Best place to advertise a GTS....

[Gibson_L-5]

Having made the HUGE mistake of putting my GTS on Ebay, my question to all of you is: Where would you place an ad for a high quality GTS.I am going to place one in this forum now. I have used Hemmings mainly in the past, which is traditionally geared toward older cars, though there are some Vipers regularly. I mistakenly thought that Ebay would attract a younger buyer that the Viper seems to attract, the Viper falls in a very niche market – I call it US Exotic Muscle Sports Car. All Ebay did was attract every BONE HEAD you can imagine, most with big ideas and small pocket books. WHAT A WASTE OF TIME. Most tried to negotiate a price without having funds in place or even the means to view it in person! I had the car sold,(I thought) then the KID could not get a loan, TOO EXOTIC!! I put about 50 large photos of this car in the ad, extremely detailed to eliminate the curiosity e-mails, which worked fairly well, but still. . Any other ideas would be helpful.

 

[CROM]

You are going to get the flakes anywhere you go. That is just part of the fun of selling a car like this. Advertising here is a good idea, as well as viperalley.com

There are always serious buyers trolling these forums looking for a good car (which is typically the case with VCA/VA board members).

Send me a PM/email. I'd be interested in the details of your car.

 

[TAXIMAN1]

Having made the HUGE mistake of putting my GTS on Ebay, my question to all of you is: Where would you place an ad for a high quality GTS.I am going to place one in this forum now. I have used Hemmings mainly in the past, which is traditionally geared toward older cars, though there are some Vipers regularly. I mistakenly thought that Ebay would attract a younger buyer that the Viper seems to attract, the Viper falls in a very niche market – I call it US Exotic Muscle Sports Car. All Ebay did was attract every BONE HEAD you can imagine, most with big ideas and small pocket books. WHAT A WASTE OF TIME. Most tried to negotiate a price without having funds in place or even the means to view it in person! I had the car sold,(I thought) then the KID could not get a loan, TOO EXOTIC!! I put about 50 large photos of this car in the ad, extremely detailed to eliminate the curiosity e-mails, which worked fairly well, but still. . Any other ideas would be helpful.

Gibson, I agree 100% on Ebay... Most of what you get is the bonehead e-mails like "I'll give you $25k for it today, all cash"... Funny thing is, even if you agreed. They probably still could not get the funding. A bunch of pimple-popping kids, w/o 2 pennys to rub together, and shot credit to boot.

However, at the end of the day. Ebay does get a LOT of hits... Last few cars I sold on Ebay averaged 1500-2300 hits.. Where else can you get that exposure for $40?? Believe it or not, there are qualified people that look on Ebay..

First rule, list your phone number.. The people who call, are usually interested... The people who e-mail are ALWAYS time wasters.. Use Ebay as a marketing mechanism. The chances of a qualified buyer actually bidding/winning the auction, is almost non-existent. They will call you, to discuss. And when you agree on terms. End the auction..

Second rule, list a buy it now price... This gives everyone an "indication" of what you need to sell the car..

You should try Autotrader.com..... The thing I like most about this site is. They allow you to keep renewing until it sells, at no additional charge...

 

[CROM]

"The people who e-mail are ALWAYS time wasters.."

Good advice save for this comment. You should add: unless they follow up with a phone call. With both of my Viper purchases I emailed back and forth a few times with all the standard questions (mileage, mods, recall work, maintenance history, overall history, etc..) and what they are looking for price wise before making the phone call. I wanted everything in front of me while I talked to the seller. Being that I'm younger, I usually was not well received if I cold called. In those instances I was blown off sometimes and felt I had to prove my knowledge of the Viper in and out and could afford the car. Email does not allow for this bias, unless you write like a *****.

 

[Gibson_L-5]

I agree, lot's of hits. And your correct, I should have just put my phone number EOS.

 

[agentf1]

Here is where I looked.

Here
the alley
cars.com
autotrader.com
and Ebay.

What is it you are selling? Year, miles etc...?

 

[yogibayer]

Here is where I looked.

Here
the alley
cars.com
autotrader.com
and Ebay.

Same places I looked and ended up finding mine on ebay.

 

[Gibson_L-5]

Here is where I looked.

Here
the alley
cars.com
autotrader.com
and Ebay.

What is it you are selling? Year, miles etc...?

I just posted the ad here in classified, I have over 50 pics of the ENTIRE undercarriage, interior, ect...anyone interested just ask.
This is a VERY nice example of this car. I am a small collector, not a dealer.
I should say, that I need the space, not the money.
So my hope is that nobody HERE makes me insulting offers on this car. I'm just decompressing from the Ebay ride.

 

[Y2K5SRT]

Very nice indeed!


http://classifieds.viperclub.org/showproduct.php?product=345

 

[agentf1]

Nice car, should go quick.

 

[cobramadness]

Is the car in NJ or FL? And has it ever been in an accident? Any scratches/dings?

 

[MAVPR]

Wow! Very nice, you should not take a penny less then your asking price!

 

[Gibson_L-5]

Is the car in NJ or FL? And has it ever been in an accident? Any scratches/dings?

In North West NJ, NO ACCIDENTS, nicks or scratches - DEAD IMMACULATE - PERIOD.
E-mail me for link to photo album.

Looks, runs, smells new, window sticker, documents ect...this car has never seen rain or driven through a puddle, shipping plastic still on frame rails.
I have A new car delivery on friday and have to thin the herd.