Best/Worst Craigslist Experiences

[carmigo]

When we hear about folks selling their cars on Craigslist, we generally don’t recommend it because so much can go wrong, plus if you don’t know what you’re doing, it can be a very frustrating process. However, we know plenty of people have had perfectly fine experiences. We wanna hear about your best or worst experiences selling on Craigslist. If you want to hear from us first, you can also check out our blog for some helpful steps and tips for selling on Craigslist, and this short video about one of our memorable experiences. Looking forward to reading everyone's stories!

Blog: https://www.carmigo.io/2023/05/30/sell-my-car-on-craigslist-safely/
Video:

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[MJE]

I haven’t watched the video, but I can almost guarantee every online car ad I’ll do my best to ignore for many many reasons…
1. NO LOWBALLERZ I KNOW WHAT I GOT. People hate this, but it appears in every ad. Closely related to ‘don’t ask me if this is still available… if the ad is up…’. Obnoxious.
2. Screenshots of your phone displaying the pics. Seriously? This is 4x as hard as just taking pics & uploading them. I’m not sure how anybody is achieving this if they can’t just upload normal pics. Closely related to sideways pics that aren’t rotated and poorly cropped pics to the point you have no idea what they’re trying to show you…
3. No interior pics. Or if there are any, they show the car covered completely in garbage. Seriously!?! If you’re that lazy you should expect a garbage price for your car…
4. Priced like my dealer prices a prepped trade. No some scammer with terrible ads doesn’t make the car worth in a private sale what a dealer would charge.

 

[carmigo]

I haven’t watched the video, but I can almost guarantee every online car ad I’ll do my best to ignore for many many reasons…
1. NO LOWBALLERZ I KNOW WHAT I GOT. People hate this, but it appears in every ad. Closely related to ‘don’t ask me if this is still available… if the ad is up…’. Obnoxious.
2. Screenshots of your phone displaying the pics. Seriously? This is 4x as hard as just taking pics & uploading them. I’m not sure how anybody is achieving this if they can’t just upload normal pics. Closely related to sideways pics that aren’t rotated and poorly cropped pics to the point you have no idea what they’re trying to show you…
3. No interior pics. Or if there are any, they show the car covered completely in garbage. Seriously!?! If you’re that lazy you should expect a garbage price for your car…
4. Priced like my dealer prices a prepped trade. No some scammer with terrible ads doesn’t make the car worth in a private sale what a dealer would charge.

Number three is so valid. If you want a good price for your car, at least show every part of it and clean it. Even if it gets just $100 more for being clean, that's something.

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