People complain when she doesn't go by the KBB, now they complain because she does.
JJ never goes by the KBB, even when she thinks that she does.
I bought and sold many cars; I had a little business on the side where I would buy damaged cars, fix them up and then sell them, so I know a thing or two about their prices. I don't know whether its a poor editing, but it annoys me a lot when somebody says "its a 2010 Ford F-150" and all of the sudden Byrd comes with the exact price. Well, the brand new F-150 can cost anywhere from $26,000 to almost $70,000, depending on a model and equipment. So its impossible to know the fair price based on "2010 Ford F-150" info alone.
Another thing is that KBB only
suggests the price. I've bought and sold cars for thousands over and thousands under KBB suggested price. A used Honda or Toyota will always sell for much more than KBB suggests - and I'll sell it on the same day when the ad is posted. A used Dodge or Mitsubishi will sell for under KBB's suggestion - and it might take me months to do so.
Some cars simply have more demand and because of that their prices are higher than KBB suggests. There was a case a while go where JJ was shocked that somebody paid $22,000 for a 1993 Toyota Supra Turbo. Her logic was, "Couldn't you buy a new Corolla for that much?" So that clearly tells you that she (nor Byrd) doesn't know a thing about cars. Adjusting inflation, new Supra turbo was $80,000 and its a very rare car with a huge demand for it. I don't expect from JJ to know this, but Byrd has been feeding her wrong info for years and I guess she never questioned if he's telling the truth.
I think that somebody told JJ once, "KBB doesn't sell cars" and I used that logic many times when somebody wanted to buy a Honda or a Toyota for KBB's price. If they're being really pushy with whole "KBB said its worth this much", my response would be "Have KBB sell you a car for that much then, because I won't".
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lovax
8 years ago
Wow. I wasn't doubting you, but I had to see for myself. I don't know a lot about cars. I just thought that such an old Toyota at such a high price was crazy, till I saw this... https://www.carsforsale.com/toyota-supra-for-sale-C648241
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Syn84
8 years ago
Yep, 1993-1998 Toyota Supra goes for crazy money. Especially a turbo model, they cost more now than they did when they were brand new (even adjusting inflation).
Another car that goes for crazy money is 2006-2014 Toyota FJ Cruiser. I've seen 5 year old FJ Cruisers with 100,000 miles sell for 90% of the price when they were new. And that's another example that JJ wouldn't believe.
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