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Old 02-07-2014, 02:11 PM   #18
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Originally Posted by CharleyGFX View Post
I'm not asking them to sale me an FRS for 10k, I'm asking them to take in the fact that I am buying two cars, and giving them a BMW. So the least they can do is give me 14-15k for my BMW, because I know for a fact that they are gonna turn around and sale it for 3-4k more.
That's not how used cars are bought as a "trade-in".

The whole point of that process is to take a good running vehicle off your hands, and YOU the buyer won't have to go through the process of trying to sell it on your own.

The dealer often will just take the car and sell it on the wholesale market to other used car dealers.

Trade-in value is usually a lot less than what you'd see on the private seller used car market, especially if the car is not something the dealer sells new originally.

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