# Let's discuss CarMax

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-discuss-carmax/431485>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [December 28, 2007, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-discuss-carmax/431485 "2007-12-28T17:07:27Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![BlinkingDuck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/eada6e/32.png) [@BlinkingDuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlinkingDuck)\
**Post date:** [January 2, 2008, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-discuss-carmax/431485/21 "2008-01-02T22:22:41Z")

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Speaking of used cars and being overpriced…

I just went through the ‘need a new car let’s take a look at the used cars out there…’ time and, again, found nothing but way overpriced cars.

Is there anywhere that actually sells reasonably priced used cars (like what [Edmund.com](http://Edmund.com) says retail price should be?)

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**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\
**Post date:** [January 2, 2008, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-discuss-carmax/431485/22 "2008-01-02T22:34:22Z")

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Gotta chime in to agree with those who say the prices are high - can’t comment on the service, because I’ve never actually bought there.

OTOH, if you’re selling a crappy car (and I have mucho experience in this regard) - ie., you’re expecting less than $2k for it, take it to Carmax. You’ll get your $2k. It seems to be as low as they’ll go.

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**Author:** ![NinetyWt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/cc9497/32.png) [@NinetyWt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinetyWt)\
**Post date:** [January 3, 2008, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-discuss-carmax/431485/23 "2008-01-03T14:24:42Z")

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[QUOTE=BlinkingDuck]  
Is there anywhere that actually sells reasonably priced used cars (like what [Edmund.com](http://Edmund.com) says retail price should be?)  
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IME there is no one place like that. Each used car has its own story - and therefore should be priced differently. A dealership (or a place like Carmax) is not going to want to fool around with that - it’s too time-consuming ( = costly). I’ve only found reasonable prices by vigorously hunting for them. YMMV.

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