Hello Mcfly Are you serious
JK Junkie
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From: maryland
JK Enthusiast
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From: Texas Hill Country
Well yesterday I went to a dealership and wanted to get a ideal on what my jeep would be worth. I have:
2009 sahara unlim.
15,000 miles
w/ lift, 35s and gears
plus misc extras
so after they look at it and i see a truck i would be interested in the guy finally comes back with numbers.
He starts off showing me the discounts i would get on the new truck and at the bottom it says "TRADE 23,000" I laughed and told the guy thanks for wasting my time. Then he said what do you thinks its worth. I was like Ill meet you in the middle ill give you my jeep for 23000 and you take another 6 grand off the truck. needless to say im still driving my jeep.
How dumb do salesman think we are
has anyone else been offered a really lowball offer on their jeep
2009 sahara unlim.
15,000 miles
w/ lift, 35s and gears
plus misc extras
so after they look at it and i see a truck i would be interested in the guy finally comes back with numbers.
He starts off showing me the discounts i would get on the new truck and at the bottom it says "TRADE 23,000" I laughed and told the guy thanks for wasting my time. Then he said what do you thinks its worth. I was like Ill meet you in the middle ill give you my jeep for 23000 and you take another 6 grand off the truck. needless to say im still driving my jeep.
How dumb do salesman think we are
has anyone else been offered a really lowball offer on their jeep
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BTW, $23K was indeed a Fair Offer. Mods are Valued by the Owner... not the Dealer!
Best of Luck!
Cheers!
BB
JK Freak
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From: SoCal
23K out of the dealer is a good number plus it's easier to deal with than placing adds in Autotrader. Then you have to deal with tire kickers and folks coming to your house to test the waters and offer less than what you listed it at. I traded my '08 in for a '10 and walked away with 92% of what I paid for it (What other vehicle can you do that with??) . Could I have got a few more bucks out of selling it privately? Sure -- but wasn't worth the hassle to me.
JK Enthusiast
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From: Glendale, AZ
hehe
First, when you buy a new vehicle, you have already lost money the second you drive away. Some estimates range from between 15-30% of what you paid for it that same month.
Now second, think of the mods you have like a pool in a house in AZ. Noone pays more for houses with pools in arizona, but almost noone BUYS houses without pools in AZ.
You likely wont see much for your mods (unless they are extreme) but you will likely get more offers because of them.
To me, that was a great offer.
First, when you buy a new vehicle, you have already lost money the second you drive away. Some estimates range from between 15-30% of what you paid for it that same month.
Now second, think of the mods you have like a pool in a house in AZ. Noone pays more for houses with pools in arizona, but almost noone BUYS houses without pools in AZ.
You likely wont see much for your mods (unless they are extreme) but you will likely get more offers because of them.
To me, that was a great offer.
JK Enthusiast
Joined: Jul 2007
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From: Scottsdale, AZ
Well yesterday I went to a dealership and wanted to get a ideal on what my jeep would be worth. I have:
2009 sahara unlim.
15,000 miles
w/ lift, 35s and gears
plus misc extras
so after they look at it and i see a truck i would be interested in the guy finally comes back with numbers.
He starts off showing me the discounts i would get on the new truck and at the bottom it says "TRADE 23,000" I laughed and told the guy thanks for wasting my time. Then he said what do you thinks its worth. I was like Ill meet you in the middle ill give you my jeep for 23000 and you take another 6 grand off the truck. needless to say im still driving my jeep.
How dumb do salesman think we are
has anyone else been offered a really lowball offer on their jeep
2009 sahara unlim.
15,000 miles
w/ lift, 35s and gears
plus misc extras
so after they look at it and i see a truck i would be interested in the guy finally comes back with numbers.
He starts off showing me the discounts i would get on the new truck and at the bottom it says "TRADE 23,000" I laughed and told the guy thanks for wasting my time. Then he said what do you thinks its worth. I was like Ill meet you in the middle ill give you my jeep for 23000 and you take another 6 grand off the truck. needless to say im still driving my jeep.
How dumb do salesman think we are
has anyone else been offered a really lowball offer on their jeep
Good luck!
JK Super Freak
Joined: Jan 2008
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From: Columbus, Ohio
its all a numbers game anyway..... give you more for the trade but not tae as much off of sticker or vice versa... the trick is how close you get the difference...
the gap between what they give you for the trade versus the new jeep price... sbtract your trade value from the new jeep price... and thats the number you want the lowest... thats real dollars you are spending...
could give you 25k for your jeep and sell you the new rubi at 30k difference of 5k..
or i could give you 21k for your jeep and sell you the new rubi at 26k.. still 5k difference
-Christopher
the gap between what they give you for the trade versus the new jeep price... sbtract your trade value from the new jeep price... and thats the number you want the lowest... thats real dollars you are spending...
could give you 25k for your jeep and sell you the new rubi at 30k difference of 5k..
or i could give you 21k for your jeep and sell you the new rubi at 26k.. still 5k difference
-Christopher
JK Enthusiast
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From: Harrison Twp. MI
As a former Jeep salesman I can tell you that you should NEVER EVER mention that you have a trade in until you have negotiated the best price with incentives etc. for the new jeep you want. They will play around with numbers so that you will think you are getting a good price for your trade in. I am sure if you never mentioned your trade in and came back and said I also want to trade this jeep in, they wouldn't give you close to 23k.
Last edited by lakeguy; Aug 8, 2010 at 07:10 PM.
JK Junkie
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From: S. Texas
As a former Jeep salesman I can tell you that you should NEVER EVER mention that you have a trade in until you have negotiated the best price with incentives etc. for the new jeep you want. They will play around with numbers so that you will think you are getting a good price for your trade in. I am sure if you never mentioned your trade in and came back and said I also want to trade this jeep in, they wouldn't give you close to 23k.
Last edited by Hook-Em; Aug 9, 2010 at 08:12 AM.
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JK Enthusiast
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From: York, Pa
Update
I have gone to another dealer in my area and they have offered me 26,500 for my jeep. Its just a tough decision to trade it after all the hours i spent working on it not to mention the extra doe.
When I trade a car I look at KBB trade value good and Private Party value good. I take those 2 numbers add them up and then divide by 2. in this case my trade is worth 26,225. and if a dealler doesnt want to give me that then ill keep it.
Im in no rush to trade or sell it.
When I trade a car I look at KBB trade value good and Private Party value good. I take those 2 numbers add them up and then divide by 2. in this case my trade is worth 26,225. and if a dealler doesnt want to give me that then ill keep it.
Im in no rush to trade or sell it.