Used Carmigo to sell my car instead of Rivian Trade-in

[fromSf]

Hello Everyone,

It was long overdue for me to share my experience so that others can benefit.

Both Rivian and CarMax quoted the exact same price for my Genesis. I was shopping around to get a better deal and came across CarMigo in this forum, so I reached out to them. The whole process was smooth—I signed the paperwork, and they listed my car on their website for 24 hours. It was sold for $3.5K more than the Rivian/CarMax offer.

Once it was sold, it took about a week or more for CarMigo to arrange a mover to pick up my car. I received an ACH transfer notification once the car left my parking lot, minus the CarMigo fee ($350). I received the money thru ACH 2 days after initial notification. After receiving the money, I sent the title using a prepaid FedEx label.

Personally, I would use them again. The only drawback is that it takes 7-10 days to receive the cash.

Thanks @carmigo !!

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[Killer95Stang]

Glad to here about multiple options. I tried carfax, rivian and a few other online car buyers to sell our 2015 Ford Flex. Carvana ended up offering $2000 more than the closest offer and was $4000 higher than Rivian. Carvana was almost too easy, but the check cleared and the car is gone so I am happy.

Congrats on the Rivian and glad you are happy with the sale.

 

[AxelR]

Used Driveway.

 

[CaptRat]

Glad to here about multiple options. I tried carfax, rivian and a few other online car buyers to sell our 2015 Ford Flex. Carvana ended up offering $2000 more than the closest offer and was $4000 higher than Rivian. Carvana was almost too easy, but the check cleared and the car is gone so I am happy.

Congrats on the Rivian and glad you are happy with the sale.

We used Carvana as well to sell our very clean, low mileage, 2012 Chevy Avalanche. I initially listed it locally at $2500 over current local retail estimates. Rivian offered $6000 below retail, Carmax and Driveway were at retail and Carvana was $1100 over retail. The Carvana offer was what I expected in a private sale after bargaining but without the hassle.

 

[DTown3011]

I tried carmigo. It was good, not great. I found the photo taking process cumbersome but the listing and bidding process was easy, smooth and fun. Ultimately I didn’t get the pricing I wanted and sold my car privately for more than I got with Carmigo, but YMMV and I’d recommend using them.

 

[carmigo]

Hello Everyone,

It was long overdue for me to share my experience so that others can benefit.

Both Rivian and CarMax quoted the exact same price for my Genesis. I was shopping around to get a better deal and came across CarMigo in this forum, so I reached out to them. The whole process was smooth—I signed the paperwork, and they listed my car on their website for 24 hours. It was sold for $3.5K more than the Rivian/CarMax offer.

Once it was sold, it took about a week or more for CarMigo to arrange a mover to pick up my car. I received an ACH transfer notification once the car left my parking lot, minus the CarMigo fee ($350). I received the money thru ACH 2 days after initial notification. After receiving the money, I sent the title using a prepaid FedEx label.

Personally, I would use them again. The only drawback is that it takes 7-10 days to receive the cash.

Thanks @carmigo !!

Hey there! First of all, thanks so much for sharing your experience. Good or bad, we appreciate any feedback. So happy we were able to get you a good deal. Your constructive criticism regarding the time to receive payment is understandable, perhaps one day we will have faster methods available to our sellers, but for now, we greatly appreciate your patience. I sent this over to the rest of the Carmigo team and we are all virtually high-fiving. Once again, thanks so much for sharing your experience, we hope we can help you again one day.

 

[carmigo]

I tried carmigo. It was good, not great. I found the photo taking process cumbersome but the listing and bidding process was easy, smooth and fun. Ultimately I didn’t get the pricing I wanted and sold my car privately for more than I got with Carmigo, but YMMV and I’d recommend using them.

Thanks for giving us a shot, even if you didn't get the price you wanted. Some vehicles have better outcomes on our platform than others but we try our best to keep it fast and easy regardless of the amount. We appreciate your note about the photo-taking process. We will address that concern going forward and see what we can do to improve.

 

[DTown3011]

Thanks for giving us a shot, even if you didn't get the price you wanted. Some vehicles have better outcomes on our platform than others but we try our best to keep it fast and easy regardless of the amount. We appreciate your note about the photo-taking process. We will address that concern going forward and see what we can do to improve.

Totally overall the process was pretty smooth. I would definitely use it again. I was selling a Tesla right after the price drop in the market dropped out from them so I fully acknowledge it was probably my vehicle, but that doesn’t mean that other people won’t have a great success, and it was fun, watching the auction take up at the very end, as people were bidding on my vehicle.

 

[carmigo]

Totally overall the process was pretty smooth. I would definitely use it again. I was selling a Tesla right after the price drop in the market dropped out from them so I fully acknowledge it was probably my vehicle, but that doesn’t mean that other people won’t have a great success, and it was fun, watching the auction take up at the very end, as people were bidding on my vehicle.

So glad you enjoyed that part, it's one of our favorites too. It's so thrilling to watch it all happen in real time. Fingers are crossed that we get a better market for Teslas soon.

 

[Stickboy46]

I just tried Carmingo and got so frustrated with the picture taking part, I gave up. It constantly would reject pictures for random reasons.

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