End of lease, original deal in this thread:
Car had 22K miles on it (thanks 2020!)
Got paid $1390 and I don’t have to pay $350 to BMW for the lease return fee. I could have perhaps gotten a bit more from Carvana or Vroom but didn’t want to deal with online, they are impossible to get a hold of on the phone if there are problems.
It was a bit of a pain to deal with CarMax too, they initially said they couldn’t do it after they wasted 2 hours of my time because I had only 1 week left on the lease and they need at least 15 days to pay BMW. Also, they couldn’t verify some info because BMW didn’t want to share with them for privacy. I had to call BMW and authorize them to speak with CarMax and they had to start the process all over again, another 2 hours.
My tip for others: start the process early, call BMW first and allow them to give whatever info needed to CarMax or whoever you are dealing with.
Now I’ll be watching the forums for new deals, but I’m in no rush while the car market is crazy.