Bring A Trailer

[Nyati]

Anybody ever listed/bought a car off BringATrailer? Pros/cons?

 

[dishdude]

Have you checked out Cars and Bids? What are you listing?

 

[macarose]

I've done both.

Bring A Trailer is well organized and definitely more civil. A more mature audience that tends to contribute plenty of insight.

Cars And Bids is a dumpster fire filled with plenty of Internet educated enthusiasts who regurgitate whatever they read online.


I have sold at both sites. One guy I helped make his dream come true with a 1985 Nissan Maxima my friend was initially going to give to the scrapper.

The owner who has known me since forever asked for guidance. I brought it back from a long hibernation in his garage. Got it serviced and well detailed. Contacted BaT so that I could use a professional photographer, and it was an absolute joy to do.

We split the profits and he also got a great story to tell his students at Emory.

Here's a 2004 Lexus IS300 I sold at BaT which only had 25,000 miles. If you read the comments, you'll get a healthy grasp of the culture there.

Cars & Bids was just a zoo. Perhaps it improved over the years. But I have found it a lot easier to either use BaT, or just sell directly to enthusiasts.

 

[Legs4Arms]

I've done both.

Bring A Trailer is well organized and definitely more civil. A more mature audience that tends to contribute plenty of insight.

Cars And Bids is a dumpster fire filled with plenty of Internet educated enthusiasts who regurgitate whatever they read online.


I have sold at both sites. One guy I helped make his dream come true with a 1985 Nissan Maxima my friend was initially going to give to the scrapper.

The owner who has known me since forever asked for guidance. I brought it back from a long hibernation in his garage. Got it serviced and well detailed. Contacted BaT so that I could use a professional photographer, and it was an absolute joy to do.

We split the profits and he also got a great story to tell his students at Emory.

Here's a 2004 Lexus IS300 I sold at BaT which only had 25,000 miles. If you read the comments, you'll get a healthy grasp of the culture there.

Cars & Bids was just a zoo. Perhaps it improved over the years. But I have found it a lot easier to either use BaT, or just sell directly to enthusiasts.

That Maxi is MINTY