Any tips for selling car to Carmax?

SwissCheese

When I was looking for my Z last Spring, I brought in my current ride at the time (2004 Saturn Ion Redline) for a quote. A little bit of background: I bought the Saturn new, so I was the original owner, roughly 90k miles, only 1 minor accident (hit a deer, no major damage, only replaced the windshield, hood, and 1 fender), etc.

I think the KBB value was around $6,500, and they offered $4,000. They were nice enough to throw in an extra $500 if I traded it in and bought a car from them!

I ended up selling it on Craigslist for $5,500. Based on the interest I received, I feel I could have easily sold it for $6,500, but I was kind of in a time crunch (I had already arranged a transfer on the Z via Carmax, and I was worried that I wouldn't have the Saturn sold by then).

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