Making any money?

[Razamanaz]

I'm not. I refuse to sell a car for $200 profit that I just spent the entire day cleaning, painting,, repairing, etc.. This economy is wack, just like the real thing.

[Arutha]

Yeah I have to second this feedback...I negotiated within what the game would allow and after all the freaking hard work, I barely got 200 bucks.....am I missing something? I realize thats a possibility.

[darkrajin]

I've personally had no problem making money. The few tips I can offer is. Low ball any car you buy. Only buy cars with poor body work. Rust, and dirty cars are the most profitable, Sell multiple cars at a premium. The higher the markup, the easier I found to drive the negotiations up. Aim for the more expensive cars. I found the profit margin was greater, the more expensive the vehicle was. I never replaced the parts, just patched the holes. cleaned the rust,and washed when needed.

[HeatherHey]

^^^ THIS! Mark it up until it's red. Then wait.

[Tantalus]

Hmm...a higher asking price isn't really driving up negotiations for me. I still get customers who come in and try to low-ball $1000 UNDER the estimated value (which will be at least several thousand below what I'm asking) of whatever car I'm selling, and they won't want to come up much. Every once in a great while, I do get a customer who's willing to pay the higher price, but most simply aren't.

[Shona (vincit omnia veritas)]

Originally posted by Razamanaz:

I'm not. I refuse to sell a car for $200 profit that I just spent the entire day cleaning, painting,, repairing, etc.. This economy is wack, just like the real thing.

Buy a cheap car, wash it, repair it and put an ad up with a price in the red.

I make 1500 - 3000 per car with that, depending how the negotiations went

[inigo montoya]

You need to haggle better i find it possible to buy and resell for profit without even washing the car

[wadeuuno]

U do realize u have to haggle when buying cars too?

[Shona (vincit omnia veritas)]

Originally posted by wadeuuno:

U do realize u have to haggle when buying cars too?

I think that is the issue that they don't know how, because if you stay on your price they stay on theirs.

So if a car cost 3500 i try 2000 and than i wait on the counter offer and how low they did go and that's when i know how i can raise my side. Most likley i pay between 2200 - 2800

Originally posted by Razamanaz:

I'm not. I refuse to sell a car for $200 profit that

Some examples for sales

Car | Price bought | Price Ad | Prices selled | Profit

600c | 2280 | 6500 | 5026 | 2746
Vanguard | 2008 | 6000 | 4674 | 2666

With this two cars i earned 5412, so it is not so hard. Again put the price on your ad as high that it is red. You get less offers, but you will find one who will pay a much higher price than if you set you Ad with a lower price.

[(V)(;,,;)(V)]

till i was buying cars for 5k+, i ONLY bought whatever the lowest was in the app. after finishing when posting the ad, id mark it up till the 'interest' bar had only %10 at best (takes longer to get offers but can usually talk them up more). then dont let them talk you down much, just adjust your offer in 100-250 (maybe 500 if they are way low) increments (when selling for less than $5k-10k). doing this iv yet to sell a single vehicle for market value or less, usually nearly doubling the money i originally bought it for.

and remember you dont HAVE to accept an offer you dont like, you can wait for another customer.

[Leaf]

Originally posted by Tantalus:

Hmm...a higher asking price isn't really driving up negotiations for me. I still get customers who come in and try to low-ball $1000 UNDER the estimated value (which will be at least several thousand below what I'm asking) of whatever car I'm selling, and they won't want to come up much. Every once in a great while, I do get a customer who's willing to pay the higher price, but most simply aren't.

Negotiate 1k under what youre asking, then go down 1k at a time, theyll usually end up paying a lot over market value

[(V)(;,,;)(V)]

so just now im selling a bolder (the suburban) i bought for $5K (4.1k after double checking), market of $10K after wash and body work, ad set to $17K. first offer was for 9.5K, dropped my price to 16.5K, new offer is already 12.4K, more than double what i bought it for and can still haggle 2 more times. ended up selling for 13.2K

[Tbonesteak]

Easy money ***THIS COULD RUIN YOUR GAME****

1. Buy cars in a drivable state that are in poor visible condition and relatively low mileage

2. Undertake all visual work possible

3. List for sale at the upper limit of before the bar goes from yellow to red

4. During negotiations, when lowballed, come down incrementally by a few hundred dollars for the first 2 offers.

5. For the 3rd offer, ask for a crazy high amount like 120,000 or something near

6. Watch your offer come in from anything to 21000 - 49000 for an average car you had listed for 11000....


I found this by accident by adding an extra 0 during my final offer and received 30k for a car I had listed for about 9k.

I have tried this multiple times, and it works every time when selling cars. I haven't been able to replicate this when buying cars. I suspect it is a glitch that I hope will get patched, and of course, it will definitely zap the fun out of the grind, so use it at your peril!

[Femmefatele]

I price to the top of the green and then reject everyone until I get a full price offer. It may take a couple of days but as long as my price is green, I eventually get a non-negotiate full price offer.

[HulaGremlin]

I'm not really sure what game a lot of you are playing that make these threads, but I routinely make double or more what I paid for the car. What kind of cars are you buying? Are you checking the market price before you even start negotiating to see if they are trying to rip you off? Are you 100% replacing parts before you get the repair machine? I have lots of questions. Additionally, if someone isn't willing to budge off their lowball price dont sell to them. If someone, when you go to buy, is trying to play hardball and wants to sell above market price or wont lower their price, don't buy. I would think this is self evident but maybe it isn't.

[PVT Festus.H]

List the car JUST high enough to go red. It helps tremendously with the negotiations. Also, keep candy/cigarettes on you at all times.