Private Party Cars

Excellent place to sell a car. Jesus did a wonderful job of communicating and making the experience so easy and well worth it.
Apr 7th, 2024

EDIT: Spoke with Jesus after posting this and he expressed that PPC appreciates the feedback and is looking to fix these things, and was overall very cool about it, so I'm changing from 2-stars to 3-stars. =============================== Sold our first car through Private Party Cars, and it SEEMS to be working for everyone else. Didn't work for us, I personally wouldn't recommend it, but maybe we just had an unlucky experience, so here goes: The Good: Jesus is very responsive and helpful, the place is clean, well appointed, and overall this seems like a really great idea for people wanting to sell their cars. They're very good about helping get everything cleared out of your vehicle and making the process safe and secure. The detailing service is inexpensive and every time I dropped by all of the cars were looking great, even after snow storms, etc. The Not-So-Good: I wish I had known that: * Reach: They do not crosspost to FB Marketplace or Craigslist by default. They agreed to do so after I asked about it. I feel like I could have easily gotten the same visibility just posting and selling it myself since the only way people can find out about your car is visiting PPC's website or visiting their lot -- in the year 2024. * Cost: I'm sure it says in the contract that the $560 lot fee is only for 6 weeks, but I somehow missed it. Thought it was a one-time fee. And the extension is another $560. I have a voicemail apparently that notified me we'd gone over the 6 weeks. Once you pay the fee, it's hard to switch to a different selling method, so I'd recommend trying to sell on your own first and seeing what kind of interest you get. Then you can make a no-cost decision about whether you should trade-in based on the response. * Price: Sold 2016 Toyota Avalon in great condition for $17,000 after roughly 11 weeks. Lithia Hyudai (where I bought the car) gave me a trade-in estimate of $16,265. Kelly Bluebook private party was $19,000 and to buy the same car from a dealership would be ~$22,500. In the whole 11 weeks I only had two low ball offers/tire kickers and a 3rd that came in at $17K. Felt like the vultures were circling. I paid PPCs over $1,300 for the parking/showing/detailing/car washing, so I seem to have lost out selling here to the tune of over $500, not to mention the hassle of this being an 11 week process instead of a quick trade-in. * Communication: I travel and there were a lot of phone calls and voice messages. I'm not easily reachable, so I'm sure that didn't help anything. However, in my industry, text messages are the standard. I basically don't listen to voicemails because, like Gina says in Brooklyn 9-9, "It's not 1994 anymore." Just seemed like a lot of overhead connecting me with the buyer's contact info, then I have to reach out myself to the potential buyer. I think they should just set it up to give out your number by default to interested parties. Maybe our experience was particularly bad since we were trying to sell a two wheel drive vehicle during multiple snow storms, and if any one of the things above were better (selling price, cost, reach, etc.) I would have felt better about the process, but as it stands it was not an experience I would recommend for reasons that do not appear specific to my experience.
Mar 29th, 2024

This ia a great place to buy a car. I been to this lot many times and just found what I have been looking for. Jesus was great and helpful every step of the way. I would recommend this lot for any one who is looking to but or sell a vehicle. Thank you Private Party Cars.
Mar 26th, 2024

I showed my car here, and after 40 days, it didnt sell...BUT, they continued to promote my car and it did Sell!! Rick and Jesus were awesome and as if if was their car they were Selling!!
Mar 25th, 2024

Easy,fair,and my truck was sold quickly
Mar 23rd, 2024