Selling a car in Canberra

reepy said :

I’ve sold 2 cars in the last year (and am about to sell a 3rd)

Watch out you don’t get classified as a car dealer. The is a limit to how many you can sell per year without being classed as a dealer requiring a licence.

Look up EPIC – they have a private car sales event every weekend.

Mmmmm looking at actual past sales you’re optimism is commendable 🙂

I think this feedback from your colleagues is a bit short sighted. The second hard car market in Sydney is more competitive than here so you’re more likely to get less for it, in Sydney. Also Canberran’s have a higher average salary and will pay more if the car is in good condition.

The other advantage in Canberra is large departments etc tend to have ‘for sale’ notice boards on intranets and people are more likely to buy a second hand car from someone they know or work with.

Also recommend allclassifieds.com.au because it’s free (without pics) and local.

Also try http://www.carsales.com.au. I sold my motorbike on the equivalent (bikesales.com.au) quickly wheras I got no interest from allclassifieds.com.au. It’s a bit pricey ($50), but cheaper than print and it stays online until sold. Just have to watch out for the buyers working on oil rigs that want to pay you more than market value, as long as they can do it through paypal 😉

Sold 2 cars on Allclassified and sold within a week. No hasssle, no probelms and no cost if you dont include a photo.

allclassifieds.com.au is a great way to go (with a photo). I’ve sold 2 cars in the last year (and am about to sell a 3rd) and All Classifieds generates a lot of interest and ultimately sales.

I still find selling a used car hard work. People waste your time with
– ridiculous low ball offers
– wanting to have a look at the car but aren’t interested in buying it
– never turn up for inspections or turn up really late
– say they will organise a mechanic to look at it then never do.

Try a forum that specialises in that model or manufacturer, that way you’ll get genuinely interested buyers that know their stuff. Also put it up at your work, either electronically or on a real-life-paper-and-pin bulletin board.

Definitely put it up on allclassifieds – spend the extra bucks to put up a photo or two as well, I know whenever I’ve looked on there, I’ve always looked at ads with photos first.

I wouldn’t recommend the Saturday Canberra Times any more – their rates are pretty high for just a couple of lines of text, and the last time I sold a car I’m pretty sure a couple of weekends of advertising there generated no enquiries.

Another avenue is the internal for sale forums some government departments have. If you know people who work there, make up an ad and ask them to put it up for you – we sold my wife’s car this way a couple of years back. May get nothing out of it, but it’s free, so why not if you can.

I highly recommend allclassifieds and the Saturday Canberra Times.

The rego has been transferred to ACT, so that’s not a problem.

As phil m just said, the only specific issue might be people reluctant to deal with the issue involved in out of state rego. Although, unless the car is less then 5 years old, there isn’t actually any difference.

Probably depends more on the car. If it is something common, then you might get a better price in Canberra. I have known plenty of people go to Sydney ’cause they can get a better price on the car they want. If you are selling something a little more exotic, likewise a bigger market might suite you better.

Allclassifieds.com.au , easy ! anything I have put up on this site for sale has sold , and normally within days

Consider also that if the car is registered in QLD, then there may be extra costs/hassel to get it converted to ACT.

I sold a QLD registered car to a car dealership as part of purchase of a new car. Due to the hassel of transferring the rego into ACT they didn’t even bother to change the rego and someone kept driving it around Canberra. I knew this because I kept getting their speeding and parking fines sent to me.