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Originally Posted by bagwan
Wow, they sure don't waste time. Truck won't be there until tomorrow noonish.
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No they do not, both my wife and I purchased vehicles last year and in both cases, they took pictures, bid and sold the vehicles before ours even came in (as both vehicles were ordered). We were able to keep driving them until our new vehicles came in.
In the case of my 2019 Ford F150 - it had over 130km on it and I got $39,000 on trade (albeit there was no discount on the new GMC I bought). That's about $5000 higher compared to what it would have sold for privately at that particular time.
So yes, generally the dealer give you less than private however in some cases it's really a wash (and trying to time a purchase delivery with a sale on a pre-order is tough). Keep in mind the dealer makes on both ends here - so sometimes it's not as rough as one would think. Anytime there's a trade, it's all "fuzzy math" and the "NET" is what you really need to calculate to see where you are really at.