Used Truck market is nuts! Where do you shop?

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I’m gonna buy my son a used 4x4 truck.
The market is crazy and prices are nuts, but there is so few trucks for sale. Where is the volume? Where do you shop for trucks?

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buying used makes very little sense right now to be honest.

My son is turning 16 in a couple of months. He's getting my Sequoia. I'm due to get a new one and that's what I will be doing. Not sure which new truck I'm getting at this point (most likely a new Tundra) but I will not be in too much of a rush (I'm still WFH)

The only luck I had was talking to dealers, telling them what I was looking for and asking them to watch for trade ins that matched my needs. I was lucky as I have a friend that works for a dealer and he took an F-150 with 84K miles on a trade. I basically bought it sight unseen and put a deposit on it after only seeing pictures. They are making their deals on new trucks but then ordering the new trucks and selling the good used one before it ever hits their inventory. I got to see it in person like 4 weeks later and he ran it through the shop for 130 point inspection. We basically had a gentleman’s agreement. He gave me a good price but probably more than I would have paid 2 years ago but he could have sold it for more in a week if it hit the lot. It took about 18 months for me to finally buy a truck.

I bought my son a 2000 4Runner with a 4 cylinder engine about 6 years ago for $3200. Just check the value on it and Edmunds says it is worth $3200 and Car max is offering me $3400 for it right now.

Insane.

Gen 3 4Runners are hot right now, if it’s a clean 2WD you could probably get $5000-$6000. If it’s 4x4 probably $8000+.

Which makes me sad because I’d been eyeballing one for a daily driver and 18 months ago a super clean 4x4 Gen 3 was about $6000.

He currently has a 2014 F150 5.0 w 145k

I’ve had numerous problems w it. So I’m done. Next check I write will be for a diff truck.

I can sell it for more than I bought it for.

Yeah it’s insane. I got an offer from a dealer for my 2019 Sierra for $46k. I’ve had it for 2.5 years and it has 80k miles. I paid $44.5k for it

Pretty funny that I've had 3 down votes when this is not uncommon:

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I got an offer from a dealer for my 2019 Sierra for $46k. I’ve had it for 2.5 years and it has 80k miles. I paid $44.5k for it

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Do some of you people think the dealer is going to sell that for less than 50k?

A 3 year old truck that cost you more than what it was when new and 80k miles on it.

Yes.

Buy used.

I just plan on getting another 100k miles out of my 2012 Chevy, I’m at 224k now.

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The Texas market is still highly competitive. I think it’s probably my best bet for fair prices.

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That's where I was looking before i got lucky locally.

Same trucks were 7k less expensive and shipping was 2500 bucks. No idea now but this truck market has gone nuts.

I just saw a 2011 Chevy 3500 HD with 85k miles listed for 52k.

Had no intentions of buying anything, but bit the bullet and ended up ordering a 22 F150 about a month ago. Couldn’t pass up the deal I’m getting on my trade-in that’s nearly paid off. Never thought I’d buy a new truck but here we are in these strange times.