KERBECK'S Corvettes
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Melting Slicks
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I've been watching Kerbeck's inventory for years now. They don't have leftovers. Their sales volume is so high, they are the first mega dealer to sell out of the previous year's model and among the first to receive huge shipments of the newest year's model. In a few weeks, they should be receiving literally well over a hundred 2019's. The 2018's will disappear in the not too distant future. It's amusing that with the inventory they stock, many customers think that those cars sit there for months on end, but what's even more amusing are the people that look at a car in the morning and want to mull it over...they come back later that night or the next day and the car has already been sold.
Melting Slicks
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From: Southern NJ
Not sure what you mean by no trade ins.
You can trade in your car, just don't expect more than wholesale.
I sold my car outright and made out better than any dealer would have offered me. Sold it in a day on the for sale section of this forum. Another option is CarMax. They seem to offer top dollar when purchasing a car.
As far as purchasing a car, when financing the cost for a new car at Kerbeck isn't much more than a used vette at most other dealers plus the finance rate if you have good credit is way lower than the finance rate of a used car.
You can trade in your car, just don't expect more than wholesale.
I sold my car outright and made out better than any dealer would have offered me. Sold it in a day on the for sale section of this forum. Another option is CarMax. They seem to offer top dollar when purchasing a car.
As far as purchasing a car, when financing the cost for a new car at Kerbeck isn't much more than a used vette at most other dealers plus the finance rate if you have good credit is way lower than the finance rate of a used car.
Instructor
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From: Elizabethtown, Pa
Keep in mind Manheim has seller fees, plus transportation from Atlantic City, NJ to Manheim, Pa. Then the hope to make some sort of profit.
Every dealer pays the same from Chevrolet for the Corvette. You have a better chance of trading and getting more then below wholesale value for your trade with a smaller dealer and asking them to match Kerbecks price on the new car.
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Melting Slicks
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Not sure what you mean by no trade ins.
You can trade in your car, just don't expect more than wholesale.
I sold my car outright and made out better than any dealer would have offered me. Sold it in a day on the for sale section of this forum. Another option is CarMax. They seem to offer top dollar when purchasing a car.
As far as purchasing a car, when financing the cost for a new car at Kerbeck isn't much more than a used vette at most other dealers plus the finance rate if you have good credit is way lower than the finance rate of a used car.
You can trade in your car, just don't expect more than wholesale.
I sold my car outright and made out better than any dealer would have offered me. Sold it in a day on the for sale section of this forum. Another option is CarMax. They seem to offer top dollar when purchasing a car.
As far as purchasing a car, when financing the cost for a new car at Kerbeck isn't much more than a used vette at most other dealers plus the finance rate if you have good credit is way lower than the finance rate of a used car.
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Melting Slicks
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Melting Slicks
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ED is right, Every trade ends up at Manheim Auto Auction. So when trading with Kerbeck might get close to wholesale trade value.
Keep in mind Manheim has seller fees, plus transportation from Atlantic City, NJ to Manheim, Pa. Then the hope to make some sort of profit.
Every dealer pays the same from Chevrolet for the Corvette. You have a better chance of trading and getting more then below wholesale value for your trade with a smaller dealer and asking them to match Kerbecks price on the new car.
Keep in mind Manheim has seller fees, plus transportation from Atlantic City, NJ to Manheim, Pa. Then the hope to make some sort of profit.
Every dealer pays the same from Chevrolet for the Corvette. You have a better chance of trading and getting more then below wholesale value for your trade with a smaller dealer and asking them to match Kerbecks price on the new car.
Melting Slicks
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I bought my 14 C7 vert from Amoni at Kerbeck in 2/14. Start to finish a great transaction. I was totally satisfied. I looked at their website and found exactly what I wanted. It was on a truck somewhere going in the wrong direction between Bowling Green and Atlantic City. I hired Montway to enclosed ship it to my home in the LA area. I wired Kerbeck a down payment and, in spite of a blizzard on the east coast, 10 days later it was delivered and unloaded in my driveway. Kerbeck had a Southern California person who took care of DMV. All in all, I was very pleased.
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Melting Slicks
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From: Southern NJ
1. Kerbeck does accept trades.
2. The volume dealers that charge the least for the cars...Kerbeck being one of them also offer the least for trades. You won't find it both ways. If a dealer is giving you more for the trade, you will be paying more for the car one way or the other. Could be via higher interest rate financing, higher price for the car or add-ons but you will pay more.
3. If you are not satisfied with the offer a dealer makes for your trade...sell it on your own. You will usually get substantially more selling it outright and the buyer will get a better deal buying from you rather than a retail dealer.
2. The volume dealers that charge the least for the cars...Kerbeck being one of them also offer the least for trades. You won't find it both ways. If a dealer is giving you more for the trade, you will be paying more for the car one way or the other. Could be via higher interest rate financing, higher price for the car or add-ons but you will pay more.
3. If you are not satisfied with the offer a dealer makes for your trade...sell it on your own. You will usually get substantially more selling it outright and the buyer will get a better deal buying from you rather than a retail dealer.
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From: Westwood NJ
1. Kerbeck does accept trades.
2. The volume dealers that charge the least for the cars...Kerbeck being one of them also offer the least for trades. You won't find it both ways. If a dealer is giving you more for the trade, you will be paying more for the car one way or the other. Could be via higher interest rate financing, higher price for the car or add-ons but you will pay more.
3. If you are not satisfied with the offer a dealer makes for your trade...sell it on your own. You will usually get substantially more selling it outright and the buyer will get a better deal buying from you rather than a retail dealer.
2. The volume dealers that charge the least for the cars...Kerbeck being one of them also offer the least for trades. You won't find it both ways. If a dealer is giving you more for the trade, you will be paying more for the car one way or the other. Could be via higher interest rate financing, higher price for the car or add-ons but you will pay more.
3. If you are not satisfied with the offer a dealer makes for your trade...sell it on your own. You will usually get substantially more selling it outright and the buyer will get a better deal buying from you rather than a retail dealer.
I went through one of the forum dealers - Mike Furman at Criswell. My local dealer wasn't even close and the other two forum dealers gave comparable deals on the cars, but Mike pulled ahead of them by at least $3,000 more on my trade-in.
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From: Bonneville Salt Flats
"...trade with a smaller dealer and asking them to match Kerbecks price on the new car."
Talking Kerbeck's prices with several local, smaller dealers was a complete waste of time, in my experience. All they managed was to sputter. And, their selections sucked. 
Talking Kerbeck's prices with several local, smaller dealers was a complete waste of time, in my experience. All they managed was to sputter. And, their selections sucked.
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I don't know what you don't understand? Do you really think Kerbeck sold 950 Corvettes last year and didn't take any Corvettes in on trade? The Corvettes they trade they take to Manheim Auto Auction? Kerbeck does not want to be in the used Corvette business? When they get 10-20 cars they run them to the auction. If you were ever at their dealership and see the used Corvettes parked all together they all have signs in them not for sale. They won't sell you one no matter how much you cry or beg them.
Burning Brakes
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From: South Carolina
their advertised prices at the Charlotte lot are simply a joke compared to the "big three" east coast Corvette dealers. Maybe 5% off on a pretty good stated supply of leftover '17's & '18's.
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Melting Slicks
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I don't know what you don't understand? Do you really think Kerbeck sold 950 Corvettes last year and didn't take any Corvettes in on trade? The Corvettes they trade they take to Manheim Auto Auction? Kerbeck does not want to be in the used Corvette business? When they get 10-20 cars they run them to the auction. If you were ever at their dealership and see the used Corvettes parked all together they all have signs in them not for sale. They won't sell you one no matter how much you cry or beg them.
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Melting Slicks
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I just added up the numbers.. I said as a company. Obviously 718 people got a deal they were satisfied with
Last edited by Walter Raulerson; Jan 26, 2018 at 02:50 PM.