Research Used Car Prices
Researching used car prices on the Internet by Dakota Caudilla
No sooner have you started searching for car prices
on the Internet, your head will be spinning with competitive car prices and
promises of prompt delivery, dedicated customer service response, and huge discounts.
Are all of those promises and claims to be believed? Your guess is as good as
mine, if you want the truth. But then, there are ways to help you find the less
unscrupulous ones on the Internet and bring you honest-to-goodness car prices
that are well worth your time and money.
There are tons of car and used car websites where
you can research on car prices on the Internet. Some of the more popular ones
are www.cars.com, www.invoicedealers.com, www.autoweb.com, www.carsdirect.com,
www.edmunds.com, www.autos.com, www.car.com, and www.autousa.com. These websites
are, essentially, websites that lets car sellers and dealers post their cars
and used cars for sale together with the car prices that they are willing to
sell the car for. Car buyers will log into the website looking for the car that
they want and when the sale goes through, the car seller and car buyer will
perform a transaction and the website gets a cut and the car seller gets the
rest. The car prices consist of the price of the car, the commission of the
seller and the commission due to the listing website. Well, that’s if we assume
that there are no other parties involved in this transaction. If there are more
people stuck in the middle trying to make a quick buck out of the car sale,
the car price will hike up accordingly.
If you already know the make and model of the car
you’re interested to purchase, the only thing left to do is to go to those car
listing website, search through their database, check out the car prices they
have there and compare the car prices they have with the ones in other websites.
Don’t forget to compare the car prices with the local car dealer and used-car
dealer too, just for good measure. You’ll be surprised, sometimes, the local
car dealer may have better car prices for you. if not, perhaps the used car
dealer may have a fabulous deal in store for you with a car with an unbelievable
price and in perfect condition (not the banged-up, knocked-around, and shabbily
fixed-up) kind.
Comparing car prices is important. You can do this
with a spreadsheet like Excel file. This is easy but if you are going to take
your own sweet time researching the car prices, make sure you mark down the
date you extract the prices. Car prices go up and down faster than you can imagine.
Try find car prices at http://search.ebay.com/car_eBay-Motors_W0QQsacatZ6000
When researching car prices, the more important thing
to ensure is the condition of the car. One of the ways to determine if the car
price is worth it is to take a look at the picture of the car, if personal examination
is not possible at that point in time. However, pictures can be manipulated.
And some pictures are not genuine, i.e., the picture is not the real car picture
of the car that is for sale. So, be wary, keep in touch with the seller and
if the seller sounds dodgy, dodge him…or her.
About the Author
Dakota Caudilla, journalist, and website builder Dakota Caudilla lives in Texas.
He is the owner and co-editor of http://www.great-car-deals.com
on which you will find a longer, more detailed version of this article.
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