We listed my dad's 73 D200 on facebook marketplace about a month ago. Many people have messaged, one person has come to see it. A very common message is someone asking if I'd take $xxxx before they've even seen it in person. So far I've been basically ignoring those, because I can't imagine any serious buyer make any kind of a legimiate offer before seeing it, and I think the offer would only go down once they actually see it and can start pointing out x, y and z that make it worth less.

I knew selling it would be a PITA. But just wondering what approach you all have found successful. Do you price it way higher than you want, knowing that people are going to "offer" (putting it in quotes because I don't believe it's a real offer if they haven't seen it in person) less before even seeing it? Do you just ignore them, or are those people actually serious in your experience?

Is there anything you guys put in the text of the ad to weed out those people? I'm thinking I don't want to put "don't make an offer before you come and see it" because I wouldn't know if I'm dealing with the same bonehead that would have sent an offer without seeing it. And if I tell him not to make an offer without seeing it, I don't want that same bonehead asking about coming to see if they're not serious about that either.

Just kepp ignoring the "will you take" clowns.There is a real buyer out there somewhere.Don't give up and don't give it away.

Selling life was easier when all there was were the Thrifty Nickel papers, and/or a grocery store parking lot at the end of the street where you could park the vehicle with a for sale sign and your phone number on it. If it was priced right it would be gone in a week or two. Today you have used car sales people looking for easy flip material trying to get it as cheap as possible, and tons of people who act like they want something and never show up to look at it.

I sell parts on CL occasionally and get some strange calls and no shows as part of it.

Cool, yeah that's my thought too. No rush to sell on our end, so won't be giving it away.

I was taken by surprise when my Shelby Daytona sold. Younger kid came out and looked, seemed pretty impressed, said he had to talk to his dad about it.
3-days later he says he'll take it. We arrange a time for pickup.... he comes out, pays cash. Drives car away.

Didn't argue one bit about the price. I did have to put a new master cylinder in the car but that was no big deal.
Usually, selling cars is like pulling teeth. I'm also cursed in the fact that every car that I've brought back from the dead and sold; gets destroyed. So, I'm hoping this one breaks that curse.

But other than with the Shelby.... selling stuff has been a never ending nightmare. People asking ridiculous questions that could be easily answered by a simple Google Search. Trying to trade things that are worthless. Asking to halve the asking price or more. I was asking $7500 for the Shelby. The week before the kid bought it I had some woman from one town over offer .... and I quote: "I'll give you $2300 - take it or leave it." Like..... the audacity of some people. I can't tell if it's bravado or ignorance anymore.

Facebook Marketplace is the go to standard for buying and selling in 2024. When I get the dumb trade offers and lowball offers, I block that person. Talking about Facebook MP. At least then that same person can't bug me again.

Before responding to any inquiry on Facebook Marketplace I use the 'Buyer Details' button to see their profile. If the 'customer' has just joined FB, or the buyer details look bogus or are non-existent, I ignore the request.

Don't bother writing a detailed ad description...noone reads it. I respond to every message, even just to poke at someone's ridiculous offer. I should ignore them, but I can't help it.
Most offers are half of your asking price, no matter how you've priced it, so list high.
DO NOT rearrange your schedule to meet someone who says they're coming to look at it. 95% (or more) are no shows.
Be very careful who you let come to your house.

Patience and persistence are key nowadays. Put your ad in as many places as you can. Facebook and Marketplace have many 'groups'. Check out the ones that may apply to your offering, sign up and post your vehicle. Don't forget about Craigslist. Some still use that. The point it to get as many eyeballs on your ads as possible. It's all free. Well, except for your time.

In big bold letters at the top of the description say that you will not respond to automated messages like 'is this still available' and don't. That alone will eliminate a lot of the nuisance crap. Also look at the time stamp on responses. If it is overnight, it is far less likely to be worth bothering with. I have found that if a person is truly interested in the offering, they will follow up if I ignore their automated message. Personally, I don't block unless there is some additional back and forth that appears to be going nowhere.

If you don't get any real interest for a while, pull the ad for a few days or so, then relist. It sounds like you have time on your side, so be patient. I cannot tell you how many times I have listed something for months with little to no meaningful responses. Then BOOM! A real buyer seemingly comes out of nowhere and we do a deal. In fact, that very thing happened with my Challenger just Monday.

And if you don't get any meaningful interest to your initial ad, when you re-post, list it as 'in stock' rather than let it tell perspectives how long your ad has been up. The longer it says it has been up, the more you will get low ballers and other troll types wasting you time.

another place to list is the e-bag "classifieds".
i'm in the process of getting my wife's 1994 chrysler concorde ready to sell.
it's almost mint, runs great, and looks good. plus, it has 100% all new AC parts, with the exception of one hard line. however, the edmunds book lists the high book price as $595.00............
i'm going to get CONSIDERABLY more than that, or i'll demo derby it ! [well, not really]

Dealing with the public may be the #1 reason people consign to a dealer.
Most people don't seem to read a detailed description, and yeah, the low-ball offer without seeing the item is irritating.
FBM seems more active than CL, but it seems things take longer to sell anywhere, even if being almost given away.
But I've sold a few things where people showed up & the sale went smoothly.
As for cars, I've had the best luck using Cars On Line or Hemmings: can't recall the last time the actual buyer haggled with me.
I typically have a good feel for what my stuff is worth, and the real buyers have agreed.
I've become friends with a couple people I've sold cars or parts to, and bought cars from, which I find quite satisfying.

In every ad I place in bold letters PHONE CALLS ONLY E-MAILS AND TEXTS WILL BE IGNORED

I would rather that too but then all the dang scammers start calling. I ask that people message me first then I'll give my number.

As far as pricing; I always price parts/cars at pretty much my bottom dollar and say so in the ad. I don't want to mess around with the back and forth and would prefer a quicker sale if I'm straight up with my pricing. I don't know if this works better or not though.

It's sometimes hard to gauge real people who are serious buyers as opposed to time wasters & scam artists. I had some extremely vague message come regarding camping trailer I listed a couple of years ago. I almost ignored it but gave the person the benefit of the doubt & replied. I was glad I did because they showed up, gave me the full asking price & paid in cash. The couple that bought it were so cool that I gave them a $500 weight distribution & anti-sway controller set up for nothing.

If I list on facebook or craigslist I put a few standard terms in my ads such as....

Don't ask me "Is this still available?" because if you see the ad, it's available & will be removed when sold.

Please put the name of the item you are interested in, in the subject because I have several ads for different items.

Reply through craigslist or facebook but make sure you reference the item in the message so your email doesn't go to a spam folder or get deleted. You can also call me on a land line at xxx-xxx-xxxx. This is not a cell phone, so do not text it.

None of this guarantees anything but it does help weed out a number of nimrods. The ones that start haggling or low balling in the first sentence are the most annoying. I was selling a solid wood, hand made bed for $425 & got a message, "Will you take $100 for the bed?" I sent a one word reply back, "No."

The next message was, "What will you take for the bed?"

My answer was, "Not $100."

Have a vehicle on there right now, what a chore. But a no BS buyer is out there, just have to wait. Blocking is a great move to the dumb offers and questions, I assume the "will you take" guys have a limited budget and are seeing how far they can take it, but after they get blocked by 20 sellers they might wise up and stop shopping for stuff they can't afford

Same here, including when it's clearly not a real name.

My wife just had exactly the same experience when trying to sell this Jeep Wrangler on Facebook Marketplace. All she ever got is low ball ridiculous offers. She was already taking a loss on it, especially considering she had spent $3500 on the wheels and tires you see on it—with only about 1,000 miles on them. I told her to respond to those folks by telling them to come LOOK at it first. Nobody ever came and looked at it. Finally we just said the heck with it, we'll just KEEP it!

We sold a 72 Cutlass supreme ragtop a few years back on FB. We knew what we wanted to get and priced it above that. Minutes after listing our FB blew up with people wanting the car. We ended up meeting the 1st responder to the ad the next day....he never negotiated the price and was holding cash in hand. Sold within 24 hrs....cash deal. Obviously we could have gotten more for the car but we were VERY happy with the sale price. Price it right and it will sell.

I listed my Duster on a few websites, this one included. Never got any response here, except one member
was seriously interested, but he went another direction ultimately. It was listed on Facebook, Craigslist , Racing Junk, and the A body website, also.
LOTS of ridiculous questions, especially on Facebook... also a lot of people asking to trade, even though, I put it in the ad NO trades!
It's funny, a member on the A body website saw the ad, last month, told his father about it... turns out the dad lives about 3 miles from me.
He ended up buying it, I got my price, every one is happy. Stay patient and positive. Your truck WILL sell, just a matter of time.

People will not read any write up that exceeds 3 or 4 sentences. It takes zero effort to send a message asking a stupid questions to the seller so many do just that. I like blocking lowlifes- that way they cannot keep bugging me. I sold my 71 Demon using FBMP (Facebook Marketplace) back in Dec 2019. I had to use my blocking method but after 2 weeks a guy in Detroit (I am in Holland MI) contacted me. After a phone conversation he sent me a check from his bank for the ENTIRE amount. He came 2 weeks later and picked up the car. I placed his $13,000 check in my bank account for safe keeping and had the transaction take place while my bank was open- just in case something happened, and he did not want to go thru with the purchase.