Selling 2016 911S
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Bouldermike - you try carmax et al? Echo park gave me the best offer on my Boxter and were easy to deal with. Carmax pricing was very low though.
Also, did you post it on the Porsche club Rocky Mountain region Facebook page? Might pick up some local interest.
Also, did you post it on the Porsche club Rocky Mountain region Facebook page? Might pick up some local interest.
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Mike,
Graham Pearce at Prestige took care of me on my cayenne s in '14. You most certainly can work a better deal on a trade you just have to be willing to walk away & grind them into dust. Now is a good time of year to work a deal. Car season is not during ski season in CO, but metal still moves. Overall a nice group of guys.
For a good wholesale number check with John from Porsche North Houston he gave me a very good number on my 997TT.
Good luck
Graham Pearce at Prestige took care of me on my cayenne s in '14. You most certainly can work a better deal on a trade you just have to be willing to walk away & grind them into dust. Now is a good time of year to work a deal. Car season is not during ski season in CO, but metal still moves. Overall a nice group of guys.
For a good wholesale number check with John from Porsche North Houston he gave me a very good number on my 997TT.
Good luck
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Maybe get it detailed at your dealer, and bring a camera when you pick it up?
Here's a good example, IMO:
https://rennlist.com/forums/vehicle-...sell-asap.html
Here's a good example, IMO:
https://rennlist.com/forums/vehicle-...sell-asap.html
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Mike,
Graham Pearce at Prestige took care of me on my cayenne s in '14. You most certainly can work a better deal on a trade you just have to be willing to walk away & grind them into dust. Now is a good time of year to work a deal. Car season is not during ski season in CO, but metal still moves. Overall a nice group of guys.
For a good wholesale number check with John from Porsche North Houston he gave me a very good number on my 997TT.
Good luck
Graham Pearce at Prestige took care of me on my cayenne s in '14. You most certainly can work a better deal on a trade you just have to be willing to walk away & grind them into dust. Now is a good time of year to work a deal. Car season is not during ski season in CO, but metal still moves. Overall a nice group of guys.
For a good wholesale number check with John from Porsche North Houston he gave me a very good number on my 997TT.
Good luck
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I haven't tried anything but posting to Rennlist at this point. I'll check out CarMax. Also will check out and post to Porsche club Rocky Mtn. region. Didn't know it existed. Thank you!
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Mike, GLWS. You may want to just revise your price, seeing as how you've already mentioned what you'd sell it for; no point in being disingenuous (assuming whoever sees your FS thread will also come across this thread). Assuming you manage to sell it via the forum, you'd avoid the Ebay fee, plus get to sell it to a potential Rennlister--bonus!
Always tough to sell essentially a brand new car, I feel for you...
Always tough to sell essentially a brand new car, I feel for you...
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PS- Congrats on the Boxster Spyder on order. Sounds awesome.
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I would be curious to hear from anyone who has actually sold their car via consignment. I've done it once long ago, and even though the salesman (his brother owned the lot) was my neighbor, they still screwed me. Last year my local dealer offered to consign mine, but they weren't giving me any more money for it than if I just traded it, which I ended up doing to their sister BMW dealership, so they got it anyway and it took them 4 months to sell it. I would not have been a happy camper consigning it for that long. I think consigning works better for the dealer (no carrying cost) than the seller, especially since you are still paying insurance, taxes and possibly payments on it while strange people drive it and it sits outside. But maybe others have had better experiences with it than I.
OK, back to Boulder Mike. Mike, you gotta take the car outside today or tomorrow (or whenever the weather is nice there) and take some decent pictures. OMG. Use a real camera, not your phone, pay attention to the lighting, the sun, the shadows, and take the time to do a professional quality job. If you can't, find someone who can. Pictures sell the car.
Also, I'd suggest listing the options in an easy-to-read format within the ad. Don't make prospective buyers download and open the attachment.
And lower the price.
That's what I think.
OK, back to Boulder Mike. Mike, you gotta take the car outside today or tomorrow (or whenever the weather is nice there) and take some decent pictures. OMG. Use a real camera, not your phone, pay attention to the lighting, the sun, the shadows, and take the time to do a professional quality job. If you can't, find someone who can. Pictures sell the car.
Also, I'd suggest listing the options in an easy-to-read format within the ad. Don't make prospective buyers download and open the attachment.
And lower the price.
That's what I think.
I was asking to get my chops busted for those pics. They are terrible! I'll update over the weekend also update the add to show the line by line build sheet and get rid of the attachment this weekend. I'm thinking of going to 99,900 on the car as well. Thanks for the honest feedback.
Cheers,
Boulder Mike
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Mike, GLWS. You may want to just revise your price, seeing as how you've already mentioned what you'd sell it for; no point in being disingenuous (assuming whoever sees your FS thread will also come across this thread). Assuming you manage to sell it via the forum, you'd avoid the Ebay fee, plus get to sell it to a potential Rennlister--bonus!
Always tough to sell essentially a brand new car, I feel for you...
Always tough to sell essentially a brand new car, I feel for you...
I definitely don't want to be disingenuous. Mistake on my part. I'm planning on listing for 99,900 over the weekend.
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Originally Posted by MJBird993
In reference to the only members can post for sale ads:How does it protect anyone?
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And good luck with your sale Mike. If I had not just ordered a new 991.2 C4S I might have considered it.
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