Car Buying Question

[EricW]

Don't quote me on this, but one way I have figured out how much they are willing to take for a car is by looking on ebay. I have seen car dealers selling thier cars on ebay. I then went to the car dealers own web site and saw what prices they wanted for the exact same car in the lot on thier site. I typically saw that they were willing to accept a consistent 25-35 % less on ebay than they were on the lot.
These were there starting bid prices, (I did see some discounted buy it now's too).

I actually bought 2 old lady cars from ebay. I did fine, Got 1 with 18.000 miles and another with 9,000 for 1/4 of what the car cost new.
Good luck,
Eric

[JohnR]

The one thing that concerns me about a dealer selling on Ebay is that it might be a vehichle they don't want rolling off the lot that they need to guarantee. If a used car manager knows someone will by the shiny 2001 Lexus and after giving 10$ discount he'll make 3 grand, he isn't likely to roll it on Ebay unless he is afraid of owning it...

The other thing with Ebay is that they use it to get people to go to their showrooms...

[MAC]

On a trade in they go by what they call ACV actual cash value.
On my wifes blazer the Blue book said trade in (at their lowest level) was 2200. When I traded it in I was told ACV was 1800. So by my guestimate the blue book was off 18% on her vehicle.