How to sell rc cars
Tips For Selling Used RC Cars & Trucks
hey there Jeremy here from friend of our
sitcom the topic of today's episode is
selling your used our seat it's
certainly not the first video or
resource really online with tips and
advice for selling things or even
specifically our see but it is one of
I'm pretty sure the only videos out
there where you're going to get advice
from someone who does this for a living
and the list I don't mean selling our
C's but I do marketing and sales that's
my day job that's what if affords me all
these RC is and specifically online
sales so there's a couple of general
tips in in references to selling really
anything and I'm gonna start with those
first of all you've got to take the
emotion out of it if you love your RC
you're never gonna be satisfied with any
amount you get ever it's gonna cloud
your judgment when you've got a deal
facing you it's gonna just make the
whole experience not fun and maybe
you're selling rc4 not a fun reason
maybe you're not upgrading maybe you're
selling it because you're short on cash
that's okay too but you've got to take
the emotion out of the situation the
second real important step is doing your
research you need to go around on the
web take a pen and paper write down some
information what are people getting for
this model if you're selling a
two-wheel-drive Russell or VXL you need
to go out to ebay and not just look at
what people are asking for that's okay
it's more important to look at maybe the
last 5 or 10 or 20 that's sold take the
average price of those and that's kind
of what to expect going into it you need
to compare as close as possible and
there's certain things you need to take
out of the equation for the most part
you know one good piece of advice of the
many for example at that squirrel gives
us to sell your expensive Hawk apart
separately and I don't disagree with
that at all
is more of a pain in the butt when
you've got to ship all these separate
pieces but really for the most part
you're gonna price yourself out you know
there's a heck of a lot more people
looking for a Rustler two-wheel-drive
then
a Russert wheel drive with a Mamba
system in it or a Tekin system or
expensive you know servos and on all
this if you want to sell with that stuff
that's cool it'll probably increase the
likelihood that your your kit will sell
but won't necessarily increase the
overall value people who are looking to
buy things are looking for a deal the
very nature of ebay puts people in the
mindset I'm looking for a great deal so
you know as a seller you've got to keep
that in mind same thing with Craigslist
and really same thing if you're posting
things up at your local track I find
most people get they get the most money
when they sell at the track or to
somebody they know because you get to
transfer a little of that emotional
attachment on value but for the most
part it is what it is
it's plastic and metal and it's got a
value another place to research it's
forums a lot of forums have market
places where people buy and sell things
it's a good way to get to other RC
people and to avoid the fees that eBay
applies you also need as part of the
research phase you need to take into
account shipping and handling and not
just the shipping and handling price but
the price of all of the materials you're
going to need you could ship it you
could buy one of those nice flat rate
boxes that's what I use but the price of
the bubble wrap and newspaper all
newspapers should be free but all that
kind of stuff make sure you've got it
around because a big part of it is when
you know when you sell an item it's just
right to make sure you ship it out in
good shape you pack it really nice you
don't want the thing arriving broken
that's nobody wins there now you've got
an angry customer or you know somebody
who's mad at you maybe they're setting
it back and now you've just got a total
mess when listing your car you need to
be as descriptive as possible and be
honest if something's broken tell people
you might be surprised a lot of times
people might not care they might have
spare parts laying around you know it
just it just might not matter to people
it's just better to be upfront and
honest about these things you want to
take the time to clean it you want to
make it look as nice and new as possible
maybe that's not always possible maybe
it's just just hammered and there's not
a heck of a lot less
for you to do but spend a half an hour
cleaning it that's gonna add another 10
20 bucks to it and if nothing else is
gonna make sure that your RC sells
quicker because it's gonna look better
than all the other our C's that they
didn't take that time to do it if you
want to put your old stock stuff on it
that's cruel too a lot of times when
people sell kits maybe they've got tires
or certain hopper parts that they're
only going to use on that rig when they
just include them that's nice too but
take your time clean it up make make
sure it looks nice if you're including
other parts clean them up too if you
want people to have value in what you're
giving them then you've got to have
value too so if you're including a $30
set of tires and rims make it look like
a $30 tire tire and rim set don't just
clean up your rig and then kind of throw
these junky muddy tires on there it's
not going to work you need to just make
sure everything's good if you have all
the paperwork make sure that you've got
all the original paperwork if you don't
it's not a big deal it generally
increases the value if you have original
packaging type of things but well I
found what I see it's really not that
big of a deal if you're icees a little
more expensive if you have like a nice
eighth scale rig or something that's a
couple hundred bucks you may want to
consider even spending the 20 bucks for
a new lexan and painting that up a lot
of times people will pay a premium for a
nice thick and lid but even a nice solid
pink pink color without putting your you
know some stickers on there that's gonna
add value to it's just gonna you know
just go around look on eBay and look at
the bus sit up
lexan down there and if you're looking
for 150 200 dollars or more you might
want to take the time to put a new lid
on there just put a nice easy even coat
of paint the next step really is take
lots and lots and lots and lots and lots
and lots of pictures take it from the
people who know what they're doing when
it comes to selling cars like Auto
Trader cuz I comm go look at their
website you know it there's not a used
car out there with less than 30 pictures
typically and that is because
Mystikal ii the more pictures that
people find or the more pictures that
they post the higher value they get and
the more often they sell their car and
quicker to which is important if you're
looking for cash so don't just take one
don't just take two take like fifty and
then pick your best 20 and try to
include those somewhere when you take a
pictures make sure you apply the quality
all the way through make sure you have
the right lighting make sure you take in
a nice spot where the rigs gonna look
good because this is all that people
have is a you know two-dimensional
picture of your truck they don't know
about you know different how it looks or
things that are cool about it unless
they can see it being as descriptive as
possible is one of the most effective
selling tools that you've got available
to you you need to take the time and
make sure your description is accurate
just lengthy enough to be useful and
free of spelling errors or grammatical
errors layout
you know bullet points things like that
things that add value those are all
things that can increase the likelihood
that that's somebody reading your
listing on eBay or Craigslist that
they're gonna be more interested in your
rig more likely to buy it you may want
to also consider video obviously that's
easy for me to say we have a bunch of
cameras and and it's relatively easy for
me to take a take a video something
quick and upload it that said just like
with pictures only do it if you can make
it look nice I'm not saying it's gotta
be in 1080p what I'm saying is it does
have to be well-lit and not shot on a
camera phone looking all shaky and and
and things like that you know it can
help you significantly but it can hurt
you if it's not done well so to
summarize you need to do your research
and set your expectations
going into it with the right mindset the
right pricing and the proper information
it's gonna make the process a lot
smoother for you maybe you see hey these
trucks they're selling for next to
nothing I do just decide to keep it and
that's okay to at least you save the few
bucks to list it on eBay or all a hassle
taking pictures things like that you
need to take the emotion out of it the
research should replace emotion be is
descriptive and thorough as possible in
your listings so
you know tell them all the things about
it take the time to write it up make
sure there's no spelling grammar errors
anything like that take lots of pictures
we talked about maybe video to just make
your truck look the best if you're
sawing a slash two-wheel-drive there's a
freaking thousand of them on eBay if you
don't do these things the only thing you
have to compete on is price and that's
why I'm so I'm trying to be so specific
about things that you can do you've got
to look at it from the other side you
know if all they have is one picture
that's all I have to go off of the next
thing they look at is a price if they're
comparing five different ones but yours
looks better you they trust you more
they're gonna pay more for it not only
that you're gonna have more people
interested so if you've got an auction
type thing you're gonna drive your price
up and you're also increasing the
likelihood that your item will even sell
in the first place there's nothing more
annoying than waiting ten days for an
eBay auction to end and then have it not
sound make sure before you ship it out
tests at all confirm that's working
because you better believe the person
that opens a box next is going to be
doing the same thing so if you have
anything weird with it maybe it's brand
new up just popped up you got to get a
handle before you ship it because
otherwise it's coming right back Sweeny
nothing but a headache so I hope these
these tips help you when you're looking
to maybe sell your RC get the most cash
for it or possibly upgrade to something
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