How to Sell a Car at a Dealership

Like many Darlington-area dealerships, we’re receptive to buying pre-owned vehicles at Mercedes-Benz of Florence. We even offer an exchange program that makes it quick and easy to sell your vehicle to us without spending a lot of time in our showroom. When you know how to sell a car at a dealership you can put your pre-owned vehicle to work for you—take its value in cash, or put it toward your down payments for a new car. Find out how selling your car to a dealership works before it’s time to buy your next vehicle! 

How Does Selling Your Car to a Dealership Work? 

Learning how to sell a car at a dealership in the Marion-area is easy! Just follow these tips: 

• Research Your Car’s Value: Use tools from Cars.com and Kelley Blue Book to see how much cars like yours have brought in Florence. Our trade valuation tool can give you an estimate of your car’s market value. You can use this number to negotiate your price or get an approximate value for what the dealer is willing to buy your car for.
• Clean Your Car: When you have your car detailed and washed before selling it to a dealership, you’re more likely to get a higher offer. The same applies to replacing small parts like worn-out wiper blades or stained floormats. 
• Write Down the Benefits Of Your Car: There are several documents and lists you want to bring when you sell your car to a dealership: a detailed history of the maintenance record of your vehicle, a list of its additional features, and a list of its accessories like extra key fobs or bike mounts that you’ve purchased. This will increase the value of your vehicle and make it more appealing to dealerships. 
• Have Your Car’s Title on Hand: This will help you save time. If you’ve lost your car’s title, the State Department of Revenue can help.
• Pick Your Dealership Wisely: If you have a newer, gently used vehicle then most dealerships will buy it regardless of their inventory or the car’s initial condition. However, if you have an older model car then you may find it’s easier to sell it at a used car dealership instead.

How to Sell a Car at a Dealership: The Transaction

Now that you and your car are ready, here are the next steps that you’ll take at Mercedes-Benz of Florence:

• Make an Appointment: We accept walk-ins, but when you make an appointment you won’t have to wait on us. A sales associate will be waiting for you with all the necessary paperwork. 
• Inspecting Your Car: A vehicle history report and visual inspection of the inside and outside of your car will assess its value. You’ll be given a price offer. 
• The Offer: You can accept the offer, negotiate for a lower price, or walk away without any obligation. 

When you accept an offer you can choose whether you’d like to be paid in cash or if you’d like to put the value of your trade towards a vehicle purchase. 

Sell Your Car to Mercedes-Benz of Florence

Now that you know how selling your car at a dealership works, contact Mercedes-Benz of Florence and make an appointment to trade your vehicle with us!