I may have just set a new world record!

[ivbaseball06]

My wife and I are moving to Denver next month, so we decided to sell one of the cars. I officially put the ad on Craigslist at midnight last night.

KBB said the car was worth $1900. Edmunds said it was worth $2200. I planned on taking the approach of listing it high and dropping it every few days until it was gone. So, I put it at $4,500 last night, with absolutely no expectation of getting bites at that price.

This morning I woke up to 2 voicemails and 3 emails. 2 were lowballs. The 3rd offerred $2500. The 4th came and looked and offerred $3000. The 5th came and bought it for $4000.

I sold a car for twice KBB/Edmunds value in about 15 hours. That's gotta be some kind of record, don't ya think? Amazing the power of Craigslist sometimes.

[calculusdork]

Geez ... what kind of car, older Accord or something?

[tajikey]

That's because you're a Buckeye, Jordan!

[EST1987]

I did that once. I didnt get twice BB but I did get over. I sold a Volvo that booked for 1800 for 2500. Sold within 24hrs of listing it. I didnt even have the title back from registering it in my name and they still bought it. Gotta love craigslist...sometimes.

[ivbaseball06]

KBB can be like Beckett sometimes with their pricing, so it's not always crazy to get more. But based on others that are listed on there and autotrader I seemed to be way over what I was going to get. I can understand the Volvo, because the name carries weight too. Got a similar deal when I sold my BMW because the name carries money that KBB doesn't adjust for. But I didn't think I would get the same treatment on a 2000 Acura with 170k miles.

[DanShakespeare]

Old Honda product probably, had a 93 Honda civic Bought it for $750 4 years later I sold it for $3200.

[CAS239]

Anyone buying a normal 93 civic for over 2k is an idiot.

Some people have no idea of value when buying or selling a car.

[TrueNE_09]

To the OP, well done! That is pretty sweet

And yes, I've had many a success selling items on Craigslist, it has always worked really well.

[mindbinge]

nvm...saw its an Acura

[nuccionino]

I can't sell my car for 65% of high KBB value (30% low). I need your skills haha.

[coyne81486]

why you moving>?

[ivbaseball06]

Originally Posted by coyne81486

why you moving>?

Graduated from OSU with my masters, accepted a job out west.

[nuccionino]

Originally Posted by ivbaseball06

Graduated from OSU with my masters, accepted a job out west.

Oh...

Hail to the victors.

[fullmetal]

My wife sold a car on Craigs list. She had money deposited and title transferred within 4-5 hours of the phone call. I was surprised at how smooth it went.

bucknuts smell yucky

[danmecum51]

Originally Posted by CAS239

Anyone buying a normal 93 civic for over 2k is an idiot.

Some people have no idea of value when buying or selling a car.

they are selling like mad in oregon right now... most commutes in oregon are long, and gas is pretty expensive... for some reason older hondas and toyotas are fetching premiums over other fuel efficient makes... i thought the same thing then went onto craigslist to look up some fuel saving cars and i couldnt believe what i was seeing..... thought i could get away from my jeep wrangler unlimited for a little while and drive a p.o.s. Geo Metro, nope, even those were jacked through the roof.... try to sell your H2 or your Escalade out here, you'd better find a collector or your taking it in the pants....
side note, when i got divorced i got stuck with our ugly Scion xB (that my ex just had to have, but ended up hating it). We bought it brand new for like $14,000, and I ended up selling it with 100,000 miles on it, 4 years old for $11,000. I sold it the first day i put it on craigslist. If youre in a populated area, there is no better resource than craigslist....