OT - Screw Kelly Blue Book

[Guest]

If you've been to kbb.com lately you know that they have totally screwed the site up. What used to take about two minutes to get a used car price now takes 10 minutes.

I'm a big fan of truecar.com for new car research.
Now the same folks have released a new site for used vehicles.
It's still being tweaked, but it's already way easier than kbb.
Clearbook

 

[Tucsondave]

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Mannheim for real $-#'s. Tajes into account geographic area and real time sale prices. A truer picture of the market.

 

[ORD]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: TucsonDave</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Mannheim for real $-#'s. Tajes into account geographic area and real time sale prices. A truer picture of the market. </div></div>

+1!!

Between the @#$%&*+ ads and the generally piss poor results I have had with kbb, I gave up a while ago on the site.

 

[Mustafa]

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They are pretty much all owned by the same company now.

 

[Guest]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Mustafa</div><div class="ubbcode-body">They are pretty much all owned by the same company now. </div></div>

KBB and Truecar?
I didn't know that.

Clearbook uses recent sales data based on location. I'd say that's a fairly accurate market picture too.

 

[Niles Coyote]

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Not a big user but when needed I have always used NADA because that is what every bank and credit union around me uses...

 

[Mustafa]

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KBB was recently bought by, I wanna say ClearChannel, but I could be wrong on who it was. They basically own Manhiem, KBB, V-Auto (used by most dealerships to price cars), and a few other sights.

 

[Guest]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Mustafa</div><div class="ubbcode-body">KBB was recently bought by, I wanna say ClearChannel, </div></div>

The same ClearChannel that fills half the FM band with crap?
No wonder KBB went to shit!

 

[ArcticLight]

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KBB has always been painfully slow (On NMCI anyway)

Bad part is, our state uses KBB to determine how much tax you must pay w hen you title a vehicle...doesn't matter what you pay for it, it's what KBB says..

 

[Foul Mike]

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Artic Light--I think that sucks too.
I bought a basket case motorcycle for $75 and spent $28 on the parts to fix it plus my time to put it all together.
When I went to get plates for it so I could ride it I took in the old title, bill of sale, and receipts for parts I bought and told them I had put it together over a period of 1 1-2 years.
The State of Colorado put a value of $2285 on it and that is what I had to pay the taxes for.
I bitched and the people in the office know me and know I build things like that, all to no avail.
Taxes on a bike I had $103 in were still based on $2285.
I still feel ripped off.
Regards, FM