The major car dealer chain in the US that regularly purchases cars outright from consumers is CarMax.
You can read more at their website, CarMax.com.
This is what they say about their process of buying cars from consumers:
3 Easy Steps To Selling Your Car
Step One: Bring Us Your Car
• We check the interior & exterior to make sure its condition is consistent with the age of your car. Excessive wear and tear may affect your car's appraisal value.
• We check the mileage/age. Excessive miles may lower your car's value and narrow its resale market. Average mileage is around 12,000 to 15,000 per year.
• We check the paint & body work for paint lines, overspray, body putty, dents, scratches and other signs of previous body repair.
Frame damage will also affect your car's value because it shows your car has been in a serious accident and may not drive properly.
At CarMax, we don't resell frame-damaged vehicles. These vehicles are sold at wholesale auctions to other dealers.
• When you're ready to sell, provide the proper paperwork.
Step Two: The Offer
• You get an honest, fair written offer that's good for 7 days.
• You get the same great offer whether you buy a car from us or not!
Step Three: Complete The Sale
• If you completely own your vehicle, you and anyone else listed on the title will have to sign it and fill out additional forms. This may take additional time to complete the transaction.
• If there's a pay-off involved, we'll call your finance company and get information to determine your balance. A bank draft may be issued to you for the difference.
• If the pay-off is more than the value of your vehicle, the difference is called negative equity. We'll calculate the difference between your pay-off and our offer to you. We'll accept a cashier's check or certified check for the amount you owe and then pay off the finance company. In some cases, the negative equity can be included in your financing when you buy a CarMax car.
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Another way to sell your car is to sell it through a used car dealer using a "consignment sale." You can check with dealers near you to see if they will do a consignment sale. This can be done in a simple phone call to the dealer.
The following explains how a consignment sale works.
"You take your car to dealership and tell them you would like to consign your car for them to sell. Some car dealers do not consign cars, while some do.
"For those who do, they look consignment as having an extra car on the lot that is not costing them any money.
"The dealer will ask you how much you want for your car. No matter what you say, they will tell you that the amount you stated is too much, and then offer you a much lower figure.
"Once you agree on the figure, for example $7,000, then whatever the dealership sells your car for over the amount of $7,000 is theirs to keep.
"When they sell the car, they call you up and then you come into the dealership to sign some paperwork. They then give you a check for your $7,000."
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Your question doesn't say where you live. If you want to locate the name of dealers near you who will do a consignment sale, go to Google.com and do a search with these terms: auto consignment sale (and add your town or city).
Many independent car dealers will do a consignment sale of a nice car. If the car has problems, most dealers will not be interested in it and you will have to sell it on your own.
Good luck selling your car!
2007-05-20 16:09:36
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answered by John W 4
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Never, ever do business where you cannot track down the seller if things go wrong. At the very least he should have a registered address that can be checked or be the registered owner of the vehicle. If neither is available do not proceed he is probably lying about everything to do with the vehicle. Besides the risk to your money the car could be stolen and if so will be confiscated and you will have lost everything. If you do ahead with this silly deal make sure you take someone else ideally a man with you for security and safety.
2016-05-20 18:35:39
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answered by Anonymous
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Almost any dealer will buy your used car if it's in decent shape. Don't expect a good price on it, however. You'll do better financially with a private sale though selling to a dealer will be faster.
2007-05-17 00:43:31
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answered by Bostonian In MO 7
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Dear friend, If you want to sell your car, then I can give you advice. If you choose to use it, you can see it. I gave you a link below that you can use to sell your car. Click car dealer websites
2014-09-27 06:58:10
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answered by md. jashim 2
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