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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP asked about CARMAX -- here is my experience on the seller side.  I sold two cars to carmax.  Both cars i considered too expensive to fix the problem.  Carmax didn't identify an concerns with either car and I took the price offered to me and RAN.  This experience has made me think that I will never buy from Carmax.

I am considering using the Hertz Rent to Buy program.  Anyone have experience with that one?[/quote]

We have bought and sold at Carmax (will never buy new again!). They just fix the cars. What younthinknis expensive to fix really isn't for them.

I buy/sell with Jackie at the Dulles one. I can sell, test drive and buy within two hours. Recently I found a car at a MD Carmax I wanted, free transfer to Dulles, decided I didn't want it. No problem. She called two days later with one from NC, transferred that up and bought that one instead. So easy. [/quote]

Another thing to remember, Carmax does not turn around to resell all of the cars that they get.  In fact, *ANY* car that has been in an accident doesn't get sold by them.  They pull the VIN number on a Carfax type report that will say whether the VIN has ever had accident repairs on it and if it has, they will not resell at the dealership.  Some of the cars that are in bad shape, they sell to salvagers who take the cars and salvage parts and refurbish the parts.  Especially for older cars, this is a good way to get working parts that aren't necessarily manufactured anymore.  Others get sold in bulk to scrap metal reclaimers.  Several years ago, I had an older car that wasn't in great shape.  They still paid me about 60% of blue book value (a reasonable value to me) and I asked about the car.  Because it had been in one accident about 8 years before, they could not resell (they have a policy that none of the cars they sell have been in an accident) they told me that my car was going to a scrap parts dealer to be vivisected for parts (the model was no longer manufactured and the parts were worth more than the car itself).[/quote]

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