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    How to Safely Sell Your Car: Brought to You by CarSoup.com
    How to Safely Sell Your Car: Brought to You by CarSoup.com
    How to Safely Sell Your Car: Brought to You by CarSoup.com
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    How to Safely Sell Your Car: Brought to You by CarSoup.com

    By S.J. Watling

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    CarSoup.com opened the vault with this book, sharing over sixteen years of insight and passion to help you safely sell your car. Refreshingly, these pages reach beyond the car industry and talk to everyone from online dating experts who will help you write a great ad to financial professionals who can guide you after you've made money on your sale. CarSoup.com believes that car selling should be fun and lucrative and hopes that this eBook will inspire and empower you to safely sell your car.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHillcrest Media Group
    Release dateJan 9, 2015
    ISBN9781634133098
    How to Safely Sell Your Car: Brought to You by CarSoup.com

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      How to Safely Sell Your Car - S.J. Watling

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      You must be the change you wish to see in the world.

      —Mahatma Gandhi

      You must be the change you wish to see in your garage.

      —CarSoup.com

      Introduction

      There comes a time in every car’s life when it has to be sold. If the time has come to sell your car you might be wondering where to sell, for how much and most importantly, how to even get started. You could also be questioning if it is actually safe to sell your car by yourself. Well, the answer is yes, as long as you take right approach. For men and women alike, there are definitely important safety tips to keep in mind while you move through the sales process, such as when listing your personal information, conducting a test drive as well as buttoning up all of the legal aspects. But don’t worry, thousands of people safely sell their car online every day, and you can too. Selling safely is the best way to make the most money and ensure a great sales experience for you and your buyer.

      The answers to these questions and more can be found in this book, which has been designed to be used, not just read. In order to give you a well-rounded experience, the top automotive professionals have weighed in to bring you the best advice on detailing, pricing and selling your car. And to help you create the best ad possible, we reached out to America’s top cyber dating expert Julie Spira, who you may recognize from her work with the Huffington Post, ABC, CBS. Over the past ten years Julie has helped thousands of people create ads that connect them to love. In this book she shares her insight so you can create an ad that connects your car to someone who will love it.

      Maura Steblay, a certified financial planner from Minneapolis, gives great advice about the importance of knowing not just how much to sell for but why you want to sell. She says that most people sell their car for one of two reasons: They want to make money on it or they simply no longer want to own it. Which seems obvious, right? You would never sell something you wanted to keep, yet how often do we keep things we don’t really want? Sometimes selling is not about the money at all. Life is too short to spend another minute in a car you don’t love.

      This book covers every single aspect of selling your car, including selling to a dealership versus a private seller, which online sites are best for you, how to prep your car for sale, test-drive tips and all the legal and tax information that you absolutely need to know.

      Car selling and buying isn’t really about the car. It’s about freedom, lifestyle and adventure. Buying the right car can change the way you live, and selling your car the right way can unlock a financial bundle or unload a burden. When you finish this book, you will have all the tools you need to make the most money on your car in the safest way possible.

      Chapter 1 How to Sell Your Car

      In this chapter

      Your Personal Inventory

      Trade versus Sell

      "The kids got slivers on our deck from the old wood, but coming up with $3,000 to fix it wasn’t easy. When my coffee sloshed in the poorly designed cup holder in my car one day, I realized that I didn’t totally love my car. It was fine, but since when is that ok? It hit me that I could just sell it for cash, use that money to buy a brand-new deck and put money down on a new car lease. So that’s what I did. I now love my new car and my new deck!"—Elizabeth H., Plymouth, MN

      Your Personal Inventory

      30 percent of buyers regret their purchase within three months of the transaction, leaving them in a tough financial situation. But, it’s never too late to turn around a poor decision.

      Before you even start down the path of how to sell your car, it is worth exploring how much you want to sell it for and why you want to sell it. "No amount of money should determine whether you want to sell or not. Features, functions and benefits should come first. If your car isn’t meeting your needs, even if it is affordable, it is costing you something you can’t afford to lose, like time or sanity. Wise words from Maura Steblay, certified financial planner. Here’s what you do. Fold a piece of paper twice to create three columns. In one column write down a list of what you need from your car; next to it jot down what you want from your car. In the last column check off what you already have. If your car is not meeting your needs anymore, it could be a good time to sell, regardless of how much money you stand

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