Buying strategy

[gusmahler]

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You will get the most for your trade-in if you sell it privately.

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Yes. But it's also a lot less work to just trade it in. It's up to the individual to decide whether or not it is worth it.

E.g., your car might be worth $5k as a trade-in, but $6k if you sell it yourself. Is it worth $1k to not deal with the hassle? It depends.

I've only sold two cars. First was really easy. I put an ad in the paper, a guy called the same day, drove it around the block, gave me cash. Cheap, easy experience.

The other one, I had to list on three different web sites and placed two newspaper ads. And it still took nearly 2 months to sell. Definitely not worth the hassle that time.