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Re:Nonprofit markups.org is exposing the most egregious new ... by yellowapple on Wednesday August 03, 2022 @06:17AM (#32329794)
> Also they actually look and drive trade-ins before making an offer.

Do they? I brought in a prospective trade-in that had a misfiring cylinder (and thus a perpetually-blinking CEL and a very rough idle) and they were still willing to give me close to the top of the Blue Book range for it.

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Re:Nonprofit markups.org is exposing the most egregious new ... by tptacek on Wednesday August 03, 2022 @09:57AM (#32331718)
Recently, or years ago? The market is definitely fucky right now.
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Re:Nonprofit markups.org is exposing the most egregious new ... by yellowapple on Wednesday August 03, 2022 @12:01PM (#32333473)
Last October, but in any case I'd expect KBB to at least try to reflect the market fuckiness.
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Re:Nonprofit markups.org is exposing the most egregious new ... by tptacek on Wednesday August 03, 2022 @02:10PM (#32335065)
Yeah, used cars were nosebleed expensive last October (I bought my last car used in September, and remember feeling bad about the timing, because cars had gotten so expensive that I figured I'd get a much better deal if I held out until this year --- I was wrong about that).
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