Trading-In Your Car Newport RI

Former car salesman Michael Royce explains how they can afford to give you more for your trade than it's really worth. So read on for these dealership tricks and scams revealed.

Fortiers Auto Sales and Service Inc
(508) 674-6846
605 Globe Street
Fall River, MA
New England Roadside, LLC
401-207-0718
PO Box 4962
Middletown, RI
Frenchtown Auto Sales
(401) 885-4448
171 Frenchtown Rd
North Kingstown, RI
Prestige Auto Mart
(508) 676-1500
1018 State Rd
Westport, MA
AutoPlus Motorcars
508-801-8843
615 State Rd
Westport, MA
Ralphs Chevrolet Cadillac Oldsmobile
(508) 996-6266
361 State Rd
N Dartmouth, MA
Soda Motors
(401) 846-7632
312 Connell Hwy
Newport, RI
International Motor Group
(401) 885-5355
4657 Post Rd
East Greenwich, RI
Mike's Auto Sales
(508) 674-2600
983 State Rd
Westport, MA
Ram Auto Sales
(401) 245-9554
288 Market St
Warren, RI
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Trading-In Your Car



I saw a dealer ad that said, "If we make a deal, we'll pay off your trade, no matter what you owe on it." I have a vehicle with a trade-in value of $4,000 but I owe $6,000 on it. The new car I want to buy has a $500 rebate. How can they afford to pay-off my vehicle when I owe more than it's worth?

In order to pay off the $6,000 loan for a car that is only worth $4,000, the dealership has to come up with the extra $2,000. The $500 rebate helps -- but the other $1,500 has to come from somewhere else. And the most likely place they'll find this extra money is in the profit of the new car you are buying. In other words, they need to make at least a $1,500 profit from the sale of your new car to gain that extra money. Of course, you may never know this since they can hide the $1,500 profit in several ways -- including putting it into the cost of your financing, extended warranty or other extras. The bottom line here is that, somehow,

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