Question about selling truck online

[72step]

I have a question about selling on ebay. It looks like the first three tries are free of up front fees with a $125 if the reserve price is met or the buy it now is executed. You pay the fee whether your vehicle actually sells or not.

Can anyone offer any advice regarding selling online? Are deadbeats and scammers really common on ebay through an auction? I would strongly consider selling it through auction but I can't afford to be paying the $125 fee because some idiot is messing around. It looks like most clean trucks of this era are started at $1000 and quickly go up to $10k depending on the truck.

[big_al_71]

I have had good luck with ebay buying and selling.
In here you would have alot of exposure as the mount of hit this website gets every second, pay the $25.00 dollars and ecome a paid suscriber and who knows you might sell it right of way.
post some picts also.

[72step]

So for 25 bucks with the premium annual membership I can advertise my truck in the classifieds? What kind of success rate do people have on here selling trucks in comarison to ebay? Thanks!

[cdowns]

for local and free it's hard to beat craigslist//i've had loads of problems with ebay scammers ending my buyitnow auctions for the nigerian check scams etc people not following up trying to haggle on the price after the auction // with a local sale on craigs you get to meet face to face with the sale and get real american dollars on an asis sale and you're done with it

[70cst]

Originally Posted by big_al_71

I have had good luck with ebay buying and selling.
In here you would have alot of exposure as the mount of hit this website gets every second, pay the $25.00 dollars and ecome a paid suscriber and who knows you might sell it right of way.
post some picts also.

I would agree...for $25 you would get a targeted market with a minimal investment. I sold my 99 Taco on ebay for about $1500 over Blue Book plus thry paid to have iy transported to Ca. from Ohio. But my first approach would be this site. Good Luck.

[big mike71]

I hate trying to sell stuff, because you always get a bunch idiots wanting to drive your stuff saying they will be back tomorrow etc. etc. Atleast on here people would know what you have and what it's worth without all the B.S.

[cl79c10]

I dont know about other areas but Craigslist has gone to crap here in Oregon. Tons of scammers lately and the always present crack heads. (they dont bother me as much as the stupid scammers) I have had a car on there for about a month for $2000 less then bluebook and all I am getting is scammers emailing me.

[big_al_71]

Originally Posted by 72step

So for 25 bucks with the premium annual membership I can advertise my truck in the classifieds? What kind of success rate do people have on here selling trucks in comarison to ebay? Thanks!

Yes and it would go to a captive audience that most know alot about these buckets.

[72step]

Yeah, I have it on Craigslist actually but haven't had but one call that sounded serious and he never called back. I have had really good luck with selling other stuff on craigslist here in the last 2 years including a boat for 8500. I've always had the seldom idiots trying to offer 10% of an asking price but I tell them where they can go. It's been slow this year though. Economy being still tanked and all I guess. Craigs is so mysterious though. I've had stuff on there a month and nobody calls maybe 2 price checkers, then within a day I get three calls that absolutely need what you're selling! I guess people look at it randomly. Perhaps I will try this site here soon. Thanks....

[Already Gone]

Here is another free site that I have had good luck with.

http://www.kijiji.com/

[NYC-10]

I have had good luck with Ebay selling 2 trucks over $10,000 ea.It is good advertisement that reaches the whole world.I usually put my phone # in my ad because alot of times the deal is made after the auction is over.good luck

['68 C-20]

I sold quite a bit of stuff and one truck on ebay. Most of the time it went well, the truck sale was very smooth. I only had one bad experience selling on eBay, it was a motorcycle. Even though I specified that I would only participate in any shipping to the New England States, some moron in Puerto Rico kept bidding on it. I contacted him and told him I would not ship it outside of New England, but he kept on bidding anyway. He kept sending me emails saying "how you much ship Peurto Rico" . By the time I realized I could block him and reject his bids, he won the auction. Of course he never paid. It took about 4 weeks to resolve the issue through eBay's "resolution" system, get credit for my fees and able to re list.

[72step]

Originally Posted by '68 C-20

I sold quite a bit of stuff and one truck on ebay. Most of the time it went well, the truck sale was very smooth. I only had one bad experience selling on eBay, it was a motorcycle. Even though I specified that I would only participate in any shipping to the New England States, some moron in Puerto Rico kept bidding on it. I contacted him and told him I would not ship it outside of New England, but he kept on bidding anyway. He kept sending me emails saying "how you much ship Peurto Rico" . By the time I realized I could block him and reject his bids, he won the auction. Of course he never paid. It took about 4 weeks to resolve the issue through eBay's "resolution" system, get credit for my fees and able to re list.

That's why I will stay away from ebay for now. It could go good, but if it goes bad it'll really set me back. I'll continue on Craigslist then probably this site and see what that brings. It's only been on craigslist like 6 days now with the exception of a one week run I did in early July but kinda changed my mind about selling it so I pulled it.

[mclairmo]

I sold a trcuk on Ebay and bought a truck on Ebay and it works well if you follow some rules. Never accept anything but cash, not even a cashier's check. Never sell to a person that cannot meet you in person and pay in cash and take delivery right away. Never deliver a truck or allow it to be picked up by a third person. Make sure the buyer signs all proer DMV paperwork and make sure you deliver to the DMV any release of liability forms needed so that if the buyer kills someone with the truck after he takes it from you, you will not be liable.

[55chevy]

It may help on Craigslist to delete and re-post it to keep it current, I think they allow every 4 days.