My 4S sold on BaT today
03-13-2020, 12:45 PM
#16
What was the total timespan from submission to approval to cash-in-hand? I'm mulling submitting my 996.1 since it has impeccable service records, IMS, clutch, brand new suspension (literally less than 300 miles on it) and overall in great shape, butttttt 100k miles. So we'll see. Feel like overall it might be less of a headache to go with BaT for top dollar, but I also don't want to be sitting around for 2 months waiting when I could sell locally for $2k cheaper and be done.
Selling these cars privately is AWFUL. People just out trying to find the cheapest thing possible, d-bags, people who think everyone is out to rip them off. It's not fun. Whenever you go into any transaction with negativity wether its going for a smog check, to a restaurant, or buying cars it is not going to be a good transaction. Just check these forums it's always "seller is scumbag" "seller muSt bE HiDing something" . i mean it happens, but if thats your attitude I would rather not sell my car to you, or even speak to you. BAT has their own subset of buyers willing to pay with cash in hand and would be more than happy to buy your car without any BS. It doesn't always go perfectly, but the car will be gone and thats the point of selling something.
03-13-2020, 12:48 PM
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03-13-2020, 12:50 PM
#18
A few years ago you could get the cars up in 24 hours. Submit them approved, boom. Its up. I submitted a 996 on Tuesday the fourth. Accepted same day. I have a listing draft already so its about ten days to get up online. Thats if you have done it before. If you have all of the pictures and content together, and submit it at no reserve it makes the process super quick. If you don't have enough photos or want to bicker about reserve it could take weeks. The last year it has been about 2 weeks for submission to start of auction. Sometimes people don't pick up the cars for weeks too. You can't really control who the buyer is or how the pay either... IMHO this is the best way to sell a 996.
Selling these cars privately is AWFUL. People just out trying to find the cheapest thing possible, d-bags, people who think everyone is out to rip them off. It's not fun. Whenever you go into any transaction with negativity wether its going for a smog check, to a restaurant, or buying cars it is not going to be a good transaction. Just check these forums it's always "seller is scumbag" "seller muSt bE HiDing something" . i mean it happens, but if thats your attitude I would rather not sell my car to you, or even speak to you. BAT has their own subset of buyers willing to pay with cash in hand and would be more than happy to buy your car without any BS. It doesn't always go perfectly, but the car will be gone and thats the point of selling something.
Selling these cars privately is AWFUL. People just out trying to find the cheapest thing possible, d-bags, people who think everyone is out to rip them off. It's not fun. Whenever you go into any transaction with negativity wether its going for a smog check, to a restaurant, or buying cars it is not going to be a good transaction. Just check these forums it's always "seller is scumbag" "seller muSt bE HiDing something" . i mean it happens, but if thats your attitude I would rather not sell my car to you, or even speak to you. BAT has their own subset of buyers willing to pay with cash in hand and would be more than happy to buy your car without any BS. It doesn't always go perfectly, but the car will be gone and thats the point of selling something.
03-13-2020, 01:26 PM
#19
The amount of time changes depending on how busy they are and what time of the year it is. It's high season for them. I have real, recent data as of this week and it's ten days right now. Longest I have had is three weeks. That was once. It's mostly two weeks 7 out of 11 of my auctions. The other four were either under 48 hours or around 3 weeks.
03-13-2020, 01:55 PM
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03-13-2020, 03:25 PM
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03-13-2020, 04:58 PM
#22
There was a single cam, a single cam vtec Si model and the bad boy Dohc Vtec.....Back when 100hp per liter was a big deal!
03-13-2020, 06:22 PM
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03-13-2020, 07:06 PM
#24
A few years ago you could get the cars up in 24 hours. Submit them approved, boom. Its up. I submitted a 996 on Tuesday the fourth. Accepted same day. I have a listing draft already so its about ten days to get up online. Thats if you have done it before. If you have all of the pictures and content together, and submit it at no reserve it makes the process super quick. If you don't have enough photos or want to bicker about reserve it could take weeks. The last year it has been about 2 weeks for submission to start of auction. Sometimes people don't pick up the cars for weeks too. You can't really control who the buyer is or how the pay either... IMHO this is the best way to sell a 996.
Selling these cars privately is AWFUL. People just out trying to find the cheapest thing possible, d-bags, people who think everyone is out to rip them off. It's not fun. Whenever you go into any transaction with negativity wether its going for a smog check, to a restaurant, or buying cars it is not going to be a good transaction. Just check these forums it's always "seller is scumbag" "seller muSt bE HiDing something" . i mean it happens, but if thats your attitude I would rather not sell my car to you, or even speak to you. BAT has their own subset of buyers willing to pay with cash in hand and would be more than happy to buy your car without any BS. It doesn't always go perfectly, but the car will be gone and thats the point of selling something.
Selling these cars privately is AWFUL. People just out trying to find the cheapest thing possible, d-bags, people who think everyone is out to rip them off. It's not fun. Whenever you go into any transaction with negativity wether its going for a smog check, to a restaurant, or buying cars it is not going to be a good transaction. Just check these forums it's always "seller is scumbag" "seller muSt bE HiDing something" . i mean it happens, but if thats your attitude I would rather not sell my car to you, or even speak to you. BAT has their own subset of buyers willing to pay with cash in hand and would be more than happy to buy your car without any BS. It doesn't always go perfectly, but the car will be gone and thats the point of selling something.
03-15-2020, 04:46 PM
#26
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Honestly, seeing the results, I'm tempted to look into starting a local business to do it. The machines are expensive but not prohibitively so for charging a modest amount for cleaning. I imagine a market could be made.
03-15-2020, 05:35 PM
#27
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If anyone comes across how the whole cleaning process works, please post up. I'm curious to see it.
Im glad it scrapes off fairly easily. It's just time consuming. I used the back edge of a knife.
Im glad it scrapes off fairly easily. It's just time consuming. I used the back edge of a knife.
03-15-2020, 05:38 PM
#28
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Same in South Carolina. I've found some industrial cleaning places that do it but I guess I'll have to call about car cleaning. My guess is that answer is either "no" or "that's going to be really expensive".
Honestly, seeing the results, I'm tempted to look into starting a local business to do it. The machines are expensive but not prohibitively so for charging a modest amount for cleaning. I imagine a market could be made.
Honestly, seeing the results, I'm tempted to look into starting a local business to do it. The machines are expensive but not prohibitively so for charging a modest amount for cleaning. I imagine a market could be made.
03-15-2020, 08:16 PM
#29
http://www.cryo-werks.com
This shop has a good reputation and does good work. Pretty informative too. It's in San Diego
This shop has a good reputation and does good work. Pretty informative too. It's in San Diego
03-15-2020, 08:34 PM
#30
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Looks amazing, before vs after. Any clue to cost?