Has anyone ever sold a car at auction?

[mckenzie]

How did you get on? We're you happy with the price you got for your car?

We sold a Subaru via auction. Very happy with the whole thing. We set a reserve do we got the price we wanted and the fees were quite small.

We failed to sell a car at auction (also a Subaru). Was a huge hassle and waste of money for us. Good if it works, I imagine.

We haven't ever sold a car at auction. But I just wanted to say selling a car (without putting it in for part exchange) is a hassle all round. We recently had to sell my mother's car - it was relatively new and in good condition. We tried the dealer (who really didn't want it), and a couple of reputable second hand dealers (one of which did take it). It took hours of haggling (luckily DH is good at that - I hate it), and we didn't get a good price.

Selling privately - you have the hassle of having to deal with people coming to look at it, coping with test drives etc.

Selling at auction also has its pitfalls - but as long as you are realistic about the price and the location means it isn't too much hassle then it is worth considering.

Good luck.

eBay is quotes handy for selling cars on.

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I sold a car on eBay once. However it was old and only worth a few hundred. Got more than I thought but got lots of messages from people wanting me to end auction early.