BX23 trade in value?!

[megaboz]

Well, when I jumped ship and went from orange to green, I paid just over 18K for my BX 24 with the 60 MMM, dealer at JD gave me $15k for my 4 year old tractor with about 240 hrs. Oddly enough they also sold it two weeks later so I wonder if I even got a deal, but I thought $3000+ for using the tractor for 4 years was a good deal.

I would try to sell it out right for a while first if you can wait it out.

Also has someone else posted, what they are offering trade versus the end numbers can also add up to a good deal. Kind of the opposite of car dealers, they may give you higher trade in and knock nothing off the price of the new car. It could be a numbers game.

 

[timswi]

When you trade something, you really never know whether you got a good number on your machine or not...The bottom line is the out the door price on the new one. If you're happy with that, then none of it really matters. Dealer accounting is not easy to explain.

When I traded my last truck, they gave me $4k more than KBB on the new one. I didn't care as long as they hit my final number on the new one (I kept that number to myself), and they did.

 

[sw03]

When you trade something, you really never know whether you got a good number on your machine or not...The bottom line is the out the door price on the new one. If you're happy with that, then none of it really matters. Dealer accounting is not easy to explain.

When I traded my last truck, they gave me $4k more than KBB on the new one. I didn't care as long as they hit my final number on the new one (I kept that number to myself), and they did.

KBB is not what dealers use. They have a black book. Dealers love KBB since it is always low or on the low end.

As long as you, the buyer are happier, that is all that matters.

 

[JOHNTHOMAS]

When I trade with Steve Barlow at Barlows and i have several times. First, I tell him I have no interest in buying but if I was interested how much would he have to have for the tractor I'm interested in. He always looks at his computer for his cost, checks for any dealer incentives that have came out and plays with his calculator. He then tells me his price. I always say "Isn't that a bit high or I didn't want a cab on it." And Laugh or holler to Gary that Steves trying to rob me.:laughing:
I then ask him how he'll trade with me trading in the tractor I bought from him a few months ago. He sits there in his chair and leans back, scratches his dog, spits, gets a far away look in his eye, hollers something to Gary asking if he called somebody, spits, and says "How much did you want for it?" I always say "You know more about the value and what you can sell it for than I do, so....tell me how you'll trade." He's never picked up a book yet. He gets that far away look again, spits, scratches his dog laying there by his chair, reaches for his calculator and tells me how much difference it's going to take to trade. Still no book. Don't think he has one. Don't think he'd trust a book from New York City or Los Angeles over his 30 years of experience selling in Somerset, Ky.:laughing::laughing::laughing:
Maybe if he ever moves to LA or NYC he may start using THE BOOK.:laughing::laughing:

 

[timswi]

KBB is not what dealers use. They have a black book. Dealers love KBB since it is always low or on the low end.

As long as you, the buyer are happier, that is all that matters.

Black Book is auction price, and I agree it's probably higher now...The banks tend to use NADA to assign value though..They generally dont vary enough to have a mispriced vehicle or the dealers would have a bear of a time getting them financed..KBB was more accessable to me at the time.