In August, I went through the top reasons to get rid of my car. It took a little while, but I finally pulled the trigger and sold the car.
Over the past year, several people have asked me if I wanted to sell the car. At the time my answer was yes, but not right now. Last month I went back to those people to see if they were still interested, and they each replied yes, but not right now. One potential buyer who was ready to make the commitment also wanted me to finance his purchase. I decided that I’m not a bank (although I would appreciate a bailout), and selling a used car in NYC is a hassle.
Rather than posting ads, scheduling test drives, and worrying about selling a 10-year old car, I took it to Car Cash. Naturally, I got less money than I wanted because I sold my car at wholesale rather than direct to a retail buyer, but the simplicity was worth it. We haggled on price, and I left with a check for about $1,500 more than the initial offer. If you use them, make sure to take the coupons from their site. You will get an extra $20 for cab fare, and please list me as a referral so I get an extra $100, too (and leave a comment below)–thank you!
One more thing: The picture is courtesy of Audi World because I couldn’t find any decent shots of my car. I guess my attachment to this object really was just in my head…
Just wanted to say HI. I found your blog a few days ago on Technorati and have been reading it over the past few days.
On behalf of all the 1-800 Car Cash guys, I would like to say thank you. Thank you for using our service. We really appreciate your business. Just out of curiosity…did you use our Instant Quote option on our website? Or possibly our Live Chat agents helped you?
If anyone you know is looking to sell their vehicle, just tell them about us.
My name is Andrew and I’ll be more than happy to help them out.
Have an incredible day and thanks again!
Andrew
1-800 Car Cash
Tom,
My name is Andrew. I work at 1-800 CAR CASH®.
I wanted to take this opportunity to say thank you for using our service. We appreciate your business. Just out of curiosity…did you do an INSTANT QUOTE on our website? Or possibly you used the Live Chat option and chatted online with one of our agents?
If you have any friends or relatives that are looking to sell their vehicle, send them our way.
If they have any questions, just tell them to ask for me.
Take care and thanks again for using 1-800 CAR CASH®!
Sincerely,
Andrew Baron
1-800 CAR CASH®
Hi there – I did a search on Twitter for “Zipcar” because I am doing a project for them for an advertising grad school class and wanted to reach out to members who had recently joined after selling their car. Obviously I hit the jackpot with your blog – and the top ten list. I am trying to find some more information about your new membership, please send me an email if you can spare a few minutes! Or alkel18 on Twitter. Thanks!
Andrew–thanks for the comment. I got an email quote, but did not use the online chat.