A few years ago, we were trying to privately sell our Pontiac Grand Am. This whole selling process was a nightmare. The car was in great condition; my father is obsessed with cars so there were no scratches or dings to be found on the Grand Am. My father took great care of the car. We first parked the car in our front yard with a for sale sign in the windshield. We received no calls and only a few people drove by the car and stopped to look at it.
After this, my father decided to ask a family friend if he could park the car in the front yard of his diner. The owner said yes and we parked the car there for over a month and a half. After this, we listed our car on the radio flea market show on a country radio station. On a Sunday we got a few interesting calls so my father removed our car from the diner parking lot and put it back into our front yard again.
The first man who came to see the car seemed interested in the car but after we met him, all he wanted was to get a serious deal for the car because he offered us about half of what the blue book value was. The man was adamant about getting the lowest possible price on the Pontiac Grand Am so we decided to pursue other offers from interested buyers.
The second potential buyer came to our home and seemed very nice. We thought this buyer was the one. He was very interested in the car and asked a lot of questions. He said he would come back with his wife and see the car. He did return with his wife but she was not sold on the car. She said that she preferred the Nissan Altima that they had looked at the day before. After the man left, we never heard from him again.
After a few months, we ended up using our car as a trade in. We didn't get a good trade in value for it but we couldn't sell the car for a reasonable price so this was our last resort. Selling this car was a complete nightmare so we were just glad to have the matter resolved.
