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Old 05-27-2016, 03:14 PM   #120
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Originally Posted by Cecil Terwilliger View Post
I sold a car a few weeks ago on kijiji and honestly I was vaguely suspicious that the person I was selling it to was gonna do that. Except you wouldn't make much. I had it listed for a grand. At the end of the day I wouldn't really care, as I was just happy to get rid of it, but it makes me wonder how profitable it could be for someone who can fix cars cheaply to scour kijiji for budget deals, fix em up a bit and then sell them for market value.
I've done it a few times. Not going to get rich, but you can pick up a little extra cash pretty easily if you've got some mechanical skills and a bit of free time. A lot of repairs are 90% labor/10% parts and if you like working on cars the time investment is more of a hobby than a cost.
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