Comments on: Financing College by Selling the Van

By: 3000 Bad Credit Loan Personal

3000 Bad Credit Loan Personal — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 04:23:31 +0000

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By: A New Twist to Selling the Van - A Bailout Plan | The Happy Rock

A New Twist to Selling the Van - A Bailout Plan | The Happy Rock — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 13:27:39 +0000

[...] If you’re new here, you may want to join hundreds of other readers and subscribe to my RSS feed or my free email subscription to receive free updates. Thanks for visiting!Another page has been added to our selling the van story. You long time readers can skip ahead, but if you want to catch up here is the first part, and here is the second part. [...]

By: Personal Finance Blog Post I've Enjoyed Recently (10/4/08) | Money Beagle

Personal Finance Blog Post I've Enjoyed Recently (10/4/08) | Money Beagle — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 13:09:08 +0000

[...] Happy Rock made a tough decision and sold their van in order to finance college. Sometimes, tough decisions are necessary in order to avoid piling on debt, and this is a good [...]

By: NtJS

NtJS — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 01:53:04 +0000

Ug. That's hard to do. I had a little sedan a few years back that I just loved. It wasn't over the top - actually it was quite cheap. Just a joy to drive and it looked great. Anyways, we sold it. We needed a pickup far more than a little sedan, so it had to go on down the road without us. Since you asked, here are some posts we wrote on buying and selling - two parts on each. Selling Part 1 Selling Part 2 Buying Part 1 Buying Part 2 Hope those help!

By: Sue

Sue — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 02:04:30 +0000

Okay there is alot of talk about you selling the van but shouldn’t you see what you are going to replace it with before you sell it. Are you currently paying 10% of your take home pay towards your debts? Once you are doing that your van will be paid off in shorter time frame. Good luck.

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Carnival of Money Stories « Funny about Money — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 07:58:23 +0000

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By: Personal Development by TRCoach

Personal Development by TRCoach — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 00:35:13 +0000

What about using Craigslist – its free and has good traffic?
Tom (TRCoach)

By: John (Debt Defier)

John (Debt Defier) — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 15:06:52 +0000

Thanks for the comments everybody!

@Celticbuffy – Part of me thinks that site is going to be Sioux Falls centered. But I’ll check it out anyway.

@ Pete – Thanks for the offer of a free ad, I’m in NE South Dakota.

@ Fern – Mileage varies greatly. It doesn’t get very good mileage in town at all (teens). But does decent on the highway(mid 20s)…all depends on how fast I drive.

If I have to settle for far less that I want, I won’t sell.

@ First Creditor – Good luck to you!

@ Money Funk – I agree that we’ll be able to get a better van…at least thats the hope. I’ll keep Auto Trader in mind.

By: Money Funk

Money Funk — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 19:41:54 +0000

Try Auto Trader – place ad online and you can submit a photo or call them and they will come out to take a pic. My friends all seem to have good luck with them.

The van… school… it will all be worth it. When school is over and you get back financially rolling you can buy an even better van!

By: The First Creditor

The First Creditor — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 02:16:36 +0000

I plan on doing the same thing in a few months and my tentative plan is to:

1.Look up the kelly blue book value on my vehicle
2.Find an online marketplace such as Ebay to list it on