But, just so we know who we are dealing with:
Kelley Blue Book Co., Inc., began as the Kelley Kar Company, a Los Angeles-based car dealership, in 1918. The dealership was founded by Les Kelley, an Arkansas-born businessman who started the dealership with three used Model T Fords and one employee, his 13-year-old brother. In order to obtain inventory, he began circulating lists of cars he wanted to acquire along with the price he was willing to pay for them. The price lists quickly became a standard among Los Angeles area banks and car dealers.
From: Bogy Wan Kenobi <polespearbogy@yahoo.com>
To: diesel_mercedes@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Friday, February 15, 2013 12:59 AM
Subject: Re: [diesel_mercedes] What are they worth? (ballpark)
Kelley Blue Book Co., Inc., began as the Kelley Kar Company, a Los Angeles-based car dealership, in 1918. The dealership was founded by Les Kelley, an Arkansas-born businessman who started the dealership with three used Model T Fords and one employee, his 13-year-old brother. In order to obtain inventory, he began circulating lists of cars he wanted to acquire along with the price he was willing to pay for them. The price lists quickly became a standard among Los Angeles area banks and car dealers.
brian from laverne, ca
Mary (195K) Martha (280K)
1983 w123 300d's
Mary (195K) Martha (280K)
1983 w123 300d's
From: Bogy Wan Kenobi <polespearbogy@yahoo.com>
To: diesel_mercedes@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Friday, February 15, 2013 12:59 AM
Subject: Re: [diesel_mercedes] What are they worth? (ballpark)
| You may want to check this out for yourselves, but . . . NADA (the national automotive dealers association) came out with their own book because the kelly blue book was too honest. The NADA prices for used cars are almost always (in my experience anyways) lower than the KBB so that the auto dealers can pay you less than what they would have to pay if going by the KBB for a used car. I am constantly seeing new car dealers with signs on their lots saying they will pay 10% over NADA prices for used cars. And you know they are still going to make a profit when they sell that car to someone else. Is it just me or does anyone else see a conflict of interest here on the part of the auto industry in publishing their own book? Since Kelly was not directly profiting by the information they published I have more reason to believe that it is accurate. Honest anyway. Bogy --- On Thu, 2/14/13, JD <jdblackwell2@gmail.com> wrote:
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