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Smart Shopper Carmax - What's Your Experience?
763 messages, Last post on Nov 14, 2009 at 11:37 AM
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Replying to: 1racefan (Feb 06, 2006 12:24 pm) That said, some deals are better than others. You can go into a Carmax and find two identical vehicles and one will be priced $1000 less than the other. The difference is due to the amount of reconditioning necessary to bring the cars up to Carmax spec. Carmax spends more money and time reconditioning their used vehicles than most any other used car lot. But are they the cheapest place to shop? NO. |
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Replying to: muzzy (Feb 06, 2006 6:39 pm) Relying on Kelly Blue Book to determine whether or not you're getting a good deal at a car dealership is a dire mistake. The Kelly Blue Book accuracy on private party transactions are much, much greater. If anybody is curious why Kelly Blue Book is so inaccurate I would be happy to explain.
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Replying to: 1racefan (Feb 08, 2006 4:38 am) |
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I am curious - take an average 15,000 mile used car at Carmax. What is typically reconditioned on a car like this? Are all of the fluids automatically flushed, brake pads changed, etc...? I would be curious to know what exactly is reconditioned on an almost new car at Carmax.
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Would I usually get more than a car dealership on my trade-ins at Carmax or is the value usually pretty close? What is the usual profit margin on a CarMax used car? That would help me figure out how much they would be willing to give just based off their website. Thanks!
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Replying to: basscadet (Feb 12, 2006 12:47 pm)
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Replying to: dino001 (Feb 13, 2006 2:54 pm) Seriously though KBB trade in values are almost never ever right and I have no idea how the make them up. If people just paid what the KBB retail price was I would have no problem giving them what the KBB trade in value was since things would even out. We over allowed by 3-5 grand on their trade but they also over paid 3-5 grand on the used car they bought. |
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Replying to: oghowie (Feb 13, 2006 12:12 pm) |
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| Just got it appraised and it beat the dealer by $600. Not bad. I'll prob do this for all my future cars. | |
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Replying to: 1racefan (Feb 13, 2006 7:12 am) I was thinking the same thing. Probably in most cases a oil and filter change, detailing ...maybe an air filter. Thats about $100. As far as Carmax having the "best" quality used cars? Someone must have visited an aweful lot of dealerships and used car lots to make that statement.
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