On Th, 10/27, Ray Landers replied with:

>On Wed, 26 Oct 1994, Steve Johnson wrote:

>>So JJ MATCHETT says:
>>>
>>> A ford Dealer offered me 10K for my 91 Vanagon Carat that has a wholesale

>> you will get offers varying from obsurd to damn enticing.  If you trade
your
>> car in you will always get stiffed in the process one way or another.

>i agree. you can't get a fair deal from car dealers. i used to work as a

It stands to reason that if the dealer wants to maximize profit on ANY
transaction, they would pay as little as possible for the trade-in and
ask as much as possible when they put it out on the lot.

What I'd like to know is...what were you doing on a Ford lot using
a 91 Carat as trade bait, hmmm?  

You should be at your local VW dealer sticking your name at the top 
of the list for next year's VR6 EuroVan!  ;-)

Norman