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we beat it or pay you $250

You already got a number. It came back lower than you hoped, and now you're wondering whether it's a fair price or just the first price. Most people accept it because getting a second opinion sounds like another wasted afternoon. Ours takes one extra stop, and we put $250 behind it.

1. Get your other offer first. CarMax, Carvana, or a dealer trade-in. Keep it in writing — a printout, an email, or the offer on your phone.

2. Bring it to us, or send it. Come to 6780 Caine Rd or send it with your vehicle details. We do our own free appraisal, look at the car properly, and come back with our number within 24 hours.

3. We beat it, or you get $250. If we beat theirs, you sell to us and get paid the same day. If we can't beat it fair and square, we hand you $250 for the trouble.

We're about half a mile from the CarMax on Sawmill Road. Getting both numbers costs you one extra stop and about twenty minutes.

No fine print hiding somewhere else. To qualify for the beat-it-or-$250 guarantee:

The national buyers price with an algorithm. It works off your VIN, mileage, and a few questions, and it never sees the car.

An algorithm that can't see the vehicle has to protect itself. It assumes average wear, average tires, average everything, and prices for the possibility that your car is worse than you said. That produces a number that's defensible, not accurate.

So the cars that get hurt most are the good ones. A truck with a clean underbody in a salt state, a trim level people actually want, records for every service — none of that shows up in a form. Somebody has to look at the car to pay for it. We compare the two routes in detail in CarMax vs Carvana vs a local buyer.

We price against what your exact year, trim, and mileage is bringing in central Ohio this month, not a national average. That's the whole reason we can usually go higher.

Condition matters, and our team tells you what they found and what each thing did to the number. Nothing gets knocked off quietly.

There's no cost to any of this, and no obligation to sell once you have both numbers.

A real offer in your hand makes this simple. We either beat it or we don't, and you're better off either way.

We're a licensed Ohio dealer, BBB accredited with an A+ rating, rated 4.8 out of 5 across 294 reviews. Many of those people arrived with a competing number.

Curious about the rest of it? Here's how selling your car to us in Columbus works.

The Sawmill Road corridor has more car buyers within two miles than anywhere else in the metro. CarMax is right there. So are half a dozen franchise stores that will all take your car on trade. That density is good for you, because it means getting a second number costs almost nothing in time.

We buy from people across Columbus, Dublin, Westerville, Worthington, Powell, Hilliard, Upper Arlington, Gahanna, Grove City, and Delaware. If you're further out, we come to you anywhere in Ohio and five neighboring states at no charge.

One thing worth knowing before you compare numbers: an offer from a national buyer is usually good for seven days and subject to inspection when you arrive. Ours is the number, and it doesn't move at the counter.