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Feedback: Cost of Liquidating Aged Units... Before Covid

Before COVID how much loss would you expect from selling an aged unit at wholesale (choose 2)

  • $0 loss

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  • -$500

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  • -$1000

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  • -$1500

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  • -$2000

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  • More than $2000

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joe.pistell

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Question to the Refresh audience:
Before COVID, generally speaking, how much loss would you expect from selling an aged unit at wholesale?*
-$500
-$1000
-$1500
-$2000

Also, Did you have a rock-hard aged policy where you flushed any VIN over XX days old?

I'd like to compare what you think vs what I've found out so far.

*add in related costs like transportation, auction fees, etc
 
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Joe Pistell solicits dealer feedback on pre-COVID wholesale losses for aged inventory, asking whether dealers typically lost $500-$2000 per unit and whether they maintained strict aged-unit policies. He references his own research tracking used vehicle values across the COVID period to establish a baseline for what "normal" wholesale depreciation looks like before the pandemic-driven used car price bubble.

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