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Car Sales

Second hand car sales are a wonderful way to save some money.  That new car smell just isn't worth the thousands of dollars it costs to enjoy for fifteen seconds before you drive your new vehicle off of the lot and watch it depreciate in value instantly.  I've had two friends ask me recently about helping them to list vehicles on eBay.  I've never done it before for any car that I've owned, but it looks like a pretty simple operation.

I'll be helping them set up their own accounts for listing the cars, just because I really don't want to be the middle man for questions.  I also don't want to complicate my numbers by having to keep track of who received money that went through my eBay ID.  I avoid selling on consignment because my home state of Pennsylvania passed a law stating that you have to hold an aucioneer's license if you sell consigned items.  I'm not interested in paying money for that priviledge at this point.

Some people prefer leasing their vehicles.  I did that once, but don't currently.  I found an interesting site that I wish had existed when I did have a leased vehicle.  LeaseTrader.com
offers a service in which you can get rid of the lease on your current car and take over the lease on a vehicle that better suits you. This would be nice for those who don't like to commit to long term relationships with their cars or for people who find themselves with different needs (new baby?) than when they signed the original lease.

If you just want to see what is available in the way of used cars, type whatever car interests you into the eBay search box on the right of this post.  Just for fun, try typing in your dream car!  I think you'll be surprised at how many results you get.