Trade-ins are “Always the Lowest Price”. Because you are buying a car from them, dealerships can mislead you by offering an inflated figure on the trade and then inflating the sales price of your vehicle. Typically trade-in offers from dealerships are offered during the negotiation process to make the numbers more complicated and make it harder for you to determine the true value being given. It’s an old retail strategy that dealers have used for years. It confuses the buyer. Dealers can buy lease returned vehicle from the manufacturer for below market price, so it makes no sense for them to offer you an inflated price unless they are making it up elsewhere. They DO NOT and WILL NOT pay you top dollar, We will pay you the highest possible price on the spot without trying to sell you anything!