Good day, friends.

My lady purchased a 2004 cooper new in 2003. she drove it for 19yrs and 10mo. a truck pulled out in front of her and it was totaled. She does small landscaping jobs (flower beds, pots porches and patios. I was truly amazed at how much she could put in that little R50. The accident was last august. She ended up buying a 2019 Countryman in October having been pressured by her family to get something newer and bigger as it would be more practical for her business. I did not disagree with their assessment, it sounded like the right thing to do. Enter the 209 base countryman purchased with a tic over 80,000 miles. I think she paid 19k. Problem is she hates it. not really my cuppa either. So we are selling it. It's been on Marketplace for a couple of months and it get a couple hundred clicks a week but no traction. First listed at 18.5k and it's now at 17.5k OBO. It seems we may have overpaid some and we know we are going to take a hit form it but we obviously want to keep that loss to a minimum. It did have some suspension repair work done after previous owner ran over a deer. deer had already been hit but was still in the road.

I would like to hear y'alls tips for selling this. What, in your experience, would be appropriate price range to list the car. I know the repaired damage is a bit of a wild card and I am collecting all the receipts I can find from the dealer.

Currently driving around with "Buy me, I'm pretty" written in the back windows. lol.

TIA

 

1. Where do you live?

2. When you say marketplace, are you talking about the marketplace here or Facebook marketplace or ???

3. Have you listed it on Autotrader? Craigslist? The more eyes you can get on it the better.

4. Have you gotten a quote from CarMax or Carvana? I would do that just to see how much you can get. (If they have these where you live. See question #1.)

 

I'd go to cargurus.com/Edmunds.com/nada/com/kbb/com to figure out a market value. Then as suggested goto carmax and Carvana. Sometimes their number is pretty good. Don't know this best places to list. I am afraid of scammers so have mostly traded in my cars, even though I know I won't get a great price.