Carmax Experience !!!!
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From: Chesapeake Virginia
Carmax in Virginia Beach wouldnt even talk to me about a vette they had. Figured I couldnt get financed. Oh well, I took my 45,000 Cash and went to Kerbeck Corvette and they had me in one in a matter of minutes. Very easy buying experience. 
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St. Jude Donor '08
Gary...... we live just a stones throw apart. When you want to take 'er for a nice curise with some company give me a PM and I'll show ya some very nice twisty roads..........
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From: S/W ,Fla-Ohio State Football isn't a matter of life or death,Its Much More serious than that
You got it Buddy I live in Gold River !! but I dont have a car yet I ordred it from John L. Sullivan.This will be my 5th Vette.
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Carmax has a very plain 3 day return policy... they wouldnt take it back right away? what was the nature of the delay in taking it back?
Last edited by Kent1999; Apr 23, 2008 at 05:45 PM.
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From: Naples, Florida
How CARMAX works
I saw a beautiful 2005 coupe that was located in California in November of 2006 when I was shopping for my C6. I asked someone on the Forum who lived nearby to go and take a look at it. He went the next day to see it but, unfortunately (or fortunately), the car was sold by the time he got there. He did call me to tell me that the car was "cherry". The price was about $5k less than market. One of the drawbacks of CARMAX is that they don't correctly list all of the options that the car has, so you don't know what you've got. From other Forum members that have purchased from CARMAX, thEY seem to have had a good experience. Hey, sometimes it's a crapshoot!
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From: S/W ,Fla-Ohio State Football isn't a matter of life or death,Its Much More serious than that
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BTW - given that they did finally take the car back, I cannot see that they were so much dishonest as they were ignorant of the facts.
Just my $.02 worth.
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I just bought my first Vette from Carmax a few weeks ago and had a great experience. I will say though that they do not pay much attention to detail ... mine had a Corsa put on and they had no idea, but I wasn't going to say anything. Luckily a friend of a friend knew one of the buyers for Carmax and contacted him for me and as it turned out, this guy not only was able to give me info on the car but he was actually the buyer who found the car. So I was able to be told that the car was in great shape and only needed a detail before they put it on the lot (my mechanic would later confirm this). Moral of the story ... do your homework and you'll get what you want. I'm sure you'll be happier with the new one though, so congrats!
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From: Kansas City MO
I bought an Explorer for my wife from Carmax several years ago - had a very good experience - definitely recommend the extended warranty. It saved me lots of money. The car wasn't great (Big Blue...), but the deal and the warranty were good - have recommended it to many friends without a complaint.
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St. Jude Donor '15
"In honor of jpee"
Plus, if OP is not buying from local CarMax and found the car, per lavla, online then I guess he never saw the car until it was shipped in to his local CarMax.
That's no different from buying over cars.com or any other internet seller. And then as a buyer you HAVE to exercise all the cautions of buying ANY car essentially sight unseen until the moment you get there. In other words, it's tough to kick the tires when the tires and car aren't there.
If this is the case of OP, I wouldn't knock CarMax; I'd knock caveat emptor and being slightly "unaware," as a buyer.
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From: Harwood Heights IL
so you didnt notice it was a smokers car for 5 days??
you didnt even test drive a car when you spend 45K? i would test drive any car for that price or lower, even if it is a new car
i am with naustica, something doesnt add up
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Most places it would be Buyer Beware!