Trade in offer conveniently expiring

[travis3000]

I have heard Tesla gives you great value if you trade in another Tesla but if you're trading in a gasoline vehicle they lowball you as they simply send it to auction. If you are trading in a normal gasoline car it would be better to sell it privately, or call a normal car dealer. Tesla wanted to give me 7600 for my car. I got another quote from Mercedes for 9400. Guess who will be getting my car haha.

 

[vikingrob]

In my case I think it is because my current car, a 2018 ICE Ford Focus, is right in the middle of the sweet spot of the used car market. Granted I am being quoted 1-13 weeks from my order date (3/25/21).

 

[Pyre]

30 days to me is a vehicle that is 1/12th model year older, as it is to all. Id expect my trucks value to drop roughly 1% of MSRP per month with average use, so for 30 miles maybe say 0.66% MSRP in a month.

I do agree their trade in is below all others, but I am more annoyed that i cannot pull equity out of my trade, entire vehicle value must go to purchases value

 

[PerfectNumber]

"Tesla usually gives less for the trade than some other dealers because they are not interested in the slightest in the car, in most cases. Unless its a tesla, its going straight to auction (and even then, they still send many teslas to auction)."

I don't know about that. Maybe not the car, but the profit they will make from the resale I'm sure they are interested in, they aren't running a charity.

 

[travis3000]

"Tesla usually gives less for the trade than some other dealers because they are not interested in the slightest in the car, in most cases. Unless its a tesla, its going straight to auction (and even then, they still send many teslas to auction)."

I don't know about that. Maybe not the car, but the profit they will make from the resale I'm sure they are interested in, they aren't running a charity.

You'd think if you just bought a 50k-70k car off them they'd be okay to break even on a trade in. But nope they want another 2-3k from that as well haha.

 

[Cyb_]

Last year, I traded in my model 3 for a model y in early March. Then Covid happened, factory shut down, too till June to accept delivery.

They never modified the trade in price and it was about 10k over carmax.

Got Lucky I guess. Was your trade in a Tesla or different brand?

Did you have to accept the trade in offer every 30 days (expires every 30 days)? *** Also trading in a Model 3
Asking this because i just got my first 30 day cycle of the Final offer and it is the same value as before with updated mileage when i checked the source code.