Re: OT--Selling cars on Internet
 

I sold a car and a motorcycle on ebay back in December. LOTS of scam artists
out there. Some guy wanted to send me a check, cash it for him at my bank,
take my part for the car out, ship the car, and send him the rest. Big time
scam, didn't fall for it.

Ebay stepped in and told me to ignore the person, and gave me credit to
relist the car.

Ebay is expensive to sell a vehicle. It cost me 259.00 to sell my car and
179.00 to sell the motorcycle.

Spdloader



"Earle Horton" <NurseBustersNoSpam@msn.com> wrote in message
news:4450f734$0$14949$a82e2bb9@reader.athenanews.c om...
> Anyone who has sold a car on the Internet, thought of it, bought one, read
> web pages, or has an opinion...What is the best way, to sell a car on the
> Internet? My wife got tired of the old FJ40, and bought a 2002 CRV. Now
> I
> have three off-road capable vehicles, and a Honda Civic, all to myself. I
> originally thought to restore the FJ40 to original stock condition, but I
> just don't have the energy or inclination to do that any more. The car
> never became a part of the family, like the Jeep or the Suburban did,
> either.
>
> We put the FJ40 in the Durango Herald, but the number of calls I got was
> pathetic. I found this strange, because you can't swing a dead wolf
> carcass
> around here, without hitting a couple of Land Cruisers, some of them in
> cherry condition. They're not all driven by thirtyish Trustafarian
> dreadlocks types either. But then one guy named "Philip" from "Longwood
> Industries" called, claiming to run an Internet listing service, similar
> to
> Ebay Motors. The deal is $89.95 for a listing, fee refunded in the case
> of
> no sale. He said something interesting, "Your kind of vehicle tends to
> sell
> for a higher price on the Internet." I had suspected as much, when the
> Honda dealer said, "This is worth a lot of money, but I can't sell it."
>
> Anybody know anything about Longwood Industries? Or any other Internet
> listing service? I have sold stuff on Ebay, but nothing this big. When I
> sold my restored Bug, I just sold it to someone I knew in the Bug
> newsgroup,
> who I figured would take care of it. Now I don't care how they take care
> of
> it. I just want the money.
>
> --
> Earle Horton
> -- http://earlehorton.tripod.com --
> Clásico, impenitente
>
>

Re: OT--Selling cars on Internet
 

I sold a car and a motorcycle on ebay back in December. LOTS of scam artists
out there. Some guy wanted to send me a check, cash it for him at my bank,
take my part for the car out, ship the car, and send him the rest. Big time
scam, didn't fall for it.

Ebay stepped in and told me to ignore the person, and gave me credit to
relist the car.

Ebay is expensive to sell a vehicle. It cost me 259.00 to sell my car and
179.00 to sell the motorcycle.

Spdloader



"Earle Horton" <NurseBustersNoSpam@msn.com> wrote in message
news:4450f734$0$14949$a82e2bb9@reader.athenanews.c om...
> Anyone who has sold a car on the Internet, thought of it, bought one, read
> web pages, or has an opinion...What is the best way, to sell a car on the
> Internet? My wife got tired of the old FJ40, and bought a 2002 CRV. Now
> I
> have three off-road capable vehicles, and a Honda Civic, all to myself. I
> originally thought to restore the FJ40 to original stock condition, but I
> just don't have the energy or inclination to do that any more. The car
> never became a part of the family, like the Jeep or the Suburban did,
> either.
>
> We put the FJ40 in the Durango Herald, but the number of calls I got was
> pathetic. I found this strange, because you can't swing a dead wolf
> carcass
> around here, without hitting a couple of Land Cruisers, some of them in
> cherry condition. They're not all driven by thirtyish Trustafarian
> dreadlocks types either. But then one guy named "Philip" from "Longwood
> Industries" called, claiming to run an Internet listing service, similar
> to
> Ebay Motors. The deal is $89.95 for a listing, fee refunded in the case
> of
> no sale. He said something interesting, "Your kind of vehicle tends to
> sell
> for a higher price on the Internet." I had suspected as much, when the
> Honda dealer said, "This is worth a lot of money, but I can't sell it."
>
> Anybody know anything about Longwood Industries? Or any other Internet
> listing service? I have sold stuff on Ebay, but nothing this big. When I
> sold my restored Bug, I just sold it to someone I knew in the Bug
> newsgroup,
> who I figured would take care of it. Now I don't care how they take care
> of
> it. I just want the money.
>
> --
> Earle Horton
> -- http://earlehorton.tripod.com --
> Clásico, impenitente
>
>

Re: OT--Selling cars on Internet
 

I sold a car and a motorcycle on ebay back in December. LOTS of scam artists
out there. Some guy wanted to send me a check, cash it for him at my bank,
take my part for the car out, ship the car, and send him the rest. Big time
scam, didn't fall for it.

Ebay stepped in and told me to ignore the person, and gave me credit to
relist the car.

Ebay is expensive to sell a vehicle. It cost me 259.00 to sell my car and
179.00 to sell the motorcycle.

Spdloader



"Earle Horton" <NurseBustersNoSpam@msn.com> wrote in message
news:4450f734$0$14949$a82e2bb9@reader.athenanews.c om...
> Anyone who has sold a car on the Internet, thought of it, bought one, read
> web pages, or has an opinion...What is the best way, to sell a car on the
> Internet? My wife got tired of the old FJ40, and bought a 2002 CRV. Now
> I
> have three off-road capable vehicles, and a Honda Civic, all to myself. I
> originally thought to restore the FJ40 to original stock condition, but I
> just don't have the energy or inclination to do that any more. The car
> never became a part of the family, like the Jeep or the Suburban did,
> either.
>
> We put the FJ40 in the Durango Herald, but the number of calls I got was
> pathetic. I found this strange, because you can't swing a dead wolf
> carcass
> around here, without hitting a couple of Land Cruisers, some of them in
> cherry condition. They're not all driven by thirtyish Trustafarian
> dreadlocks types either. But then one guy named "Philip" from "Longwood
> Industries" called, claiming to run an Internet listing service, similar
> to
> Ebay Motors. The deal is $89.95 for a listing, fee refunded in the case
> of
> no sale. He said something interesting, "Your kind of vehicle tends to
> sell
> for a higher price on the Internet." I had suspected as much, when the
> Honda dealer said, "This is worth a lot of money, but I can't sell it."
>
> Anybody know anything about Longwood Industries? Or any other Internet
> listing service? I have sold stuff on Ebay, but nothing this big. When I
> sold my restored Bug, I just sold it to someone I knew in the Bug
> newsgroup,
> who I figured would take care of it. Now I don't care how they take care
> of
> it. I just want the money.
>
> --
> Earle Horton
> -- http://earlehorton.tripod.com --
> Clásico, impenitente
>
>

OT--Selling cars on Internet
 

Anyone who has sold a car on the Internet, thought of it, bought one, read
web pages, or has an opinion...What is the best way, to sell a car on the
Internet? My wife got tired of the old FJ40, and bought a 2002 CRV. Now I
have three off-road capable vehicles, and a Honda Civic, all to myself. I
originally thought to restore the FJ40 to original stock condition, but I
just don't have the energy or inclination to do that any more. The car
never became a part of the family, like the Jeep or the Suburban did,
either.

We put the FJ40 in the Durango Herald, but the number of calls I got was
pathetic. I found this strange, because you can't swing a dead wolf carcass
around here, without hitting a couple of Land Cruisers, some of them in
cherry condition. They're not all driven by thirtyish Trustafarian
dreadlocks types either. But then one guy named "Philip" from "Longwood
Industries" called, claiming to run an Internet listing service, similar to
Ebay Motors. The deal is $89.95 for a listing, fee refunded in the case of
no sale. He said something interesting, "Your kind of vehicle tends to sell
for a higher price on the Internet." I had suspected as much, when the
Honda dealer said, "This is worth a lot of money, but I can't sell it."

Anybody know anything about Longwood Industries? Or any other Internet
listing service? I have sold stuff on Ebay, but nothing this big. When I
sold my restored Bug, I just sold it to someone I knew in the Bug newsgroup,
who I figured would take care of it. Now I don't care how they take care of
it. I just want the money.

--
Earle Horton
-- http://earlehorton.tripod.com --
Clásico, impenitente

Re: OT--Selling cars on Internet
 

Never heard of longwood.
I sold a YJ on EBAY, had no problems, buyer brought it cash. Funny the
day he was coming down to pick it up it would'nt start.
Thought I would have to haggle on the price but no problem, he was
towing it back anyway as the clutch was gone.

Just make sure that your paid in a secure manner before turning over
the item, while it can be expensive to sell you
will get a lot of exposure on ebay.

Re: OT--Selling cars on Internet
 

Never heard of longwood.
I sold a YJ on EBAY, had no problems, buyer brought it cash. Funny the
day he was coming down to pick it up it would'nt start.
Thought I would have to haggle on the price but no problem, he was
towing it back anyway as the clutch was gone.

Just make sure that your paid in a secure manner before turning over
the item, while it can be expensive to sell you
will get a lot of exposure on ebay.

Re: OT--Selling cars on Internet
 

Never heard of longwood.
I sold a YJ on EBAY, had no problems, buyer brought it cash. Funny the
day he was coming down to pick it up it would'nt start.
Thought I would have to haggle on the price but no problem, he was
towing it back anyway as the clutch was gone.

Just make sure that your paid in a secure manner before turning over
the item, while it can be expensive to sell you
will get a lot of exposure on ebay.

Re: OT--Selling cars on Internet
 

Friend of mine bought an absolute mint condition 1967 (I think) Ford country
squire off Ebay last year, said the transaction was one of the smoothest he
ever had. The only hang up was with the shipping company the seller used,
took two weeks longer then was claimed to have the vehicle sent from Arizona
to Buffalo where he picked it up. The seller sent him a bill of sale, title
and other paper work he needed to bring it North across the border.
Other then your local paper the next best options you have are Ebay and
Autotrader.com.

Snow...


"Earle Horton" <NurseBustersNoSpam@msn.com> wrote in message
news:4450f734$0$14949$a82e2bb9@reader.athenanews.c om...
> Anyone who has sold a car on the Internet, thought of it, bought one, read
> web pages, or has an opinion...What is the best way, to sell a car on the
> Internet? My wife got tired of the old FJ40, and bought a 2002 CRV. Now
> I
> have three off-road capable vehicles, and a Honda Civic, all to myself. I
> originally thought to restore the FJ40 to original stock condition, but I
> just don't have the energy or inclination to do that any more. The car
> never became a part of the family, like the Jeep or the Suburban did,
> either.
>
> We put the FJ40 in the Durango Herald, but the number of calls I got was
> pathetic. I found this strange, because you can't swing a dead wolf
> carcass
> around here, without hitting a couple of Land Cruisers, some of them in
> cherry condition. They're not all driven by thirtyish Trustafarian
> dreadlocks types either. But then one guy named "Philip" from "Longwood
> Industries" called, claiming to run an Internet listing service, similar
> to
> Ebay Motors. The deal is $89.95 for a listing, fee refunded in the case
> of
> no sale. He said something interesting, "Your kind of vehicle tends to
> sell
> for a higher price on the Internet." I had suspected as much, when the
> Honda dealer said, "This is worth a lot of money, but I can't sell it."
>
> Anybody know anything about Longwood Industries? Or any other Internet
> listing service? I have sold stuff on Ebay, but nothing this big. When I
> sold my restored Bug, I just sold it to someone I knew in the Bug
> newsgroup,
> who I figured would take care of it. Now I don't care how they take care
> of
> it. I just want the money.
>
> --
> Earle Horton
> -- http://earlehorton.tripod.com --
> Clásico, impenitente
>
>

Re: OT--Selling cars on Internet
 

Friend of mine bought an absolute mint condition 1967 (I think) Ford country
squire off Ebay last year, said the transaction was one of the smoothest he
ever had. The only hang up was with the shipping company the seller used,
took two weeks longer then was claimed to have the vehicle sent from Arizona
to Buffalo where he picked it up. The seller sent him a bill of sale, title
and other paper work he needed to bring it North across the border.
Other then your local paper the next best options you have are Ebay and
Autotrader.com.

Snow...


"Earle Horton" <NurseBustersNoSpam@msn.com> wrote in message
news:4450f734$0$14949$a82e2bb9@reader.athenanews.c om...
> Anyone who has sold a car on the Internet, thought of it, bought one, read
> web pages, or has an opinion...What is the best way, to sell a car on the
> Internet? My wife got tired of the old FJ40, and bought a 2002 CRV. Now
> I
> have three off-road capable vehicles, and a Honda Civic, all to myself. I
> originally thought to restore the FJ40 to original stock condition, but I
> just don't have the energy or inclination to do that any more. The car
> never became a part of the family, like the Jeep or the Suburban did,
> either.
>
> We put the FJ40 in the Durango Herald, but the number of calls I got was
> pathetic. I found this strange, because you can't swing a dead wolf
> carcass
> around here, without hitting a couple of Land Cruisers, some of them in
> cherry condition. They're not all driven by thirtyish Trustafarian
> dreadlocks types either. But then one guy named "Philip" from "Longwood
> Industries" called, claiming to run an Internet listing service, similar
> to
> Ebay Motors. The deal is $89.95 for a listing, fee refunded in the case
> of
> no sale. He said something interesting, "Your kind of vehicle tends to
> sell
> for a higher price on the Internet." I had suspected as much, when the
> Honda dealer said, "This is worth a lot of money, but I can't sell it."
>
> Anybody know anything about Longwood Industries? Or any other Internet
> listing service? I have sold stuff on Ebay, but nothing this big. When I
> sold my restored Bug, I just sold it to someone I knew in the Bug
> newsgroup,
> who I figured would take care of it. Now I don't care how they take care
> of
> it. I just want the money.
>
> --
> Earle Horton
> -- http://earlehorton.tripod.com --
> Clásico, impenitente
>
>

Re: OT--Selling cars on Internet
 

Friend of mine bought an absolute mint condition 1967 (I think) Ford country
squire off Ebay last year, said the transaction was one of the smoothest he
ever had. The only hang up was with the shipping company the seller used,
took two weeks longer then was claimed to have the vehicle sent from Arizona
to Buffalo where he picked it up. The seller sent him a bill of sale, title
and other paper work he needed to bring it North across the border.
Other then your local paper the next best options you have are Ebay and
Autotrader.com.

Snow...


"Earle Horton" <NurseBustersNoSpam@msn.com> wrote in message
news:4450f734$0$14949$a82e2bb9@reader.athenanews.c om...
> Anyone who has sold a car on the Internet, thought of it, bought one, read
> web pages, or has an opinion...What is the best way, to sell a car on the
> Internet? My wife got tired of the old FJ40, and bought a 2002 CRV. Now
> I
> have three off-road capable vehicles, and a Honda Civic, all to myself. I
> originally thought to restore the FJ40 to original stock condition, but I
> just don't have the energy or inclination to do that any more. The car
> never became a part of the family, like the Jeep or the Suburban did,
> either.
>
> We put the FJ40 in the Durango Herald, but the number of calls I got was
> pathetic. I found this strange, because you can't swing a dead wolf
> carcass
> around here, without hitting a couple of Land Cruisers, some of them in
> cherry condition. They're not all driven by thirtyish Trustafarian
> dreadlocks types either. But then one guy named "Philip" from "Longwood
> Industries" called, claiming to run an Internet listing service, similar
> to
> Ebay Motors. The deal is $89.95 for a listing, fee refunded in the case
> of
> no sale. He said something interesting, "Your kind of vehicle tends to
> sell
> for a higher price on the Internet." I had suspected as much, when the
> Honda dealer said, "This is worth a lot of money, but I can't sell it."
>
> Anybody know anything about Longwood Industries? Or any other Internet
> listing service? I have sold stuff on Ebay, but nothing this big. When I
> sold my restored Bug, I just sold it to someone I knew in the Bug
> newsgroup,
> who I figured would take care of it. Now I don't care how they take care
> of
> it. I just want the money.
>
> --
> Earle Horton
> -- http://earlehorton.tripod.com --
> Clásico, impenitente
>
>