Poor Experience
I have not used Reddit in months, I came here to post this review so you all can have the most information available when choosing a place to sell your own vehicle. I went with CarsandBids because I didn't want to do the facebook/craiglist dance. I thought everything would be a nice, simple process. It was anything but. It was more stressful and I got less than I probably should have for the car. I was just riding the failboat through the entire process.
The first thing that threw me off was their requirement to use a professional photographer. They told me cars of my caliber required it, that cost me $200, so not free to list. Then came the issue of actually making an appointment with the photography company. I initiated this in early June 2026 and the first availability they had was Feb. 2027. It took me two weeks to get that issue sorted, another week to schedule. The photographer showed up an hour early which rushed me and I didn't have time to do a final inspection on the car before photos and they didn't turn out as good as they could have.
The auction itself went OK although at this point the auction was running three weeks later than I had hoped. Which I do believe attributed to the lower price I got. I would have relisted but Carsandbids had already wasted 3 weeks of my time and I didn't have anymore time to relist so I accepted an offer that was a good $10k lower than what the car was appraised for by 3 different industry experts. I know a car is worth what someone will pay, but I do believe had this auction ran on the timeline I wanted it to, I would have had more bidders and possibly got more for the vehicle. But my complaint isn't really on what I got for the car, more the overall experience.
The buyer communication was poor. I had to ask multiple times what their plan was for shipping. The shipper they used text me telling me they were an hour away. So I left work on my break and went to the car to wait at the approximate time they told me. After waiting 30 minutes I got a text saying it would be another 30 minutes. It took another 45 minutes plus for the driver to actually show up.
Overall not a great time was had. I tried to stay positive throughout it all but now that it is over, I realize how much it sucked. Next vehicle I will go back to Facebook/Craigslist marketplaces.