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Originally Posted by Lupin..the..3rd
Selling to carmax is only for the desperate. IMO they only make super-lowball offers. Buddy of mine was selling his '04 Jetta 1.8t last year and went to carmax. They just happened to have an *identical* 04 Jetta on their lot - same year, same color, same mileage, same engine, same wheels, etc. Carmax window sticker said $16k. They offered him $8500 for his car. After pointing out that they had an identical car on their lot for about twice that, the carmax guy said "we're a dealer, that's how it works".  |
X2, Carmax is a last resort. I understand that they offer wholesale or whatever, but the last car I got rid of ended up getting $2000 more in a dealer trade in than Carmax offered.
Definitely hold on to the Craigslist ad. Sure, it is the bottom rung of the Internet, but the price is right. I had my old Mazda listed on Craigslist and Cars.com and got much more traffic from the Craigslist ad. I ended up selling it to a Craigslist person, too.