Best Way To Sell A Used Car

Q.I've posted an ad on cars.com to sell my Concorde. I've gotten a couple of responses but they sound fishy to me. In both cases the buyer is out of state and wants to arrange to have the car shipped, that just doesn't sound right. It's a 94 Concorde with 128K miles on it, it's not a hard to get classic car. One of the buyers said he would send me a certified check or money order that includes the shipping costs, that's a huge red flag. I did a little googling and there is a known scam where they send you a check, your bank accepts it, you send money to the shipper and then a week later the bank tells you that the check is bad. I sent the buyer an e-mail and told them they would have to pay the shipper directly. Was posting an ad on Cars.com a bad idea? The last time I sold a car was 94 which predates Internet scams. I put an ad in the Want Advertiser which was a print only publication at the time, and I ended up selling it to someone for cash. The Want Advertiser is online now so it's no safer. What's the best way to sell a used car these days?

A.Easy to avoid scams - sell it to somebody who comes to get it and brings money. You're right, all these fake check and mail back extra money deals are the going thing. You really can't take a cashier's check any more, unfortunately, because they're so easy to fake. But luckily, your car's not worth much, so you can take a cash transaction for it.

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