Need your help on this one. I never sold a car to a private party through an ad. This person from Arizona wants my 2001 996 tip. I placed the ad at $37,500. She offered me $32K in cash. KBB trade-in value in excellent condition is $32,150, private-party value = $37,235, and retail value = $42,630. Dealer offered me $26K on a trade-in value for a 08 997 C4. I'm thinking about counter-offering at $34K. Am I being greedy here? Even though it's a 2001, the plus is the low mileage. What price range are 01 996 being sold these days? Any suggestion is appreciated.
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The right price is the one that the buyer is willing to pay. A counter offer seems the way to go.
it's all part of the process. She is low-balling you to see what she can do. If you say yes immediately, she won't feel like she got a great deal. I'd try to meet somewhere in between. Countering $34k would not be unreasonable. Good luck!
counter... close the deal with half way price. fluff her up... be a salesman!!!
If she thinks the dealer will give you 32k she figures you will take that. Counter!
Counter it and find a place somewhere in the middle. Stick to your guns!!! You'll get your price.
That's a really low-balled offer. Counter that for sure.
Definitely counter. Look on Autrader and Cars.com for comps.
counter offer, if you want $34, tell her she can have it for $35.5 she will come up a little then counter again at $34. hopefully she is not on this forum either...
I heard from someone that 996 values have gone up due to an increasing demand. Is that right? In the past few days, I received 3 offers at the full advertised price. $36K for 01 996 coupe black/black tip, and it is very close to the KBB Private Party Value. Is that the going value for our 996? I saw that many 996 for 01 - 03 were price at close to retail values rather than private-party value.
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Whoo-hoo! about time baby! I was figuring that they would stabilize sometime soon, as there wasn't much further let for them to drop on the bottom end.
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