They gave us double the "fair market trade" on Kelley Blue Book. We had very low expectations and were blown away. Appraisal took 30 min and I had an offer (good for one week) in hand and left. We took a few days to find the EXACT car we wanted. It ended up being elsewhere (at another dealership) so we only ended up selling our car to Carmax-not buying. They never for one second pressured me or even suggested a different car. I had a check in my hand the second visit which lasted less than 30 min. The good things I heard about Carmax seemed too good to be true but I'm so glad we went there. Then we were able to take that cash and put it down on a car elsewhere--the type of place that would rather have a cash down payment than a trade in. We have had such horrible past experiences and bad car luck. I couldn't be happier! With Carmax, our luck has turned around. read more

Carmax screwed me and sold me a 3 year old car with multiple expensive problems. I'm not sure how a 3 year old car could be this screwed up, but here I am replacing the alternator on a nearly new car. They sold me a car with two bad tires. Carmax is so cheap that they only replaced two of the four tires on the car. Telling me I was SAFE to drive away. Well no I wasn't!! Two of the tires were screwed up and if you went above 45MPH the car starts to violently shake! Woohoo! Just what I want from my new 3 year old car!! Thanks carmax! And when I confronted the salesman he directed me to someone else, who directed me to someone else, and so on, until I finally snapped and told them if they didn't fix it I would return the car. After my outburst the tires were swapped and the car drove fine. But the fact that they're so cheap they didn't do it in the first place is appalling. Customer safety is not their priority. When I bought it they said oh "you get a full tank of gas!" When I asked why the tank only had 3/4 they said it might still be adjusting and that it was definitely full, they just filled it. Come to find a few days later the tank WILL NOT FILL past 3/4 tank. Some kid at the gas station tells me it's probably a sensor that got screwed up from someone siphoning gas. Awesome just what I need with a new car. Thanks carmax!!! When I drove it to the beach it overheated and I had to spend $400 having it fixed ruining my vacation and sending me home early and out $400. Thanks carmax!!! The trunk latch is broken. You have to push in then pull out, and even then sometimes it doesn't work. Thanks carmax!!! the driver seatbelt won't retract, and kinda just flops around after you take it off. Thanks carmax!!! The car was never cleaned properly before I bought it! Thanks carmax!!! Obviously a lot of this is on me for not more thoroughly checking the car. But I was in desperate need of a car and couldn't afford to play the haggle back and forth game. I figured a three year old car couldn't have many problems and I picked the thing that was closest to what I needed and hoped they would be honest and not sell me a lemon. They were not honest and they sold me a garbage car that has given me nothing but problems. I will never buy another car from carmax, and I will be sure to tell every person that I know and even some I don't know how terrible carmax did me. That they sold me a piece of crap with thousands of dollars of repairs needing done. Thanks carmax!!! read more

I went online to get a quote for a payoff for my car, it took less than 5 minutes to get a quote. I then set up an appointment for the next day to have carmax look at. After I checked in they took about 30 minutes to inspect the car and gave me the original quote when I entered my information online. My payout was higher than I expected and higher than the dealership was willing to give me!! It was a wonderful experience and I would highly recommend going to carmax first before going to a dealership! The entire process from beginning to end was so easy! read more

Wow, I was very impressed with CarMax. Before I went in, I used their website to get an initial "offer letter" of $7300. I was already happy with it because the dealer's trade-in was $5500. So I took my car in and they did the visual check and the guy came with the paper and said "Would you take $8000 instead?" WOW... that was unexpected!! Two days later (today), I took my car in, they did the test drive and came to me with the check of exact amount the offer letter said. I just signed some paper work and done! It was so simple and straight forward. No negotiation! This is how the car selling should be! I just wish they sell new cars. I would have bought it from them. Now I'm on to dealing with the regular car dealer for my next car :( Oh the place is nice, it's big, bright, and it looks like Best Buy. lol. read more

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My wife and I have purchased 3 cars in the past year at CarMax in Beaverton OR. We have also sold 2 other cars to them for cash. CarMax is by far the easiest way to purchase a car or truck. They also have a great program that can bring a car from another CarMax and have it transferred to your nearest CarMax dealership. I found a truck that was perfect for me and although I paid for a transfer, I had it shipped up from Sacramento. No obligation to buy until the truck had a thorough walkthrough. The process is simple. There is no negotiating, they have their own financing, they appraise trade ins and everything is done by appointment. No guesswork to the payment plan you want. Just an overall great experience. read more

Have been car shopping for a few months now decided to give them a try. After all the generic car suggestions for Altima's I found a Mazda that I wanted to get. Reserved the car to be shipped to this location and set up an appointment to continue with the process since my phone was going to die and I wasn't home to charge it. The following day I waited for my appointment call to continue the process of purchasing the car and it never received it. I then called in to continue the process for the purchase of the car I RESERVED only to find out that the Carmax employees cancelled my reservation and sold the car to someone else. There was no call back, no email, not even a text. Very unprofessional, read more

Had an appointment to check out a car, walked inside up to the desk and checked it. Then spent 45 mins outside in the cold waiting for someone to come show me the car and nobody ever came out read more

My wife and I came into Carmax this afternoon on a whim. We had been discussing getting her a new car and decided, what the hell, let's go for it. We had been eyeing this particular Kia Optima on Carmaxs website for a couple weeks. So we go in, there was a bit of a wait, which was surprising considering how empty the store was. We waited close to an hour for a free sales consultant. Either way, it was worth it because our sales consultant, Chris, was awesome. Let me mention that my wife and I both used to work at Carmax so we get the fact that usually Sundays have less staff on hand. Chris was very helpful and friendly. While the buyers appraised our vehicle, we took the Optima on a test drive. By the time we got back, the appraisal was just wrapping up (props to the buyers for being quick!). Chris walked us through the details however he was conscientious about the fact that both of us worked there and didn't need the extra long version. We both appreciated that. The appraisal came back way higher than we had expected. We signed paperwork and drove off the lot very quickly after all of that was taken care of. All in all, a great car buying experience with an awesome sales rep and buyer. Would highly recommend! read more

I needed a 3rd row SUV for my family but we were having a really hard time finding one in our price range that we liked with low miles. We decided to check the Portland carmax and we found our vehicle! I was able to get the financing all setup through phone and sent all my documents over via email, so that when I made the trip to Portland all I had to do was do my test drive then sign the paperwork! Melissa was an awesome sales rep and I HIGHLY recommend her! Even the finance manager was cool, and they didn't try to sell me any crazy add-ons or anything. TL;DR Found the car we wanted, price was reasonable. No BS or pressure tactics whatsoever. Would recommend to anyone in the market for a used vehicle! PS: Ask for Melissa, she is awesome! read more

First let me start by saying I just purchased from CarMax in Vancouver a year ago and was super happy. My husband wanted a truck so I pre did everything online and came in to purchase a dodge ram. We got there and when they went to get it it had mold in the cab. We asked if there were any other 4x4 trucks and the sales rep said no. I went to my phone while being over with kids in the kids corner and found a Chevy Silverado the sales rep just said didn't have 4x4 and told my husband it did have it. At this point I was a little irritated I had to drive over all the was from Ridgefield wa and this sales rep had no interest in helping find something. My husband test drove and loved so we purchased. 2 days after purchasing we had to have it towed cause the battery was unresponsive. Ugh. Ended up having to buy a new battery but hey all good. We received the transfer papers and check to take to register. They told us it may be a few dollars off (me thinking a few is $20ish) no it was $482 !!!! Spoke to James the sales manager and they said well sorry but it's estimated. Nothing they can do. Yea we can return it but my husband likes it. Our financing is already in place. It's very disappointing. read more

Bought one of my dream cars at this CARMAX and the experience was great. Love my Dodge Charger with the HEMI! I love to negotiate everything and I tried countless times to get a better deal on what was already a great deal. Thank you guys for being so patient and convincing me that the prices are set at CARMAX and there is no negotiating. lol. I want to recognize everyone involved in my transaction because they were fantastic and we had lots of fun. Tina Pelky you are awesome! Kendra Huddleston thank you for everything and Celine Lazzaro....you are so nice! April Indalecio...you are a fantastic Sales Consultant and I am so sorry for scaring you so much on our test drive. I just couldn't contain myself with that HEMI under the hood. read more

We had a great experience using Carmax to sell our old vehicle and buying a newer replacement. They gave a good price for the "trade-in". The guy I was working with Naveen was very helpful and responsive. The only negative we ran i to is I found the specific truck I wanted at another Carmax out of state. It was a hard to find 2018 Dodge Durango RT in red. Good price for only having 13.5k miles on it too. The two things that were a bit irritating is I had to pay $700 to have it shipped local. If I decided I didn't want it because say it smelled or whatever, I was still out the $700. The second and most irritating thing was the time it took to ship the truck. I was told 21 days... which is a long time when your ready to buy it that day. We were in the middle of moving and going on a trip. So timing was critical. Long story short, it took 25 days to get which barely worked with our schedule. One thing that would have helped improve the experience is if that had a better tracking system like UPS/FedEx tracking live tracking. It was "shipped" status for weeks and had no idea when it was going to show up. read more

My friend sold her truck to CarMax last night, so I went to give her a ride home. I thought since we were there, I'd get an appraisal on my truck just for the heck of it. It's a 2003 Ranger that I bought brand new in October of '03. Jerry took my info and said if my truck was gone, don't worry because it's just out on a quick test run. My friend and I perused the cars for sale and kept checking to see if my truck was back. It seemed to be taking awhile, so we went to Jerry. He proceeds to tell me he didn't think the guy knew how to drive a stick! Omg, so my truck that I take really good care of and just put a new clutch in is out with some kid probably grinding its gears and stalling it all over the place? Wonderful. The kid thankfully makes it back and I get the appraisal offer. I immediately notice "prior paintwork" listed on hood, driver front door, driver fender and passenger fender. WHAT?! This truck has never been wrecked. I backed into something a few years ago and put a baseball-sized dent on the rear corner behind the bumper and had it repaired, but that is the only spot ever damaged. I questioned him and the kid says "Oh, I rubbed the front fender and it felt rough, so I assumed it had been repainted." Eff me. It's Spring - pollen and rain season. My truck is dirty, and NOW he's rubbing his hands all over it! Greaaaat. He also mentioned he was surprised that it's so shiny. Wow. Amazing what waxing your vehicle will do to extend paint life, even when it's red. Ever heard of wax, kid? All I will say in closing is that I'm really sorry I put my poor truck through that experience. I feel like I owe it dinner and flowers. read more

CarMax - Car Buyers Near Me - Beaverton, Oregon

My car is a 2013 Subaru forester that has a new engine block, and a recently replaced catalytic converter (which was a weld job so it makes a little noise when revved). I was looking to just sell them my car if they gave me an offer close to decent but after arriving at 1230 and waiting for an hour to receive my offer they lowballed me at 1k less than the website offered; 3k less than what a Subaru shop offered because of "engine noise". It might have helped if they had an actual mechanic look at my car but they didn't seem interested in doing right by the customer unless it would result in a sale (just observing what I heard with their customer service and other people they were helping with newer cars that came after me yet were seen before me). If it helps someone in a similar situation that's just looking to sell a car but have a mechanic look at it so they can see how well you've taken care of it I'd look elsewhere read more

Ron D. made the process of purchasing my new Audi as easy as it could be! Did all of the paperwork ahead of time and was only at the dealership for about an hour to sign and be on my way! Great Experience!! read more

Was treated like trash when signing my paperwork. Took 25 minutes to get seen. There were two girls in the office area, one with a man and the other just sitting on her phone. She finally noticed me and started helping me. I gave her a little attitude cause of how long I was waiting and she multiplied it by 10 and threw it back, every question I asked I got a short and crappy answer that didn't really answer my question. Terrible experience for my second time using Carmax... My wife said she was hoping Sarah would've been there to help us like last time, we talked about our 3 dog for like 5 minutes and she was a joy. Someone needs make sure Joanna gets better customer service training. read more

Scheduled a 7:30 test drive . Waited an hour before they showed us the car and wanted to know if we were taking it home . We asked to do the test drive as we were scheduled but we're told it was too late but we could finish up the paperwork and take it home if we wanted read more

Took my car in and had an apt for 3pm. Ended up leaving because they were over an hours behind. Ended up working with Nissan of Salem who gave me a few thousand more than car max was offering me for my car! Don't go here if you are looking for a attentive, responsive, timely team. They seemed to not care at all about us waiting and had multiple people on cell phones, standing around eating, joking with coworkers. I would drive to a different location before coming to Salem. read more

I took my 2022 Jeep Grand Cherokee limited L that only has 1,000 miles on it to be appraised thinking to possibly trade it for a Tesla. (Looking for more of a commuter car) my jeep is rare has captain seats and interior camera. (I looked and can't find this edition anywhere In this area. I was distracted and accidentally gave my purchase order for the vin number reference. When I got my offer from car max they offered me 2,000 less then what I owe which is not even close to the value of the vehicle as I placed a large down payment on this vehicle. I was browsing the lot while I waited and they had a 2018 for sale asking the same price they just offered me for my rare vehicle. I Kelly blue booked it myself and Kelly says it's worth $15,000 more. Kelly said it is $58,000 and they offered $43,000. This is the second bad experience I have had now and will be spreading the word to family and friends what a horrible company this is. I am unbelievably offended by the joke of a offer and waste of my time. Carmax you should be ashamed of your employees. read more

I think (hope) we got a good car. Pros: big inventory. Good website with thorough car info. Cons: the buying experience was no different than a creepy, greasy used car dealership. Switch and bait on the trade-in for our car, we had to check and recheck and recheck again on the paperwork... they'd get our hone address wrong, they'd have a typo on the name. Overall, a lack of transparency and seemingly deliberate "mistakes" that dragged the buying and financing process out over 3 days and hours and hours spent "clarifying" issues... they wore us down and we just wanted to take the car home and take a shower to wash the experience off. And there were still mistakes in the paperwork we brought home. Advice to others: come prepared for an exhausting experience. read more

Very impressed with this place. I am generally wary of auto sales places, but this was a good experience. The people I encountered were all friendly and helpful. I stopped by to sell a BMW sedan and the young man helping me was very friendly and clearly a car enthusiast. He was very helpful, got me helped quickly, and explained the entire car auditing and scoring process they use. This fellow's name might be Matt, I am not sure, but I remember he has a beard, he likes Mini Coopers and he has an excellent and honorable character. read more

Purchased a vehicle here. Had to buy new tires with 2 months. Tried to have carmax buy the vehicle back from me 2 months after i purchased it. They offered me 10,000.00 less than what I purchased it for 2 months prior. This is NOT an exaggeration. Needless to say, I'm stuck with it for a while. read more

Had to pay shipping to get the car I wanted, NOT GOOD. Carfax checked out good but the car had right front fender repair very visible mat finish, shop manager admitted he could tell it was repaired from ten feet away.... they did not offer to fix it told take it or return it, car had 2200 miles more than listed. the underside of car packed with clay and sand, engine bay very dirty, air filter needed to be replaced. Staff very kind except shop manager I think he did not like being called out. Bought it for 4k below market and fixed it myself. read more

I have never thought it improtant to write a review, until now. My boyfriend and I purchase a car through carmax earlier in june. To my knowledge and understanding the car was completely up to date, which is not the case.They are NOT required to completely fix everything, but only to make it up to par. If the carmax representatives would have explained this straight from the beginning, it would have saved me a lot of wasted time and stress, and I would not have purchased the car. On another note i would never recommend taking any car to get serviced through carmax. The service manager (Will) does not want to help in any way, but only arugue with you and insult your intelegence. The day after getting the car, my boyfriend checked the oil, which had NO OIL IN THE VEHICLE. He had to go buy oil and fill it up. He then called carmax, explained the situation and their response was that the car recieved an oil change in January and the best they could do was look at it. So we decided to send the car to honda to have to check and make sure nothing else was wrong with the car. Honda said that the only other thing wrong was the brakes. They explained the front breaks were at 50% percent and would need to be changed in the near future. HONDA DID NOT TRY TO SELL US BREAK, AS THEY KNEW WE WOULD TAKE IT BACK TO CARMAX TO BE FIXED (or so we thought!). Now to us this was an issue that we wanted solved. We then called carmax and told them we wanted it to be fixed, Now at this time WILL could have explain the carmax poilicy that they are not required to put new break on the car before selling it, but no... He instead said, "honda was just trying to sell you new breaks, but we will look at them". My boyfriend took the car in and they told him the breaks were more then fine. I called later that day to speak with Will to explain my frustration with them. He told me they would not change the breaks. I proceeded to say that I felt unsatisfied with their service because we never got any of our problems taken care of. Which was the oil and the breaks. Then he asked me what were my boyfriend qualifications to determine that there was no oil in the vehicle!!!!! I was completly taken aback.. i repsonded with "it does not take a rocket scientist to take the dipstick out, run it through your fingers, and realise THERE IS NO OIL ON YOUR HAND!" I later spoke with another manager and they best they car do for me is let me give the car back and get rid of my loan. Its funny they would rather do that then just change the breaks.. I will never purchase a car through carmax again and if you would like to avoid headaches, stress, and be spoken to with respect I would encourage you to take your business else where. read more

I bought a used car from Carmax. I like the car well enough but I've left six messages in the past two weeks with their service department and have not received a call back. I've contacted Corporate and am currently still on hold after 51 minutes, waiting to talk to a human. The office will close before they pick up. I'm so fed up with incompetence masquerading as slick customer service. DO NOT PURCHASE THEIR SERVICE AGREEMENT, a total ripoff if no one is there to help. read more

Do not give them your phone number! They will not stop calling you, even after you tell them to stop. I wanted to text drive two separate cars on separate days because of my schedule. I've begged each salesman to stop calling and I'd call them when I decide what I wanted. But still, I get calls every three days. I like their program but will probably go elsewhere when I figure what I want. read more

I could not have asked for a better experience. I was preapproved online and was in and out within an hour including test drive and trade in. Kendall was great to work with! read more

I honestly don't know what I've been doing with my life before taking my car related business to Carmax. I had sold a car to Carmax (a different location) once before and recalled how I liked the experience, so decided to return to them when I needed to buy another used car years later. Well, this was no different and I was so pleasantly surprised with how easy this was. I saw a car online that I liked, they reserved it/took it off the website the day before so I could test drive it. Between test driving, applying for financing, and getting my old car appraised and sold, I would say I was there for 4 hours. That may sound like a long time, but try doing all that at a sleazy used car dealership. You will literally be there all day. Everything with Carmax runs like a well-oiled machine and every single staff member was professional and nice and seemed to genuinely be in a good mood. No gross sales tactics. No macho dude BS. Their financing department approved me right away (which is a big deal as a self-employed person because I always have to jump through more hoops than most people), I got the best interest rate I think I've ever gotten on a loan in my life, and Eric the "sales"man was seriously so helpful and knowledgable. I'm never dealing with anyone but Carmax ever again. read more

Could not get a response to my complaint after purchasing auto. Service records provided were either an error or fraudulent. Questioned tire wear but was told tread was in "acceptable range". After driving a longer-than-test-drive distance, road noise was evident due to uneven tire wear and my technician confirmed bald spots and uneven wear. Will not return. Caveat emptor. read more

I help a great experience with Carmax. The Sales people are so nice and helpful and I tall my family about Carmax

Do not purchase a vehicle from here. They sold me a vehicle with an accident on the record, without informing me. This was my second vehicle I purchased from carmax, so I entrusted them to be honest about the vehicle history/report. Come to find out 5 months later as I'm trying to trade my Mercedes in at Mercedes of Beaverton there's an accident on the record!! All they could offer me was an appraisal for the vehicle which will be less than market value of what I paid because of the accident I'm now aware of on the record. It's kind of pathetic that they claim to offer clear vehicle history on their website, but if you search on Google there's multiple lawsuits against carmax for unfair practices in misinforming people!!! Shame on you carmax, I'm disgusted by you! Scott Boymel is the manager here and all he could offer me was an appraisal, which is completely unfair. I will be sure to tell my whole social media presence of 500,000 subscribers and counting of your unfair practices! read more

I bought a 2017 Toyota RAV4 from CarMax of Beaverton, OR in early September 2019. My purchase experience was easy and I appreciate the no haggle pricing policy. I knew exactly what car I wanted, which was located in Phoenix. I paid to have it shipped up to Beaverton, and my salesman James kept me updated about progress along the way. The car arrived a few days before anticipated. Once it arrived and I had made the purchase, I discovered a shuddering noise/issue within the first day. I live an hour and a half from Carmax, so they allowed me/paid for me to diagnose it at my local Toyota dealership so that I didn't have to drive 3hrs roundtrip back to CarMax. After 2 appointments at my local dealership, it was diagnosed that the external transmission cooler was leaking coolant into the transmission, and that both the transmission cooler and the transmission would need to be replaced. I took my vehicle back into Carmax, and they took my car to Aamco for repair. Christine, my Carmax Service Center contact, kept in regular (almost daily) contact with me for the 2 weeks that it took to replace the transmission and transmission cooler. She continually reassured me that it was still covered under the 4,000 mile/90 Day warranty and that I wouldn't pay a thing. Carmax paid the $5,100 repair...no questions at all, and on my way out the door after picking up my car Christine said, "Make sure you check everything else before the 90 day warranty is up!". I highly recommend CarMax Beaverton! I was thoroughly impressed with how they took care of me and truly lived up to their warranty with no question whatsoever and a positive upbeat attitude the whole time! I would absolutely purchase from them again! Thanks CarMax! read more

I was helped out by Kim; nice individual but I got low balled by a lot. Carmax was the first place I took my 2012 Mustang w/39k miles. I was very much looking forward to doing business with them since they are so highly advertised. I looked at their inventory to see the average price for Mustangs. Carmax has a 2004 Mustang listed for $10,995 on their website with 80k miles. WoW, what a mark-up. I still went in and hoped for the best. I had kelly blue book and average price is at $16.5 to $17.2K I was offered $12,500. Their is nothing wrong with my Mustang; Clean title, new rims & tires, premium package, HID lights, oil changed every 5k miles. They said that price was fair. If I had accept their offer- Carmax turns around a resells it at low price of $16k that KBB suggested. That's a $3,500 profit. read more

Had a great car-buying experience. My sales consultant, James Calcagno found my wife her perfect car for her birthday, a Mercedes Electric.

First time ever shopping with car max. Was searching for a patriot with leather, roof and 4x4 for months and this one popped up. Looked good and drove well, I thought the price was a little high but like I said, find another one, you can't. Heaven, my sales person was very easy going, matched our personality very well and did not push the extended warranty so hard like some do. Facility was super clean, great spot for my kid to play while mom and I too lol turns test driving the car. Washed it and filled it with gas before I left the dealership. Felt what I thought was a misfire, carmax paid for my local jeep dealership to do a diagnostic, just needed a computer reset. Only reason I did not give it a 5th star is because i miss the ability to haggle, I love the art of the deal . Will likely be back to get my SHO in the fall read more

Went here to purchase a car, found the one we wanted only to find out it would not start. :/ While they were trying to get it to start, they ran our credit to figure out financing. The "very good" interest rate they got us was 8.25%?!? They gave us a song and dance about the three day return period and the option to pay off in full if we found the loan cheaper somewhere else (a credit union). After a four hour car purchasing extravaganza why would I want to spend time securing another loan?!? They never did get the car started, but we did find a car at another dealership with an interest rate of 3.2! read more

Wife bought an Audi Q5 over a month ago. When it comes to paperwork, they DO NOT show the customer their inspection sheet when the vehicle arrives, we found a large star in the line of sight. They finally replaced it. When we picked it up,, a mechanic left a tool in the engine bay (Safelite), Rear brakes were worn, tires were at 4/32nds, their policy is they replace tire(s) at 4/32nds or less, they refused to replace the tires, 2nd day of owing it, there was a huge puddle of oil on our driveway, had it towed to Carmax, they said they installed the wrong oil plug and washer. They replaced it and same thing happened again. So we took it to Audi Of Beaverton, they did a full inspection, texted me a full documentation and video of the inspection and found a leaky power steering pump, carmax refused to replaced it. Now We've only driven the car for one day. After two weeks at the Audi dealer, carmax FINALLY agreed to replace the power steering pump. BE VERY CAUTIOUS BUYING A CAR AT CARMAX. GET AN INSPECTION DONE AT THE DEALERSHIP AND GET DOCUMENTATION read more

We had a great experience with CarMax. We reserved the car we saw online, the salesperson called us immediately and set an appointment for 2:00 the following day. We had our current vehicle appraised, test drove the new car, received a very good trade-in offer, completed the financing paperwork and drove off the lot in just 2 1/2 hours. It was all very casual, no pressure and no switching to different people during the process. We got a great car with low mileage and all the bells and whistles we were looking for. read more

This was the most pleasant car buying experience my husband and I have ever had. -ZERO pressure to buy - I test drove three cars one night with no pressure to start the buying process. But promptly returned 2 days later :-) -EFFICIENT There is a checklist and you can see every step of the process. There are no hidden managers in the back haggling. -FAIR The appraisal on my trade in was high above the Kelly Blue Book. I was shocked. We will go back. read more

Great experience for getting a quote when selling my car. I only had to wait a couple minutes before being helped when I showed up for my appointment. Calvin was great. He explained everything to me very clearly and I got to observe the inspection of my car, which was very thorough. The woman who inspected my car was knowledgeable and had no problem answering my questions and explaining what she was doing and looking for. They gave me some good information on my car, told me approximately what they would sell it for, and then gave me a great offer. It was $1,500 more than what a Subaru dealership had offered me, and they never even looked under the hood or did an inspection like CarMax did. The whole process took about 30-45 minutes, just like they said it would. I didn't feel pressured to sell the car on the spot and Calvin kindly followed up with me within the week to see if I had come to a decision. (Quotes last for a week.) Ultimately, I have not sold my car to CarMax but it was a really great way to gauge how much I could sell it for if selling to a private party does not work out. I have been recommending friends take their cars to CarMax when ready to sell! read more