Used Car Selling Tips

went John if you own a car sooner or later
you're going to have to sell a car and here to give us some pointers on that is
Kelsey Mays from cars dot com
Kelsey welcome to glasses garage thanks for having me on past alright
it's time to part ways with the old bus
how do we go about doing that without having problems
well pat the truth that is the prep your car for sale starts the day you buy it
if you ever gonna think about selling or even trading in that car need to make
sure you document everything you do with it in the meantime
okay so good records put it into a portfolio that looks impressive to a
buyer
yep and if it doesn't come with the owners manual about used make sure you
go down to the dealership
and ask them to or you want it'll be well worth money spent
okay so we've got that out of the way what's the next step
well before you place an ad for the car you're gonna want to clean it up to take
pictures of it
and that doesn't just mean put it through a car wash in want to clean it
with a fine-tooth comb
or pay some guys to do it professionally yeah pros can do a lot of things that
you would never even think about him
really make the car a standout exactly okay so now we've got a clean them
I all over things in mind what do we do next
well you're gonna want to take some pictures up an important thing taking
pictures
is that buyers really don't care about the three hundred dollar aftermarket
stereo you put in
even though you might so you're gonna take pictures at the doors the wheels
the bumpers
things that people really care about okay so make a generic am
make it appeal to the mass market not the newts market unless it's a totally
niche kar
absolutely alright so now we've got our photographs but where do we advertise it
well a good place to advertise either newspaper or online
at cars dot com for example you can put on pictures and
type in plenty of information about your car some people get a real good picture
what it is yeah but we need a price so how do we go about establishing
realistic price for pat you can look up blue book values online
and see how much others are selling your car in similar condition for right now
you have done the advertising u-verse tablished the price
now you've got people calling in you have to interact with those callers how
do you go about doing that
well the key is honesty yet to be very honest about why your sign the card what
sort of condition you really think it's n
if you're lucky if you don't wanna come down and take a look for themselves and
that poses another problem because
if they're really interested in it they're going to want a road test
yeah you want to make sure you don't let them take the car of themselves
you have to go on the road test with them otherwise that may be the last time
you see it
yeah but you know you're going to find some of these people that wanna give you
their driver's license or something like that for collateral in maths
just totally bogus hear about the only collateral you might accept them as
their husband or wife but even then
you never know for for affect it okay so
the road test it passes they want to buy the car
now we have to do paperwork and transact money
yeah you wanna make sure you get a certified check from them it's better
than a cashier's check or personal check both those can be stopped by the bank
and it's also better than a bag full of money which might mean they're up to no
good
a proper yes that's for sure so if you follow all the rules
you'll have a happy parting with the old car
and you'll get real money money that you can spend
not funny money exactly thank you so much
and if you have a question or comment right to me the address is motorWeek
Used Car Selling Tips