Selling a car on Craigslist

[C(-)ris]

Psurfer wrote:
C(-)ris' list is generally good advice for selling anything on CL.

I would add that in my CL selling experience (not selling cars though, those buyers may be a different breed), allowing potential buyers a little more elbow room in terms of meeting time & place (esp if they're driving in from a long distance), has often paid off.
And a high % of the eventual buyers also began (or at least tried to begin) their bargaining w/me before seeing the item. So I don't write them off, either.

I have done the same for goods that have a fixed value and either work or they don't such as electronics or household goods.

However, there is no point in talking price on a car you have never seen. There are far too many variables to have any idea what you are willing to pay for something without seeing it. For the seller, if you get talked down before they even see the car, you are going to get talked down even more once they find any little thing wrong.