Is Craisgslist Losing it Cache?

[Raybyrnes]

I use to think Craigslist was pretty cool and I think people were fairly reasonable when posting their junk and charging appropriately. But recently when looking at cars, I noticed about 90% of the adds are from dealers and even worse is the fact that owner adds are rediculously priced.

Kelly Blue Book is similar to Zillow. It is a guide not a hard and fast rule. But I will state that the majority of owners are trying to use Private party sales price from KBB to price their cars. Think what you want but I am not going to pay that for a used car. The reality is that Good Condition Trade In value is about what should be expected when selling a car. Go to a dealer and they will typically be about 500 to a 1000 less then that value on KBB.

[svelte]

You can filter out the dealers by clicking on the “owner” link to the right of any post title.

As far as owners asking for the moon, well that’s always a problem when posting an ad costs nothing. Why not ask? If people have some skin in the game (ie, the ad costs $$) then they’re much more likely to be serious about selling (ala autotrader.com).

[svelte]

You can filter out the dealers by clicking on the “owner” link to the right of any post title.

As far as owners asking for the moon, well that’s always a problem when posting an ad costs nothing. Why not ask? If people have some skin in the game (ie, the ad costs $$) then they’re much more likely to be serious about selling (ala autotrader.com).

[svelte]

You can filter out the dealers by clicking on the “owner” link to the right of any post title.

As far as owners asking for the moon, well that’s always a problem when posting an ad costs nothing. Why not ask? If people have some skin in the game (ie, the ad costs $$) then they’re much more likely to be serious about selling (ala autotrader.com).

[svelte]

You can filter out the dealers by clicking on the “owner” link to the right of any post title.

As far as owners asking for the moon, well that’s always a problem when posting an ad costs nothing. Why not ask? If people have some skin in the game (ie, the ad costs $$) then they’re much more likely to be serious about selling (ala autotrader.com).

[svelte]

You can filter out the dealers by clicking on the “owner” link to the right of any post title.

As far as owners asking for the moon, well that’s always a problem when posting an ad costs nothing. Why not ask? If people have some skin in the game (ie, the ad costs $$) then they’re much more likely to be serious about selling (ala autotrader.com).

[eavesdropper]

[quote=Raybyrnes]I use to think Craigslist was pretty cool and I think people were fairly reasonable when posting their junk and charging appropriately. But recently when looking at cars, I noticed about 90% of the adds are from dealers and even worse is the fact that owner adds are rediculously priced.

Kelly Blue Book is similar to Zillow. It is a guide not a hard and fast rule. But I will state that the majority of owners are trying to use Private party sales price from KBB to price their cars. Think what you want but I am not going to pay that for a used car. The reality is that Good Condition Trade In value is about what should be expected when selling a car. Go to a dealer and they will typically be about 500 to a 1000 less then that value on KBB.[/quote]

I don’t know about their cache. Their cachet, perhaps.

I’m with svelte. If it’s a car that appeals to you, contact the seller and ask if the price is firm. If they’re willing to deal, go see it. Just make sure that you have a range of prices in mind when you go, dependent upon the condition of the vehicle.

Most people’s definition of “worth” is how much money they want in their hot little hands. The concept that an item is worth exactly what a buyer wants to pay is foreign to many of them. I can’t blame people for asking high prices for their things: there are plenty of people out there who don’t do their homework before shopping, and they don’t have a clue. If the seller is lucky enough to get one of those on the line, often all he has to do is show them the Kelly BB price, and reel them in.

But these days, I think that there are far more people out there learning hard lessons about the “worth” of their possessions.

[eavesdropper]

[quote=Raybyrnes]I use to think Craigslist was pretty cool and I think people were fairly reasonable when posting their junk and charging appropriately. But recently when looking at cars, I noticed about 90% of the adds are from dealers and even worse is the fact that owner adds are rediculously priced.

Kelly Blue Book is similar to Zillow. It is a guide not a hard and fast rule. But I will state that the majority of owners are trying to use Private party sales price from KBB to price their cars. Think what you want but I am not going to pay that for a used car. The reality is that Good Condition Trade In value is about what should be expected when selling a car. Go to a dealer and they will typically be about 500 to a 1000 less then that value on KBB.[/quote]

I don’t know about their cache. Their cachet, perhaps.

I’m with svelte. If it’s a car that appeals to you, contact the seller and ask if the price is firm. If they’re willing to deal, go see it. Just make sure that you have a range of prices in mind when you go, dependent upon the condition of the vehicle.

Most people’s definition of “worth” is how much money they want in their hot little hands. The concept that an item is worth exactly what a buyer wants to pay is foreign to many of them. I can’t blame people for asking high prices for their things: there are plenty of people out there who don’t do their homework before shopping, and they don’t have a clue. If the seller is lucky enough to get one of those on the line, often all he has to do is show them the Kelly BB price, and reel them in.

But these days, I think that there are far more people out there learning hard lessons about the “worth” of their possessions.

[eavesdropper]

[quote=Raybyrnes]I use to think Craigslist was pretty cool and I think people were fairly reasonable when posting their junk and charging appropriately. But recently when looking at cars, I noticed about 90% of the adds are from dealers and even worse is the fact that owner adds are rediculously priced.

Kelly Blue Book is similar to Zillow. It is a guide not a hard and fast rule. But I will state that the majority of owners are trying to use Private party sales price from KBB to price their cars. Think what you want but I am not going to pay that for a used car. The reality is that Good Condition Trade In value is about what should be expected when selling a car. Go to a dealer and they will typically be about 500 to a 1000 less then that value on KBB.[/quote]

I don’t know about their cache. Their cachet, perhaps.

I’m with svelte. If it’s a car that appeals to you, contact the seller and ask if the price is firm. If they’re willing to deal, go see it. Just make sure that you have a range of prices in mind when you go, dependent upon the condition of the vehicle.

Most people’s definition of “worth” is how much money they want in their hot little hands. The concept that an item is worth exactly what a buyer wants to pay is foreign to many of them. I can’t blame people for asking high prices for their things: there are plenty of people out there who don’t do their homework before shopping, and they don’t have a clue. If the seller is lucky enough to get one of those on the line, often all he has to do is show them the Kelly BB price, and reel them in.

But these days, I think that there are far more people out there learning hard lessons about the “worth” of their possessions.

[eavesdropper]

[quote=Raybyrnes]I use to think Craigslist was pretty cool and I think people were fairly reasonable when posting their junk and charging appropriately. But recently when looking at cars, I noticed about 90% of the adds are from dealers and even worse is the fact that owner adds are rediculously priced.

Kelly Blue Book is similar to Zillow. It is a guide not a hard and fast rule. But I will state that the majority of owners are trying to use Private party sales price from KBB to price their cars. Think what you want but I am not going to pay that for a used car. The reality is that Good Condition Trade In value is about what should be expected when selling a car. Go to a dealer and they will typically be about 500 to a 1000 less then that value on KBB.[/quote]

I don’t know about their cache. Their cachet, perhaps.

I’m with svelte. If it’s a car that appeals to you, contact the seller and ask if the price is firm. If they’re willing to deal, go see it. Just make sure that you have a range of prices in mind when you go, dependent upon the condition of the vehicle.

Most people’s definition of “worth” is how much money they want in their hot little hands. The concept that an item is worth exactly what a buyer wants to pay is foreign to many of them. I can’t blame people for asking high prices for their things: there are plenty of people out there who don’t do their homework before shopping, and they don’t have a clue. If the seller is lucky enough to get one of those on the line, often all he has to do is show them the Kelly BB price, and reel them in.

But these days, I think that there are far more people out there learning hard lessons about the “worth” of their possessions.

[eavesdropper]

[quote=Raybyrnes]I use to think Craigslist was pretty cool and I think people were fairly reasonable when posting their junk and charging appropriately. But recently when looking at cars, I noticed about 90% of the adds are from dealers and even worse is the fact that owner adds are rediculously priced.

Kelly Blue Book is similar to Zillow. It is a guide not a hard and fast rule. But I will state that the majority of owners are trying to use Private party sales price from KBB to price their cars. Think what you want but I am not going to pay that for a used car. The reality is that Good Condition Trade In value is about what should be expected when selling a car. Go to a dealer and they will typically be about 500 to a 1000 less then that value on KBB.[/quote]

I don’t know about their cache. Their cachet, perhaps.

I’m with svelte. If it’s a car that appeals to you, contact the seller and ask if the price is firm. If they’re willing to deal, go see it. Just make sure that you have a range of prices in mind when you go, dependent upon the condition of the vehicle.

Most people’s definition of “worth” is how much money they want in their hot little hands. The concept that an item is worth exactly what a buyer wants to pay is foreign to many of them. I can’t blame people for asking high prices for their things: there are plenty of people out there who don’t do their homework before shopping, and they don’t have a clue. If the seller is lucky enough to get one of those on the line, often all he has to do is show them the Kelly BB price, and reel them in.

But these days, I think that there are far more people out there learning hard lessons about the “worth” of their possessions.

[Wickedheart]

Craigslist is still pretty cool but your right there does seem to be an extraordinary amount of dopey people posting stuff for sale lately. They even worse with vintage stuff and antiques. People think just because it’s old it’s rare and valuable and that it doesn’t matter how poor the condition is. I see people post vintage sewing machines for 200 to 400 dollars and some of those would blue book for only 25. Most of those machines aren’t rare either. Unless you have a featherweight that old singer isn’t likely to be rare. Everyone used to have a sewing machine in their home. Singer sold MILLIONS of them. I read that back in the day Singer sold in one year as many machines as all the sewing machine manufacturers put together do in a year now.

I understand how a person might not know exactly how much an item is worth. We posted a 1957 Chevy Bel Air last year. We weren’t totally clueless but we were overpriced. People will let you know pretty quick what your item is worth. I see people posting the same garbage over and over, some of them for years.

[Wickedheart]

Craigslist is still pretty cool but your right there does seem to be an extraordinary amount of dopey people posting stuff for sale lately. They even worse with vintage stuff and antiques. People think just because it’s old it’s rare and valuable and that it doesn’t matter how poor the condition is. I see people post vintage sewing machines for 200 to 400 dollars and some of those would blue book for only 25. Most of those machines aren’t rare either. Unless you have a featherweight that old singer isn’t likely to be rare. Everyone used to have a sewing machine in their home. Singer sold MILLIONS of them. I read that back in the day Singer sold in one year as many machines as all the sewing machine manufacturers put together do in a year now.

I understand how a person might not know exactly how much an item is worth. We posted a 1957 Chevy Bel Air last year. We weren’t totally clueless but we were overpriced. People will let you know pretty quick what your item is worth. I see people posting the same garbage over and over, some of them for years.

[Wickedheart]

Craigslist is still pretty cool but your right there does seem to be an extraordinary amount of dopey people posting stuff for sale lately. They even worse with vintage stuff and antiques. People think just because it’s old it’s rare and valuable and that it doesn’t matter how poor the condition is. I see people post vintage sewing machines for 200 to 400 dollars and some of those would blue book for only 25. Most of those machines aren’t rare either. Unless you have a featherweight that old singer isn’t likely to be rare. Everyone used to have a sewing machine in their home. Singer sold MILLIONS of them. I read that back in the day Singer sold in one year as many machines as all the sewing machine manufacturers put together do in a year now.

I understand how a person might not know exactly how much an item is worth. We posted a 1957 Chevy Bel Air last year. We weren’t totally clueless but we were overpriced. People will let you know pretty quick what your item is worth. I see people posting the same garbage over and over, some of them for years.

[Wickedheart]

Craigslist is still pretty cool but your right there does seem to be an extraordinary amount of dopey people posting stuff for sale lately. They even worse with vintage stuff and antiques. People think just because it’s old it’s rare and valuable and that it doesn’t matter how poor the condition is. I see people post vintage sewing machines for 200 to 400 dollars and some of those would blue book for only 25. Most of those machines aren’t rare either. Unless you have a featherweight that old singer isn’t likely to be rare. Everyone used to have a sewing machine in their home. Singer sold MILLIONS of them. I read that back in the day Singer sold in one year as many machines as all the sewing machine manufacturers put together do in a year now.

I understand how a person might not know exactly how much an item is worth. We posted a 1957 Chevy Bel Air last year. We weren’t totally clueless but we were overpriced. People will let you know pretty quick what your item is worth. I see people posting the same garbage over and over, some of them for years.

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