re: Trade in vs private sale

Carmax is high end of trade in/cash purchase value as they have the ability to ship to multiple states/multiple markets to get the $ out of it (they do not haggle, so they are going to sell retail value). But kbb & nada are range/estimates for your vehicle, as they do not buy vehicles, obviously. Now I work for a huge dealer, I can tell you that most people that trade in had their vehicle on the market for weeks and some months, realized that majority of private buyers want to nearly pay trade in value for vehicle, as I have not heard of any recent customers get kbb private party condition for vehicle. So most people trade for that reason (they get tax credit & they are the buyer, not the seller, thus have more power). GL