A couple months ago we decided to purchase a larger vehicle to accomodate our larger family so we upgraded to a 7 passenger Ascender from our 5 passenger Rodeo (thanks to our Isuzu connections!). We have now had our Rodeo on Craig's List for over a month and now having to consider paying to list it on AJC or AutoTrader. That is the background info.
About two weeks ago, we finally convinced Grandma that she needed to sell her "piece" of a car since she shouldn't be driving anyway or wasting money on car insurance. So last Sunday night we decided to go ahead and post her car on Craig's List for the grand total of $600 (like I said it's a piece). Over the course of the week, we have had about 20 responses to the posting, but no one to actually come through yet to fork over the cash for it. We had a couple scammers (like shipping it to Africa), a few people mildly interested (requesting pictures), and a few very interested (willing to take a bus to the car and drive it home) but didn't make it over to see it at a convenient time. So tonight Ben decided to get a bit more aggressive and actually call people who left phone numbers. At about 9pm, a couple actually called to say they were in the parking lot. Of course, this sounded sketchy since who really buys a car in the DARK. So mom drove him up there as his protector with 911 dialed in her phone "just in case". Fortunately, they weren't psycho, took a short test drive, and sealed the deal. They even gave a bonus and handed over $650 cash. Wahoo!!!!! No more POS Cougar acting as a trash can for Grandma's money. Clearly, however, that brings me back to my original point. Our nice, well-maintained Rodeo still sits untouched on Craig's List and her crap mobile has been unloaded for cash!
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