a voicemail.
52. Be the first to throw out a price once negotiations start.
53. Accept a personal check as payment.
54. Underestimate the leverage of an official car history report.
55. Rush the buyer when he is looking over the car.
56. Lose a deal over $50, with very little other prospects.
57. Don’t list all of the obvious issues with the car in the ads.
58. Over-promise, under-deliver.
59. Don’t thoroughly include all the details and features. Who cares about power-windows?
60. Fail to explicitly state that “car is sold as is” and definitely don’t get that in writing anywhere.
61. List your car on Monday night. The weekend is usually too convenient for people.
62. Wait until the last minute to sell your car.
63. Don’t worry about getting seat covers for damaged interior.
64. Lie about known problems. These things never come around.
65. Lack knowledge of your car’s gas mileage.
66. Grow attached to a particular buyer and forget you always have the option of walking away.
67. Once the sale is complete, sport the Happy Dance in full view of the buyer. - ralf1, on 05/21/2009, -0/+14About $150.00
- Kazakaz, on 05/21/2009, -0/+14#1 Don't post ad to sell car on a server suffering from the Digg effect.
- amabaie, on 05/21/2009, -0/+11Yes, I've been guilty of #67. How can one resist?
- WhiskeyWrites, on 05/21/2009, -0/+8#67 goes for buyers as well, at least before the deal is made.
- inactive, on 05/21/2009, -0/+7In my family that's called cleaning.
- Zdorab, on 05/21/2009, -0/+7I really like these simple HTML pages. I want to see more of them.
- bstew22, on 05/21/2009, -0/+73500 for a toyota tercel? wtf?
- dattaway, on 05/21/2009, -1/+7Craigslist rules. I sold two vehicles with the same wisdom of that article. Both sold same day. Cash.
- inactive, on 05/21/2009, -0/+6Cleaning is wiping the windows with windex, maybe washing the outside. Detailing is taking a q-tip and cleaning out the crevices, fixing scratches, etc.. It's REALLY cleaning the car and making it nice.
- ileftfark, on 05/21/2009, -0/+6http://rorr.im/digg.com/autos/67_ways_not_to_sell_ ...
- Chompy, on 05/21/2009, -0/+6"67. Once the sale is complete, sport the Happy Dance in full view of the buyer."
Hell, you've already got the money. Not only do I do the dance, but I do it while making eye contact. - styx31989, on 05/21/2009, -1/+7I did that AFTER I bought my first car at a dealership last week! They had JUST gotten it in as a trade-in and they hadn't fully checked it when I bought it off of them(Toyota Tercel. They wanted $3,500 but I talked them down to to $2,700 out the door).
Unfortunately for them, they didn't realize the previous owner put in two big sub woofers in the trunk(and all together, it was about a $1,000 sound system in the car)! Oh, they were PISSED, but I already bought it :D - anexanhume, on 05/21/2009, -0/+5You can consider an automatic carwash cleaning. Detailing includes special paint care steps such as wax and claybar along with tire cleaning, thorough interior vacuum and seat cleaning, inside and outside window cleaning, etc.
- ChaosProfessor, on 05/21/2009, -0/+4wow already down
- festizian, on 05/21/2009, -0/+4Opening the armrest in the back and removing the pringles can lid with a silly puttylike substance in it. Oh wait, that isnt included in detailing according to the dealership I bought from...
- Vodd9, on 05/21/2009, -0/+4Oh man, too many double-negatives.
And the funny part is that I've been looking for a 240sx.
But nobody cares, I know.
Also, you'll see on a LOT of ads the owner say that the engine and/or tranny have been changed or overhauled so they have a lower mileage. ASK FOR THE RECEIPT. - bmcnally, on 05/21/2009, -0/+4Holy Double-Negatives, Batman!
- jba68, on 05/21/2009, -0/+4How bout a pelvic thrust and a resounding BOO-YAH
- bombayterror, on 05/21/2009, -0/+4without the damn bar...
http://rorr.im/digg.com/autos/67_ways_not_to_sell_ ... - inactive, on 05/21/2009, -1/+4What's the diffrence between cleaning and detailing?
- FKnight, on 05/21/2009, -1/+4I couldn't care less about the rules of selling a car. I'm going to drive my car until the point where it is unsellable and then buy another used car that will last me another ten years.
Treating a car like an investment is stupid. It's a tool, like a hammer.
You also will never catch me dead making a car payment or paying for full "financed car" coverage. - ManVsDebt, on 05/21/2009, -0/+3Wow, I didn't even realize I didn't mention it! Craigslist, of course!
- Gumby_Mac, on 05/21/2009, -0/+2Too many double negatives and it made my head hurt reading it. I mean, go read the article yourself, if it's up, but don't expect your head's not going to not hurt after reading it.
- sgvprelude, on 05/21/2009, -0/+2I haven't had a real 9-5 job for 3 years. I buy cars on craigslist, i detail it, pull out my slr camera take pictures, and resell it on craigslist.
- kelmaster1, on 05/21/2009, -2/+4***** site and a stupid list. Don't bother.
- datacowboy, on 05/21/2009, -0/+2site is down, what was 67?
- nevinl, on 05/21/2009, -0/+2for those craiglist car sellers, do you live in major cities? Any guesses for a sale in ~rural area?
1997 140,000 dodge grand caravan, maroon, leaks oil, blocked driver's side window...just enough of a crack to let water in, hx of clipped driver's door (repaired), drives door body banged up so that the door can't open properly, wipers work....barely, no interior lighting (no idea why), keyless remote (doesn't work), electric doors and locks (well...except only the passenger's works...makes toll booths interesting with a f%*ked up door, too..., cat litter all over the back floor (wtf? how in the hell did that happen?), broken a/c, central glove compartment door doesn't work, cd player (works!!), no rims, tires ~15,000 miles, battery will be removed on sale, when washing the windshield, water streams in and fills the drivers and passenger's footwells, was involved in a double-homicide suicide, broken-off antique shotgun handle behind the passenger's seat
any bids? - FAHQ2, on 05/21/2009, -0/+2The next list should be "67 ways NOT to host a website".
- SneakyNinja, on 05/21/2009, -0/+2I thought this stuff was common sense...
- bigmahlman, on 05/21/2009, -0/+2dude I just ate lunch... gross
- dornfeld, on 05/21/2009, -0/+2So conversely he should have wasted a lot of his own time and money keeping the car maintained to make an extra... what... couple hundred bucks on the sale? I think he was probably better off for doing just what he did, especially for a car with that many miles.
- Stalks, on 05/21/2009, -0/+2These are double negatives. Its what NOT to do. However...
#18. Don’t mention that your car has been totaled… twice.
Isn't that something you *should* do? As in, don't mention that the car is screwed, else you'll never sell it. - inactive, on 05/21/2009, -0/+1Doing a hppay dance infront of teh buyer.
- drmangrum, on 05/21/2009, -4/+53 people in a row? Seriously?
- babyheadout, on 05/21/2009, -0/+1Happy Dance is overrated. Can't I just do a Tiger Woods uppercut and yell "Woo-hoo!!!!"?
- amabaie, on 05/21/2009, -0/+1So true.
- jollyroger814, on 05/21/2009, -0/+1This is just about the best answer of the three. And I lol'd.
- Murphys, on 05/21/2009, -0/+1link killed already
- mouthymadness, on 05/21/2009, -0/+1I agree.
- jdigiovanni, on 05/21/2009, -1/+2That is actually humorous. I never knew selling a car was so much fun. What is the name of that list your car for free web site?
- tonytroz, on 05/21/2009, -0/+1By some laws you can be held responsible if you're car is a lemon and you failed to mention significant problems.
- supremedigguser, on 05/21/2009, -0/+1Ah, a healthy dose of reverse psychology.
- inactive, on 05/21/2009, -0/+1i don't get this blog at all. so did you rip the guy off? if that is a picture of the gauge cluster then that's either a '97 or '98 240sx se, which even in the condition you described is worth more than $1,200.
- GilThielander, on 05/22/2009, -0/+1It's a Terce-el!
- nevinl, on 05/21/2009, -0/+1welcome to the world of standardized tests....the MCAT seems to stand out very well....I remember questions like:
"which of the following opinions would the author most likely to not disagree with?" a) joe blow isn't cool b) jeff is insane c) max is becoming more insane d) bob isn't a douche on tuesdays - styx31989, on 05/21/2009, -0/+1I think the Kelly blue book put it around 3,600 for the condition that it was in(it was a '96 model). It was a fair price, I think. Just not one I was willing to pay!
- GorfTron, on 05/21/2009, -0/+1Is the happy dance like the Punch Drunk Love pudding dance?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F541NG897vc - chadsmith729, on 05/21/2009, -0/+1#67 is a 503 Service Unavailable? Hmm, I could have sworn that had nothing to do with buying or selling a car.
- kelmaster1, on 05/21/2009, -0/+1Great, I feel dumber now...
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