How to sell

[Mac406]

Hello! Serous family health issues have required that I sell my new Rubicon X. Please share your experiences regarding the best route to do this. Thank you in advance!

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[AcesandEights]

Private party will likely get you more $, but take longer. If you need to dump it quick, do a KBB, Edmunds, Carmax deal, but expect to get much less.

 

[Sparty]

Carvana for selling is easy, and pretty close to fair market IMHO

 

[Valpo Jeep]

The dealer might buy it back but get a CarMax and a Carvana quote first. Dealer will likely low ball you badly.

FIL traded in his 2500 Dodge Cummins and the dealer tried to rape him on it until he produced a CarMax quote.

 

[Punkn89]

Make sure you get out of the mindset that it is new, because it isn’t anymore. After you realize that, you should be able to get quotes from a few dealers, Vroom, Carvana, put it up on the classifieds for a week or two and make your decision.

 

[ACAPECE]

If you have some time check Carvana for pricing and list on FB marketplace. If your reasonably priced and have a good description you’ll get interest and the rest is up to you. I sold my JK in 3 weeks and got $6k more than Carvana. Sold it for a fair price, buyer was happy and so was I. if your time frame is more urgent I would still check Carvana and maybe shop dealerships. You never know when a salesman might be looking for your truck for a client. Definitely go to multiple dealers for offers. Worse case Carvana seems the easiest way to unload.

 

[Cips]

Try another nationwide car buying company AL Go Nation

 

[JLfromCA]

Craigslist, EBay, Autotrader, bring a trailer , car buying sites as mentioned like carvana etc.. do a mass multiple dealer email with a nice ad.
Let us know what worked best To help others. Good Luck

 

[Bandit59]

Hello! Serous family health issues have required that I sell my new Rubicon X. Please share your experiences regarding the best route to do this. Thank you in advance!

These days if you put it on marketplace you never know what is coming to see your Jeep. The other sites you will lose value. If you go private sale. Not everybody has that money in there pocket

 

[Whaler27]

Hello! Serous family health issues have required that I sell my new Rubicon X. Please share your experiences regarding the best route to do this. Thank you in advance!

You can list it here. It’s free, so there’s no risk.

I’ve also listed a fair amount on Craigslist. Good people shop there, but predators and scumbag dealers troll there too, so there are risks and irritations. My ads always say something like, “I don’t need help selling, so no dealers, please.” And “No trades, please”

I’ve developed a friendship with a reputable, small, local, car dealership. He sells on consignment, so he has no risk if the vehicle sits without selling. I tell him what I will accept and he tries to make a few thousand above that. He can finance people and take trades, so it has worked well For both of us over the last twenty hears or so. I make a bit less than I’d get on my own, but I don’t have people calling me at inappropriate times, I don’t have to hassle/haggle, and I don’t have to worry about test drives. For me, it’s worth it, and I make more than the Carmax-type options.

If you choose to sell on your own be extremely careful during the sale/transfer process. There are a hundred different ways to cheat/scam sellers, including fake cashier’s checks. When I do a private party sale I agree to meet the person inside their bank. We do all the transaction paperwork there, so I can get the cash inside the bank before handing over the keys and title, I also tell the buyer I’m preparing the sales paperwork in duplicate, with spaces for my driver’s license and theirs, and I tell them that I expect to exchange ID And take pictures of them and their DL. When the transaction occurs we both sign the simple “AS IS” agreement and receipt that makes it clear that nothing else is included In the transaction.

I’m sorry about the health challenge. I hope that resolves well and you can get your jeep back.

 

[azjl#3]

This guy^^^^ is how I do it every time.

 

[evo8904]

Prepare yourself to take a big loss. Carvana, Vroom, Carmax and KBB will all lowball you. The resell values of all vehicles are dropping quick. I would try to sell it private but you will still take a loss.

 

[Koolkarguy]

Hello! Serous family health issues have required that I sell my new Rubicon X. Please share your experiences regarding the best route to do this. Thank you in advance!

Try the online bids if you have the time also take it to some high end used car lots or abyone but the Jeep dealer. Believe it or not Bew car stores if you got a product that is not there product and is a good seller the will oay you more then if buying there iwn product. (I owned a new car store for several years) theres alot if big used car places beside carvana etc. That will pay good money for nice clean cars

 

[Whaler27]

The dealer might buy it back but get a CarMax and a Carvana quote first. Dealer will likely low ball you badly.

FIL traded in his 2500 Dodge Cummins and the dealer tried to rape him on it until he produced a CarMax quote.

Dealers are in business to make money and lots of it, so it always surprises me when people expect dealers to pay something close to retail for a used vehicle.

Here, if average retail on a vehicle is about $50,000 I expect a dealer to offer about $40,000, especially if it's a larger "brand" dealership, as opposed to a small, private used car business. The big stores add a used car "pack" which they treat as part of their "cost". Here that "pack" can be anywhere from $2,000 to $5,000. In theory, that's used to cover the cost of going through their "100 point checklist" ?, make any required repairs, and detail the vehicle for sale. If our local Ford store buys a one year old jeep for $40,000, changes the oil and washes it, they consider their "cost" to be almost $45,000, and they'll put it on the used lot for something like $57,995. They'll happily sell it for $50,000, of course, but they need that extra $8,000 in their imaginary retail price to inflate the value of the used car the new buyer wants to trade -- because the dealership is going to take that vehicle in trade at 20% or more below average retail too. The difference is, the guy making the purchase is going to think he's getting a decent price for his trade, when the dealer is really just using some of the margin in the vehicle he's selling to create the illusion of a fair trade value. They have been doing this since the beginning of time. These enormous margins have created the market for Carmax, Carvanna, etc.

Years ago I got to know a manager at a large car dealership quite well... I wouldn't describe him as a friend, as there was nothing about him that I liked or respected, but he told me something I'll never forget. He said, "The perfect car sale transaction is one where the buyer leaves the deal thinking he's screwed the dealership, because that guy will tell all of his friends how the dealership overpaid for his trade and still gave him a great price on the new vehicle... Those are the guys that generate a constant stream of new buyers coming to pull one over on the dealership." Ever since then I've noticed the number of friends and acquaintances describing their great deals. Sometimes it's a guy who has done his homework and bought a vehicle through a dealership like the supporting dealers on this forum. When it's a simple no-trade transaction for a percentage below invoice, and there is no dealership financing, no "doc fees", or "prep fees", you can know what you're really paying -- but transactions like that are the exception to the rule. Most folks who wander into the local mega-dealer get hammered -- especially if they allow themselves to sit at the dealership for several hours or more.

My wife and I went to an RV show last weekend. Sales were very slow. Lots of salesmen hovering and wandering about, but few writing deals. I asked a local dealer we know why he thought sales were so slow. He said, "About two-thirds of the people buying RV's in this price range are financing them, so the high interest rates are hurting sales, but the biggest challenge is most of the people who want to trade up owe between $20,000 and $50,000 more on their current RV than its worth. The show prices don't allow enough margin to make that up and still leave the profit we need."

 

[euan2020]

I got best prices with KBB cash offers where dealers would throw me a valuation - sold 2019 Sahara to BMW dealership in 2021 , and 2022 Rubicon to Buick dealership on Sep 23 - currently looking to see an Audi Q5 (2013) and Caravana look best

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