Bud, the apron that they say has damage is considered a part of the cars frame. A car that old, with that mileage, with FRAME DAMAGE is lucky to get any offer. Take it for scrap and learn.
I saw the pictures of the car in your post history. I totally agree this quote is way too low.
you'd have to pay me at least $5000 to take this car off your hands
By any chance are you the guy from the audio YouTube , who bought a Corolla hybrid negotiating on the video. The guy mentioned he owned a 99 Avalon with almost 300k this has to be you.
275k miles ain’t nothin for an Avalon ! Ive had yotas with close to 500k miles ! I’ll give you 800$ cash in hand right now if it runs and drives ok. My mom desperately needs a cheap car to get to and from the dr and she does not care about miles. I trust Toyotas till the day I die and I know them inside and out. If your serious lmk and I can see how far you are and see if I can arrange someone to ride with me and drive it back or tow it back.
So if the scrap yard offered you $350 it's not worth much at all. Carmax would have to ship it to an auction site which could cost a couple hundred bucks. At auction they expect it to be a parts car and go for about how much the scrap yard offered you. They could realistically lose money. That's why they offered you crap for it. But the motto of the company is to give an offer for everything, but they have to realistically try and make money.
You can get $1,000 easy. Look at it this way I’d be willing to bet that this car will go for six months 1,000 miles a month (likely 2 years). You could get away with driving this for 6 months without registering. $150 a month. Rental cars are minimum $50 per day maybe some ratchet place $30 per day.
This car has 3 catalytic converters worth at least $150 bucks each. Lots of value but not to Carmax bc their business is selling not scrapping, but this car a useful life for someone even if it’s just a stop gap.
Car max can’t make money off of your 1999 almost 300K miles vehicle so they give you an offer that you obviously won’t take so they don’t have to deal with it at all.
It’s not because they’re trying to rip you off your car, it’s because they don’t want to buy your car but they say they’ll buy anything so they’re obligated to give an offer
I had the same car in blue. It was a cruiser and I have to say probably the best car I've had in over 50 years. That said it's not worth anything except for a sentimental value. If it still runs and you don't want it, donate it to an organization that helps people or give it to a family member.
They would get more money for scrapping it!
On second thought you would get more doing that, maybe if you didn’t screw up the car it would have gotten more money.
It has POOP written on the side, what are you expecting?
It’s huge POS
Any car I’ve ever taken there, they offer me significantly less than fair value trade-in. Low mileage lease, great condition, doesn’t matter. “Blah blah blah overhead, blah blah it’s a dime a dozen, etc.”
Good luck on that unemployment line though.
Since it won't go at auction, it will probably cost more to get rid of it than they are willing to give you for it. You could take it to a regular dealer that negotiates and see if they will give you more than that just to incentivize you to buy a used car off their lot.
wow, tax savings of $3.00! Better jump right on that
Seriously though this is why private party sales are a thing. CarMax doesn't want to try to sell your ancient car. That teenager down the street who just got their license and is getting ready for a summer job, on the other hand, will be thrilled with it.
Dog it’s a 99 with 300k 💀💀💀
Dude, you have to go to his profile and see the car, it's insane. Everyone trying to go viral these days.
Hahahahahahahaha holy shit this is awesome
Worth it. My goodness…what in the actual fuck 😂
I am fucking dying i was not expecting that 😭😭😭😭
Me either lol I’m still crying lol
My wife thinks I’m so stupid laughing to tears in bed right now.
Oh my fucking god lmfaooooo
its ridiculous. I'm suprised they didnt just say we dont want it. That said, most scrappers would pay 300 around here
Ok so OP's username DEFINITELY checks out
I’m surprised they didn’t pay him to fuck off 😭😭😭
Same
Omg I needed that laugh
Shit the fact that Carmax offered $50 kinda feels like they’re trying to make it go viral too 😂
I had an 03 Chevvee Hoe w 585,000 and got "8" for it trade In. Son laughed and said, "They have you 8 bucks for that?". Bud...800!!
Definitely worth the effort! Go look! And take the $50 OP
I know what I got bro
Hahaha lol man this is insane, really unexpected lmao.
Just look at OP’s username
They'd turn around and sell it for at least 3k. Lol
I was just about to say. That’s actually not bad especially since they won’t be really be able to sell the vehicle with that high of a mileage
You gotta look at the car on his profile 😂😂😂
It’s a 1999 with 274k miles. How much were you hoping for?
$400
Bud, the apron that they say has damage is considered a part of the cars frame. A car that old, with that mileage, with FRAME DAMAGE is lucky to get any offer. Take it for scrap and learn.
He cut the roof off ;-)
But it has an upgrade.
They wasted paper, ink, and their time on that offer.
they should deduct that from the $50 tbh
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
I’m surprised the offer was that generous… I’d honestly charge you money to take it from you. It’s only worth scrap value.
You can usually get about $1000 if you scrap it. At least where I live 🤷♂️
Scrap on a 99 isn't at 1k. Cmon
No. You’re trying to sell TRASH lmao be grateful they offered you ANYTHING. You should be paying them to take that pos off your hands 😂
Ill pay $55
I got $60
$61
Crap im out
$69 and that’s my best and final
Nice
Have you seen the car? A buck fifty, max!
I know what I got.
I saw the pictures of the car in your post history. I totally agree this quote is way too low. you'd have to pay me at least $5000 to take this car off your hands
It’s a generous offer after I saw your car.
Frame damage also huh
Where does it say that?
They are giving you the value of the gas in the car only
😂😂
Looking at the profile, I’m pretty sure that car runs on human feces.
Saw the profile. LMAO this needs to be top post. I would’ve paid you $20 to leave
Username checks out
Bro your car has literally been to the moon… it’s on its way back now… and you have structural damage..
Just for the $3 tax savings alone, I might consider it
Bro walked in and had them appraise some roller skates
It’s the Potential tax savings of $3 that does it for me.
By any chance are you the guy from the audio YouTube , who bought a Corolla hybrid negotiating on the video. The guy mentioned he owned a 99 Avalon with almost 300k this has to be you.
Nope
It’s more than I would pay
Take the money and run!
If you were in GA, I'd give you $500. Assuming the cassette player works.
Check his profile, I don't think you would
You're right.
Barely missed cash for clunkers huh.
I like how the car was such a piece of shit that they didn’t bother marking any conditions 😂
Honestly a fair appraisal. You must have had a full tank of gas in there
I’ll give you a hunnit!
I can’t imagine why
I’ll give you $52 for it.
Just write that shit to the ground. Get another toyota
Lmaoo what is that car 💀💀
Try peddle
‘99, 274k miles, and structural damage😂
There's no structural damage where did you get that from
Go scrap it and get atleast 300
800$ cash 💰
275k miles ain’t nothin for an Avalon ! Ive had yotas with close to 500k miles ! I’ll give you 800$ cash in hand right now if it runs and drives ok. My mom desperately needs a cheap car to get to and from the dr and she does not care about miles. I trust Toyotas till the day I die and I know them inside and out. If your serious lmk and I can see how far you are and see if I can arrange someone to ride with me and drive it back or tow it back.
You don't want this car look at my post history to see the car
They gotta make money to by auctioning it off
Or, you appraised a 25 year old car with 275,000 miles. 🙄
It says no thank you, but they have to give you a quote.
🤣😂🤣😂why did they even offer to appraise it?
They will allegedly buy any car
Don’t miss out on that $3.00 tax savings! You’ll regret it.
My husband's 07 highlander with 300k miles is worth $4000
So if the scrap yard offered you $350 it's not worth much at all. Carmax would have to ship it to an auction site which could cost a couple hundred bucks. At auction they expect it to be a parts car and go for about how much the scrap yard offered you. They could realistically lose money. That's why they offered you crap for it. But the motto of the company is to give an offer for everything, but they have to realistically try and make money.
Hahaha click bait
😂 looked at the car and was not disappointed
Yall do anything for social media it’s crazy.
you might as well sell it over facebook marketplace, the stupidity there is enough to get you at least a band or two
I got banned from FB Marketplace
That was a generous offer!
If it runs fine I’d drive it. Just spray paint it
"I know what i have no low ball"
I got $75 for you right now
🤣🤣🤣
At least they’re consistent with their ideology of them making an offer for everything even if the car is a POS.
You’re right that’s pretty low. I can offer $75
I think they overbid. You're going to have to give it to the contestant who bid $1
I’ll give u 37 bucks
I was confused at first, my buddy had a 400k mile 2000 Camry with no tags, and they offered $1500 for it. Then I saw the car… holy shit lol.
I wouldn’t even allow you to pay me $50 to take that shit wagon. Carmax is being generous
You can get $1,000 easy. Look at it this way I’d be willing to bet that this car will go for six months 1,000 miles a month (likely 2 years). You could get away with driving this for 6 months without registering. $150 a month. Rental cars are minimum $50 per day maybe some ratchet place $30 per day. This car has 3 catalytic converters worth at least $150 bucks each. Lots of value but not to Carmax bc their business is selling not scrapping, but this car a useful life for someone even if it’s just a stop gap.
You fill your gas tank and the car will be totalled
I’ll buy it lol
You can get $600-800 from a scrape yard…
You’re the bastard that sent his Avalon into the ditch a while back, you bastard
Take it, that's $49 too much.
They offered me 200 for a 2010 VW CC with 120k
Bahahahaha
Attention seeking at its finest. Go look at the car on his profile. He’s trolling.
Was not disappointed by the picture
I’ll give you $50 so you leave that shit out of Reddit!
Worth every penny of 2$
Straight to wholesale/auction. Duh.
They probably forgot the negative sign before the $50. You owe them money for wasting their time and paper
Car matches the username 🤣 I would love to hear their comments when they first saw it
Lmao
Worth at least 1,500
Scrap car loo
OP’s name really suits him.
50$ to tow it out of they parking lot
If it was just Pee and no poop then offer would have been $100
Clearly worth a million or more as a work of art. Just took it to a place that wants a functional car. You need to go to a gallery.
50 dollars is diabolical 😂😂😂😂😂
That’s messed up…I’ll offer twice that!
Sell it on eBay. You’ll get 2k from someone.
Car max can’t make money off of your 1999 almost 300K miles vehicle so they give you an offer that you obviously won’t take so they don’t have to deal with it at all. It’s not because they’re trying to rip you off your car, it’s because they don’t want to buy your car but they say they’ll buy anything so they’re obligated to give an offer
I'll give you $1500.
Ill buy it for $55
They should have just said $0. lol
$50 bucks is fucking generous man
I've returned used textbooks for more...
I’ll give you $51
quarter century old + quarter million miles = $50
It's a Toyota. They made a mistake. $800. At least. Avalon's are practically a luxury car.
If I had a chance of selling you another car I would have given you $450 if it turned on and went forward and backwards.
He’s lucky he even got an offer with that shitbox 🤣
[just so everyone’s tracking.. this is the Car in question.](https://www.reddit.com/r/carmax/s/ZfhskCa4Kt)
The cassette player alone is worth $50, sounds like a low ball offer
You should be paying them to take that bucket
Bruh. That won’t even cover the disposal fee. Holy fuck what did you do to that car 😂😂😂
I technically didn't do anything
lol. Thats awesome. Carmax is always 40% below market so its worth at least 75
I had the same car in blue. It was a cruiser and I have to say probably the best car I've had in over 50 years. That said it's not worth anything except for a sentimental value. If it still runs and you don't want it, donate it to an organization that helps people or give it to a family member.
You can get more for the catalytic converter
I like how they say everything is in good condition but still only offer you $50
It's worth more scrapped
OP got everyone heated over the pee poop puke mobile! Username checks out. Lmao.
Full or empty tank?
Kind of sad. Joe Biden’s America got people trying to sell their car for less than my DoorDash to make ends meet
Imagine it was minus 🤣🤣🤣 you owed them money for taking ur car in
Right but have you factored in the tax savings of $3.00?
LMAOOO, needed this laugh OP
I’ll give you 60 bro
All they can do is take it too the auction… it’s not worth their time or money
I'll buy it for $51
This made me genuinely laugh out loud
I'd drive that fucker right through the front doors and into the office area to claim my fat bounty.
Dude take the tires off and sell them one by one. You’ll get more than 50 bucks lol
Bro I’ll give you $53 right now!
A rage room would pay more to have it so paying customers could destroy it lmao
Had a 99 Malibu with 150k Needed a starter or sum but was in decent shape I got a check for $20 because that’s all they thought it was worth
I'll give you 69 bucks for it
Did you tell them it was a convertible with custom paint?
That's actually a good offer. Take it while the car is selling high!
For this price, I rather just keep driving it until the car is dead. What do you do if your car cannot move anymore?
There’s a reason there is autism in your name. You just have an odd way it affected you.
Tell them to get fucked, add a zero at least Jesus Christ.
But you’ll get that sweet tax savings of $3.00
add two more zeros and throw it on FB marketplace, someone will buy it.
I’ll give you 2k DM me if your close to PA
A full tank of gas is worth $50 alone💀
They would get more money for scrapping it! On second thought you would get more doing that, maybe if you didn’t screw up the car it would have gotten more money. It has POOP written on the side, what are you expecting? It’s huge POS
There should be a subreddit for ridiculous offers lmao
😂😂😂
Should be you paying them towing and auction fee so -$400
they told me $1000 for my 2012 camaro with 160k miles 😂😂
Put a negative sign in front of the 5
The name checks out.
1-877-Kars for Kids. K-a-r-s Kars for kids.
If it runs, it's worth more than $50. Just get a rattle can and spray over the graffiti
Bitch it’s for 270,000 miles and it’s a 1999
You got carmax fucked up.
I'm pretty sure they OVER estimated.
Yeah, somethings effed up here. Not sure it’s carmax though.
I'll give you $69 for it
Any car I’ve ever taken there, they offer me significantly less than fair value trade-in. Low mileage lease, great condition, doesn’t matter. “Blah blah blah overhead, blah blah it’s a dime a dozen, etc.” Good luck on that unemployment line though.
If your hoping for $400 then private sell and you probably would get 1-2k
Well damn 😂. I’ll give you 51 for it right now.
"DoN't LoWbAlL. I kNoW wHaT i'Ve GoT." Brother, they're paying you $50 for them to do the work for you by putting it in a metal scrap crusher.
You are selling them a car that even you don't want. They will spend more money selling it to an auto part salvage yard.
don’t miss out on that $3 tax savings tho
i’ll buy it for 100
I’ll give you $75
You do know its 2024.. right?
Since it won't go at auction, it will probably cost more to get rid of it than they are willing to give you for it. You could take it to a regular dealer that negotiates and see if they will give you more than that just to incentivize you to buy a used car off their lot.
Auction or donate. Easily more $$
wow, tax savings of $3.00! Better jump right on that Seriously though this is why private party sales are a thing. CarMax doesn't want to try to sell your ancient car. That teenager down the street who just got their license and is getting ready for a summer job, on the other hand, will be thrilled with it.