Now that we have sold our travel trailer, DW deemed it time to get rid of our 2006 F-250. I would like to sell it to a private party but determining a price for it has become an problem.. I have used the on line KBB and others, providing the data they requested but have never been given a value of the vehicle.. But what I do get is within hours an endless stream of phone calls from several local dealers offering me a trade in value on a new vehicle from them.. Any ideas where to get a good base price for used vehicles such as mine.. Thanks

Or we can price what it’s worth right here. V10 = 10 grand5.4 = 5 grand (gutless turd in a HD)6.0 = half eaten bag of peanuts that someone threw the empty shells back in the bag.“bulletproofed” 6.0 = the above bag full and unopened.

JDPower is the new NADA. just put in your zip, year, make, model and mileage and you get your values. Aside from that do a search on CarGurus, Cars.com, Craigslist etc, for your year make and model. You'll see what others are advertising theirs for.

I'm not familiar with the current crop of pricing guides, but in years past always found Edmunds to be one of the more realistic and accurate evaluators.

DD716TED wrote:Now that we have sold our travel trailer, DW deemed it time to get rid of our 2006 F-250. I would like to sell it to a private party but determining a price for it has become an problem.. I have used the on line KBB and others, providing the data they requested but have never been given a value of the vehicle.. But what I do get is within hours an endless stream of phone calls from several local dealers offering me a trade in value on a new vehicle from them.. Any ideas where to get a good base price for used vehicles such as mine.. ThanksI use KBB regularly to get updated values for my truck. Never put in e-mail address or phone number. I have always received my valuation.

Dude, pump the brakes. Just get on CL and FB and look at what’s for sale. Price accordingly. No need to complicate it with whatever you’re doing ….or just look up the value on kbb and quit clicking links to marketing ****.

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valhalla360
Navigator
Oct 20, 2023
As others have suggested, look up the current asking prices on FB, Craigslist, etc... for similar trucks.

But honestly unless it's something really special, you are probably in the $5-8k range, so even if you are a bit under priced, it's not likely to be more than a few hundred that you leave on the table. (no ill intent, I'm driving a 2008 with 250k miles on it).

If you were driving a 2020 with 25k miles, I would be more concerned as you could easily under price by $5-10k.
mkirsch
Nomad II
Oct 23, 2023
PA12DRVR wrote:
Grit dog wrote:
Dude, pump the brakes. Just get on CL and FB and look at what’s for sale. Price accordingly. No need to complicate it with whatever you’re doing ….or just look up the value on kbb and quit clicking links to marketing ****.

^^^^ This, in spades. Just cruise through FB or CL plugging in search terms to reflect your vehicle. See what comes up. Price within that range or a little above / below depending if you want big $$$ or a quick sale.

There's jack-all for F250s of that vintage on Craigslist and the "search nearby areas" function was removed so you'll have to spend hours going from site to site to find more of jack-all for F250's.

I'd like someone to show me how to get searches to work on FB Marketplace. When I search for F250, I get like 3 listings then there's nothing but ads for anything but, including patio furniture and Mexican food.
Grit_dog
Navigator
Oct 23, 2023
You can search a huge radius on CL. I’ve got it set to about 350mi radius generally.
And even if searching a local area, just search a populated area if yer in the boonies.
mkirsch
Nomad II
Oct 24, 2023
Doesn't work for me. I tried specifying how many miles out to search, and got the same local results.

There used to be a "search nearby areas" you could check off which then listed all the other CL sites within hundreds of miles. That's gone.
stripit
Explorer
Oct 24, 2023
I always check AutoTempest to see what cars are selling for that I'm looking at. It is a search engine that checks all the major listings, Ebay, craigslist . cars.com, Carvana and more. No cost to you, and its fast.

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