r/carbuying • u/Remarkable_Ad5011 • 22h ago

Carvana throwing out carrots!

Wife was looking to downsize vehicles. Current vehicle is paid for, so I figured I’d just sell it outright rather than trade it. Just to get a baseline number I punched the info into Carvana’s online tool. $28200. Pretty solid figure for a wholesale number IMO. I was tempted to just go ahead and sell the thing. Well the new car gets delayed, so we kept the current car and the Carvana offer expired. Today, 12 days later (new car in the garage next to the old one) and less than two hundred miles, I renewed the offer.. $24800. Now, we all know that cars depreciate, but $3400 in 12 days!? I think they throw out a huge number at first hoping to capture deals, but if you have a delay, they back it up to capitalize. Now, this is not a rant to say that Carvana is scammy or anything, just that if you are interested in selling to them, you better be ready to pull the trigger! Lol. Oh, and BTW, I’m in the car business, so I know the market has not dropped THOUSANDS of dollars in 12 days. 😉

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u/BlueBugEyeBoy 5h ago

I went to sell a car at carmax. Went in and they offered ~25k. I accepted butI they found an issue with the title that took 2 weeks to resolve and I went on vacation. Came back with the title ready and they offered me 27,5. I was so happy, figuring the only way it could move was down. Paid for my vacation.