A COUPLE tried to use their 2011 Infiniti QX80 luxury SUV marketed at $8,047 as a trade-in - the salesman said it was worth $2,000. Some reactions to her Facebook post said dealerships will "bend you over." Denise Whatley Hord and her husband were looking to buy a new car and looked to use their 2011 Infiniti QX80 as a trade-in.
Kelley Blue Book, a website used to determine the market value of a vehicle based on a variety of factors, states her vehicle in good condition would be worth $8,047 . Hord took to Facebook to vent about her shock and outrage when a salesman told her the luxury SUV was worth much less than that. "We went to a car dealership today and test drive a vehicle we really liked," Hord wrote in a post earlier this July.
Read More about Trade Ins "We sat down in the office to talk about the price, and said we wanted to trade in my vehicle and they came back with a price of $2,000 for the trade-in!" Hord was outraged, having been told a figure that was $6,000 less than what she was expecting. She wrote that her offense was taken out on the salesman. "I stood up and said a few unladylike words - sorry Mom and Dad, I know you taught me better - and walked out," she continued.
Most read in Motors Her husband, Jimmy, stayed to talk with the salesman. She later found out the salesman was shocked by her reaction. "Jimmy stayed and talked with them more, and he said the salesman said, 'Oh, I didn't mean to make her mad,'" she said.
To her friends and followers, she sai.