So you have a car you want to sell. What are your options? Do you post it online? Donate it? Drive from dealer to dealer hoping to get a good cash offer? These are all ways to get cash for a car, but each has positives and negatives...let's go over them:
1. Post an ad on a free site like Craigslist or Kijiji.
PROS: It's free. You get to post pictures of the car.
CONS: There are 1000's of other cars being posted that same day. You get lost in the pile. Also, having a stranger come to your house, and going on a test drive with them...creepy! You have to spend money making sure nothing is wrong with the car.
2. Pay for an ad on Autotrader or Cars.com.
PROS: Lots of exposure.
CONS: Can be expensive to be noticed. You are competiting with car dealers. as well! You have to make the car look and run GREAT.
3. Post it for FREE on Cash For Cars
PROS: FREE, In most cities, you get multiple offers. In all cities you get multiple options of ways to sell your car. No need to do any cleaning or repairs!
CONS: You have to decide which cash offer to take. You don't get to have fun negotiating back and forth with strangers. You have to figure out how to spend the cash!
4. Donate it.
PROS: Feel good helping out a good cause. Get a tax deduction.
CONS: Come on, really? Helping people can never be a negative!
5. Your local Car Dealers
PROS: They may need a car like yours and pay top dollar...NOT!
CONS: You'd have to drive all over town to find a dealer willing to pay cash today!
Well, there you have it! Five ways to get rid of a vehicle!