In case it wasn’t super clear above, selling your junk car to a dealership is a horrible idea. Seriously, if you think selling a junk car to them would be anything less than an enormous pain in the ass, then you’ve got another thing coming.
At this point, you’re probably pretty confused about what all the fuss is. Dealerships buy used cars all the time, and you most likely know a few around your city that’d take your junk car off your hands. While selling your junk car to a dealership sounds like a quick and painless way to get rid of your junk car, it’s anything but.
We’re here to tell you EXACTLY why you shouldn’t sell your junk car to a dealership, and we’re sure you’ll agree with us once you’ve heard us out.
5 reasons why you’re better off not selling your junk car to a dealership
1 - You’ll have to deal with pushy salesmen
There’s no getting around this: if you’re selling your car to a dealership, then you’ll HAVE to deal with pushy salesmen. But so what, you might be thinking, I’m pretty sure I can manage an hour or two with an annoying stranger if I have to. I can take it (Famous last words right there).
If you’re thinking something along these lines, then we’re afraid you’re highly underestimating the pressure a talented salesperson can put on you. Granted, they’re not exactly going to be selling you anything if you’re the one looking to sell your junk car, but a salesman’s main job is to maximize profit for his dealership in the interest of their paychecks.
Car salespeople are especially notorious for pressuring people into making ill-advised purchases. They use shady tactics like tiring you out, psychological profiling, and “limited-time deals,” to name a few, to sell you cars, and you can bet your steering wheel they’ll do the same to try and buy your junk car off of you too.
To be clear, we’re not saying salesmen are the absolute worst people to be around, far from it. All we’re saying is that when you’re up against a master salesman be it to buy a new car or to sell a junk one, more often than not, you’re going to walk away from the deal unsatisfied.
2 - There’s a huge chance you’ll get ripped off
Unfortunate though it may be, many car dealerships out there aren’t honest with their clients when they do business.
Put simply, with the reputation they’ve amassed over the years, car dealerships simply can’t be trusted to do business with. They’ll rip you off when you’re looking to buy a car from them, and they’ll most certainly do the same when you go to sell your junk car too.
And the worst part is you won’t even know you’re being ripped off until it’s far too late. You could go into the shop wary of their stories and tricks, but unless you’re an expert on cars yourself, you’re bound to get swept up in all their technical mumbo jumbo and end up agreeing to whatever price they offer for your junk car.
Better to just avoid car dealerships altogether if you’re looking to get the best possible price for your junk car.
3 - It’s a colossal waste of time and energy
Though most of us often forget this important fact, our time and energy are by far the most precious resources we have. And while it does make sense to expend both these resources in favor of finding a perfect deal for your junk car, trying to sell your junk car to a dealership might take up more of your time than it’d be worth.
For starters, you’d have to drive off to multiple dealerships in your city, answering the same questions again and again. You might have to waste an entire day in the end, and there’s still no guarantee you’ll find the deal you’re looking for.
Heck, half the dealerships you check could end up to be dead ends too because they might not be too keen to buy a junk car in the first place. After all, a dealership’s primary purpose is to SELL cars, not buy them, so you’ll have to do a lot of research before you make your way to any dealership. Which means you’ll end up wasting even more time and energy in the end.
See what we mean? Better to just opt for services that value your time as much as you do and make the whole process of selling your junk car fast, easy, and convenient.
4 - Dealerships don’t even know how best to value your junk car
We’ve talked before about how many dealerships these days are run by shady individuals who can’t wait to hoodwink you for profit. But that’s disregarding all the good dealerships that do everything by the book to make profits and keep their clients happy. They’re far and few between, but like diamonds in the rough, these dealerships do exist and might be good people to sell your junk car too.
Here’s the kicker; a dealership primarily deals in new and used cars, and while they’re usually experts in this regard, when it comes to correctly pricing a junk car, dealerships are almost always off. And that’s not entirely their fault; only someone who works with junk cars day in and day out, regularly selling them to junkyards and scrappers, would know EXACTLY how much a junk car is worth.
If someone comes up to a dealership to sell their junk car, the best they can do for them is to offer them an estimate of what they think the car is worth. And since they aren’t sure what the price is, they tend to grossly underestimate the worth of a junk car to protect themselves from losses if the junk car they buy becomes a bad investment later on.
So, even if the dealership is honestly not trying to trick you when you sell them your junk car, they might still not be able to offer you the best price possible even then. All the more reason not to sell your junk car to a dealership if you ask us.
5 - Dealerships mainly act as middlemen when buying junk cars
Unlike used cars, dealerships have no use for junk cars that anyone sells to them. We know, big shocker, right? The only thing they can really do with junk cars is to sell them off for cash, to places like junkyards, scrappers, and yes, even us.
Ironically, even if you ignore all our advice today and sell your junk car to a dealership, the car will still most likely end up with us. Why? Because we work closely with many dealerships around the city to buy any junk cars people bring to them, and most dealerships prefer our service for the great value and convenience we provide.
With all this in mind, why even bother selling your junk car to a dealership when all they do is act like middlemen in our stead? The smart thing to do is, cut out the middleman and that will let both of us keep a larger share of the profits. We’ll get your junk car quicker this way and with a lot less hassle, and you’ll be paid way more than a dealership would ever give you.
And that’s not even half of the reasons why you should sell your junk car to us instead of a car dealership.
Here are 5 reasons why we’re a much better option to sell your junk car to
1 - No pushy salesmen - we'll work with you
Perhaps the best part about our service is that it’s fully automated, with absolutely no need to deal with a pesky human being looking to swindle you. All you need to do to get an instant quote from us on your junk car is input the details into our website, and our system will respond within seconds with your quote.
No needless negotiations, no unfair tactics. Just a simple upfront evaluation which you’re free to take or leave at your discretion. You can even hold us off while you look for better deals (not that you’ll find any), and we promise we won’t hold you hostage to the deal, saying stuff like “you’ll never get this great deal if you walk away now”.
2 - We pay in cash, and offer fair prices based on market rates
Being in the junk car business for as long as we have, we’ve gotten extremely good at accurately evaluating a junk car from even a mere glance. And since the process is really rather formulaic when you get down to it, we’ve incorporated our years of experience into a system online that gives you the fairest price possible for your junk car.
3 - The whole process won’t take more than 10 minutes
Another great thing about having an online quotation system is that the whole process of selling your junk car to us for cash online won’t take you any longer than 10 minutes. All you have to do is input the details of your car, accept our quote if you want, and then enter the details for pickup.
At most, you’ll have to spend another 20 minutes talking to our tow truck driver to schedule a pickup and meet him when he arrives.
4 - You’ll be able to sell your car off within a few days if you want to
Instead of having to waste a couple of days finding the right dealership to sell your car to, you can sell your car much sooner to us, maybe even on the same day. Just say the word, and our tow truck driver will be with you shortly to pick up the car from your place.
5 - Free towing and excellent customer service
If you’re still on the fence about our service, we’ve got one final surprise for you. We charge no fees for towing your junk car off your property when we buy it from you. That’s right, not only will we come to your house to pick up your junk car, we won’t even charge you a dime for doing so.
And our drivers have been specially instructed to treat all clients as best as they can. That means they’re polite, responsible, and will be out of your hair as soon as they’ve gotten the keys from you and handed you your full payment in cash or check.
It doesn’t get any better than this.
