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Old 06-19-2003, 04:33 PM
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Selling your diesel

I haven't had to sell a vehicle out-right in several years. I looked into trading in a few months ago and the suppressed used market has made trade-in prices too much to swallow for me. Well, I want to take care of some debt issues and get my finances back in order. Selling my beloved CTD will greatly help that cause. Don't worry, I'll be back in one later.<br><br>So, what's your experience with some of the online classifieds... exposure... success... hassle... etc?<br><br>trucktraderonline.com<br>cars.com<br>a utotrader.com<br>Ebay<br><br>fyi... it's an '01 2500HD SLT 4x4 qcab lb with 88K miles<br>
Old 06-19-2003, 04:44 PM
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Re:Selling your diesel

I used both cars.com and autotrader.com to try and sell my old 2000 F-250. Didn't get any leads off of it if that tells you anything.
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Re:Selling your diesel

i bought my 98 12 v 4x4 quad cab (ie rare) off auto trader....it was only 3000 miles away......<br><br>I paid what I thought was a fair price....I had reservations on wether I was over paying....but I had very specific wants in a truck....and it seemed to meet them all....after the deal...now I d say I got more then I wanted, more then I expected.<br><br>
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Re:Selling your diesel

I just sold my 1998 Pontiac Grand Prix GTP a few weeks ago. I advertised locally in the Thrifty Nickel and the local paper. Also, I had my phone number on the back of the car and in the papers for about 5 weeks and only got a few lookers, nobody serious. Two days after I got it in the AutoTrader it was sold . I paid $39 for a &quot;run til sold ad&quot;, not too bad IMO. I'd give them a try.

One thing I found funny was I got a bunch of calls from places like the AutoTrader and a few internet places when I had my ad in the local papers! I was shocked to find out that they pay people to check classified ads and call them trying to get us to advertise with them!

Well, anyways, like I said, give Autotrader a shot. It worked for me and good luck
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Re:Selling your diesel

I didn't have any luck with Autotrader when selling my 1999 F-350 crewcab 4x4 diesel dually. I ended up selling it over E-bay for pretty close to what I origanlly was asking for it.
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Re:Selling your diesel

If you go with autotrader I think the put the add online and in the paper...
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Re:Selling your diesel

I picked up a trucktrader magazine the other day... just to see.... sheeesh it's mostly used car lot ads it seems.<br><br>Might go the Ebay route soon as I figure out all the fees.
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Re:Selling your diesel

Sell my Cummins? I just couldn't! ;D
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Re:Selling your diesel

I sold a couple of trucks through TruckTrader, the magazine, not the website. It worked pretty well for me.<br><br>DeWain
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