whos right??

I can see a fight comming on between me and my sis..

I have my mums car until the estate is settled and then im going to sell it...I told sis that i will give her around $3.5k for her half before it sells because she doesnt want to wait....

I told her im selling it to a car yard for a fast sale...

She texted me a few hours ago saying shes looked them up on trademe and they are worth 3k more than the car yard will give us..

I said to her "yes but there is 3 PAGES! full of these cars so why would someone buy one privately with no warranty when they could buy one for the same price from a dealer on TM and get the warranty"...

And the biggest thing of all is that the car has been in a reasonably big accident (fixed up all good as new but still accident none the less)..

I dont want to give her more than 3.5k then sell it for less bcos i know she wont pay me back the difference AND i will have to keep the car up to standard, legal etc while i wait for AGES for it to sell on TM for what she wants for it..and thats if it does sell at all......

Am i right in just selling it to a dealer and giving her her share??? or should i wait it out on TM??

Its up to you but if your sister wants it sold on trade me because it will get more there then I would tell her to wait for it to sell then you'll split the proceeds. If she doesn't want to wait then go the car yard route

yeah i told her that id sell it THEN give her her cut but she said its not fare because i have the car for use...even thought she was very adament that she did not want it at her house which is why i took it...

i have been watching these cars on TM since mum died 2 months ago and they really are not selling in fact NONE have sold so far (the ones with the same kms etc as this one).

im not sure if im being fair to my sis or not??

What you've suggested sounds fair to me, if she wants more for it get her to list it on TM. Then she'll have to wait for the money.
Otherwise there is the car yard option.
I sold my car on TM it took about 3 goes at listing it, was only worth 3k so not worth trading in or selling through a dealer.

The other option if you have it is to go for you both to go to the car fair and see what you can get for it there and split the proceeds.

And stick a for sale sign on it, I've sold a couple of cars that way.



Edited by mrsg1

Yeah, I think if she wants money now then you sell the car now to a dealer. If she wants to sell it on TM for "more" then let her list it and do all the work. And if she complains that you have the car for use, drive the car to her house and leave it in her driveway! Then it would be easier for her to have all the people who want to buy it come and see it.