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Good time for a trade? - 6/17/2008 9:04:33 AM

jpog

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Alright. Since the world is going bat feces against the HUMMER in the market, I figured it might be a good time to look into an upgrade. I can definitely get a good price on an 08 Alpha. Problem is I just bought my 07 in December, and I am worried that I will take a bath in trading it off. Anyone with real-world current trade prices from a stealership on trading away their H3? I would hope that a HUMMER dealership would be most giving, but you never know. Thanks in advance!

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RE: Good time for a trade? - 6/17/2008 9:53:53 AM

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I think location would have a lot to do with it...certain markets are killing Hummer resale values and certain ones are not. I know in NJ the market values have not dipped all that much.

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RE: Good time for a trade? - 6/17/2008 10:24:22 AM

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I am in Huntsville, AL. When I look up kbb.com values though, I am shocked to see the trade in figures. Less than $20K for a 07 Adventure with less than 10K miles!

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RE: Good time for a trade? - 6/17/2008 10:35:25 AM

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yea, trade in values have sucked for some time...I agree with ya there! I''m hoping it will help me out when the lease on my 06 is up though!! Should give me lots of room to negotiate a lower buy out price

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RE: Good time for a trade? - 6/19/2008 11:52:35 PM

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Good time to buy a new or used Hummer as prices are dropping. Which basically means its a bad time to try to sell or trade-in. Regardless of what the KBB value is, many people just aren''t interested in buying SUV''s and big trucks right now.

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RE: Good time for a trade? - 6/19/2008 11:56:10 PM

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Shop all the dealers in the area. One will want to make a deal.

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RE: Good time for a trade? - 6/20/2008 4:09:22 AM

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Although good deals on trading your H3 are slim I would think the best opportunity would be with a Hummer dealer.

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RE: Good time for a trade? - 6/20/2008 1:05:55 PM

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i tried in dallas on a 06 to get an 08 and the value on a trade put me negative by 5000 and i got a fully loaded h3 06.....this was before the announcement about discontinue h3''s

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RE: Good time for a trade? - 6/20/2008 2:52:26 PM

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I got $24.5K for my lux 2006 last November, market in the upper Midwest had alot of used 07s already, that was the best price I could get

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RE: Good time for a trade? - 6/20/2008 4:45:46 PM

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Let us know what you do and how it turns out.

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RE: Good time for a trade? - 6/20/2008 4:51:50 PM

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Anything you might lose on the trade could be made up in rebates on the new one, currently $5K. I bought my 08 about 2 months ago, only 3k in rebates.

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RE: Good time for a trade? - 6/20/2008 4:55:59 PM

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Buying a Hummer is good right now, selling has seen better days (that''s the market for you)...

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RE: Good time for a trade? - 6/20/2008 11:03:30 PM

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I was at the Dealership yesterday (not to trade, just have a bad habit of hanging out there

). Now is the best time to buy one, wish I could say the same thing for the trading part.

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RE: Good time for a trade? - 6/21/2008 7:46:58 AM

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Yeah, I don''t think I''m a prime candidate for a trade. Lots of desert pinstriping from narrow trails; 2 rock scrapes (one on rear fender, one on bumper); dented front skid; 24K miles in one year; 2 chips in windshield; "reshaped" rear bumper from landing on rocks; 5 gouged wheels from rock scrapes . . . so, those trade in estimates are definitely high for a truck like mine

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RE: Good time for a trade? - 6/21/2008 8:42:19 AM

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They love what I''ve done to my H3, but they did tell me that I would be better off trying to sell it myself instead trading. Because I have changed everything on it that I would get more money from someone that liked what I did as opposed to trading it in for the masses.

Did I say that right?

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