KBB will only quote 21 and older. I used Carfax service and got a good offer on a HA a few weeks ago. Pretty much the same deal- your info is sent to dealers that pay for the service. Oddly the Carfax value was 1k less, but the dealer that bought paid at the high end of the KBB value- over the Carfax value. I would have never even thought of using a Mitsubishi dealer on the other side of town if Carfax did not connect us.
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I just put my vin in Carfax and it came back with 61+. 22 HA 66k MSRP. If it’s a legit offer I might have to sell it.
Shop the dealers that have the offers. Of my 3-
Dealer #1 (ford store)- had no interest- not the type of car we do well with
Dealer #2 (kia store)- have 5 4xe’s and 2 392’s on the lot already and they are not moving- we can offer you 5k below what the Carfax offer is.
Dealer #3 (Mitsubishi store)- we want this almost new car- will offer 1k above the Carfax offer.
Me, Dealer #3 when can I bring it in??
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Does Carfax offers has any legal standing.?
Do dealership look at Carfax offers before they give their offer. ?
No legal standing- it is a number generated- Mine worked out with 1 of the 3 dealers listed. Your results could be better or worse.
Just tried it and it gave me 56 on my $64k '22 Sahara
For those shopping offers, know that cashforcars.com just uses CarMax values for anything 22 or newer. In other words, their offers sucked for me.
After some disappointments, I’m getting strong offers on our jeeps. 56k on 58k MSRP Sahara and 60k on 63.5k MSRP Rubicon.
I think I used the word legally wrong.
What i mean the number it generates does it get forwarded to local dealerships or it tells you which dealership you can go and show the number as a starting point. Dealership can low ball you or even beat the number.
Local dealerships are such a hit or miss that some of them will insult you with some low ball and few might surprise you with a good offer. Thats why if one goes local dealership route then widen the net and you might catch one
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Carfax sends the value, but that still doesn’t mean they will honor it.
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I called/emailed 3 dealerships off the list and none of them acted like they had the same info. It feels like I’ll be starting from scratch when I walk in. I don’t really want to waste my time if they’re going to lowball me.
Another carfax data point, got a 59.3k offer on a rubicon with 3.3k miles.
-Dealer #1 - reached out to bring it in. Stated in email that they were talking about needing used cars like mine and would be excited to view it (probably generic email language)
-Dealer #2- Said they are often available to beat the carfax appraisal (bring it in)
-Dealer #3 They sent me a personalized video with my name on a whiteboard and are stating that the car is on their vehicle wishlist and could be worth thousands more (seems like generic sales language)
Will probably attempt the next steps when one of my ordered vehicles arrives
Received several calls already, which I sent to vmail. Only 1 email, to which I replied I’d like confirmation they can meet the Carfax appraisal if the Jeep is as described.
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I had a dealer do that once. Insisted we video chat, etc… and then gave me a super low ball offer. Why do they bother?
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What geographic area?
I only texted with 2 dealers who said as long as it is what i listed they will honor the Carfax price and maybe even beat it. It’s strange because one of the dealers is right up the street from me and they did not want a 22 Sahara 4xE I wanted to sell 4 months ago.
Southeast, specifically Flurrda
So when you order a second vehicle do you go through the broker again or through the dealer?
If same dealer, you use the broker.
So the email I received was “when can you come in?”
To which I replied as I wrote above about confirming the value first.
The reply to that request was:
I spoke with my used car manager. He asked me to thank you for your interest, but unfortunately at this time, your vehicle does not fit our used car inventory needs.
So my advice is to definitely not waste your time going in for an appraisal until you get confirmation they are truly interested at the proposed price.
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If you reset with Carfax in another zip code, can you get another online offer to different dealers?