Trade in value???
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Trade in value???
Anyone know what book Ford dealers generally use to determine trade-in value?
According to Kelley Blue Book (kbb.com), my '99 F350 has a trade-in of $12,450, but NADAguides.com shows it at $14,025 and "Black Book" charges a fee to use their site, so I didn't check it there.
That's quite a bit of difference between the two sites (nadaguides.com and kbb.com). I priced it twice on each one just to make sure that I didn't miss an option or something.
I'm going to take my truck to a couple of dealers tomorrow to see what kind of trade they will give me on an '05 model and would like to go in with some kind of idea as too what to expect them to offer me.
Thanks for any help.
According to Kelley Blue Book (kbb.com), my '99 F350 has a trade-in of $12,450, but NADAguides.com shows it at $14,025 and "Black Book" charges a fee to use their site, so I didn't check it there.
That's quite a bit of difference between the two sites (nadaguides.com and kbb.com). I priced it twice on each one just to make sure that I didn't miss an option or something.
I'm going to take my truck to a couple of dealers tomorrow to see what kind of trade they will give me on an '05 model and would like to go in with some kind of idea as too what to expect them to offer me.
Thanks for any help.
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Originally Posted by dragula
Anyone know what book Ford dealers generally use to determine trade-in value?
According to Kelley Blue Book (kbb.com), my '99 F350 has a trade-in of $12,450, but NADAguides.com shows it at $14,025 and "Black Book" charges a fee to use their site, so I didn't check it there.
That's quite a bit of difference between the two sites (nadaguides.com and kbb.com). I priced it twice on each one just to make sure that I didn't miss an option or something.
I'm going to take my truck to a couple of dealers tomorrow to see what kind of trade they will give me on an '05 model and would like to go in with some kind of idea as too what to expect them to offer me.
Thanks for any help.
According to Kelley Blue Book (kbb.com), my '99 F350 has a trade-in of $12,450, but NADAguides.com shows it at $14,025 and "Black Book" charges a fee to use their site, so I didn't check it there.
That's quite a bit of difference between the two sites (nadaguides.com and kbb.com). I priced it twice on each one just to make sure that I didn't miss an option or something.
I'm going to take my truck to a couple of dealers tomorrow to see what kind of trade they will give me on an '05 model and would like to go in with some kind of idea as too what to expect them to offer me.
Thanks for any help.
Almost every dealer I have ever delt with looks to make 4-5 thousand off your trade but I think 1k is reasonable.
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The way I was always taught was that you should negotiate the new truck price FIRST, then see what they'll do on the trade. Or else they give you exactly what you want on your trade, but don't give you the best price on the new truck to compensate.
-Jay
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Originally Posted by CyberJay
The way I was always taught was that you should negotiate the new truck price FIRST, then see what they'll do on the trade. Or else they give you exactly what you want on your trade, but don't give you the best price on the new truck to compensate.
-Jay
-Jay
recently my dad got a new 150, he negotiated the price first(invoice+rebates) then he the trade value. he then when to another dealer doing the same thing and they gave him more on the trade. actually he purchased at the first dealer when they matched the trade cash from the second. that saved him another $1500.
