What is the Best place to sell your Gen.2 PRIUS for Top Money?

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Well, I have sold two cars to CarMax and their offers were at least reasonable.

One was a 2010 Accord sold in 2013 and their offer was much higher (by thousands) than the offers from a couple of Honda dealers and a smattering of other new car dealers. I probably could have done better selling it privately but didn't want to deal with the hassle at the time.

The other car was a POS 2003 Civic Hybrid with a failing IMA pack and an iffy CVT which was sold in 2019. Amazingly they gave me $1K for it. Amazing because as far as I could tell it had net negative worth.

 

Highest prices I see are used car dealers, so if you had a friend with a business like that who owes you... The other method I saw once is a guy made sure every tiny detail of his Gen2 was absolutely perfect and put it on Craigslist with high price saying on a specific day at a specific time they would accept the highest offer above that amount and show the vehicle to that person and if they saw something they didn't like, they'd go to the next highest bidder. That person got a super high price because they didn't forget a single detail, which assures the buyer the Prius was well cared for. I'll always remember that post!

 

I sold my well maintained 2013 Honda CR-V in less than 8 hours after posting it on Craigslist. Description was detailed, I provided Carfax and then we agreed quickly on $300 less than the KBB private sale value. This was at least $2000 more than trade in. Believe it or not 99% of responders to private ads are still legitimate honest people.

 

can't believe Craigslist still exists, it's way too out-dated (Dino era) Sell it on FB marketplace, if you priced it right it will be gone in no time. I buy and sell cars in FB marketplace and there's a lot of ups and down using this platform but at least you know the profile of the person inquiring about your car. Carvan, CarMax, dealers all have that marked up and pretty much lowball you, use KBB.com to compare the price between trade-ins and selling it yourself.

 

Your driveway wth a sign on it.

Anything that gives you convenience (carvana especially) radically reduces what you'll pocket.

Do the extra work of selling it yourself with a sign on the windshield and an ad on craigslist, facebook marketplace, notices on the church bulletin boards or the like, and you'll net the most. Good luck!

 

A private buyer has the highest potential. Private sales net the best profit for a car seller and the best deals for a used car buyer. You just need to do your due diligence with the buyer as the buyer does the same with you.

 

Not. When my son sold his Tacoma a while back on Facebook it was exactly the other way around, bunch of sleazes making appointments they never kept, or making ridiculous low ball offers without even seeing the car. This is despite the big demand for Tacomas, both for personal work and as work trucks. In the end he listed it on the for sale bulletin board system where I used to work and somebody there bought it. So if a person has access to something like that, at a big company, university, or something similar, that is a good way to go.

 

if you have a good selling car, driveway is best. if not, expect many tyre kickers and low ball offers

 

Craigslist actually has honest people and it's not run by a greedy rich guy who thinks fake posts are better off left up so as to boost traffic to increase ad revenue opportunities. I never ever use FB on principle. Craigslist on the other hand, I use every day.

 

If you have an excellent cosmetic and mechanical car with a popular colorAND you can describe it well, private sale is the way to go. But you need cash or a cashiers check bought at a bank with you to allow verification.

Generally more trouble but better return. Any junk car may be $1k at a dealer as a trade but they simply allow for this in the price.