Walser NEEDS your used Mazda

[Jesse MS3GT]

Has anyone else received this letter?

It has sparked my interest due to the fact I am currently unemployed and thinking about going back to college. I have still tinkered with the thought of buying a budget DD and a sport bike...

"We are in urgent need of quality, pre-owned Mazdas like yours. We would like thirty minutes of your time to make an attractive offer on your vehicle. Due to current market conditions, we are currently paying KBB excellent or more(less reconditioning and excess mileage) for many late model Mazdas.

Take the cash - We'll buy your car even if you don't buy ours.
Trade in for a new Mazda or quality pre-owned vehicle.
Walk away - You have no obligation."

 

[ZoomZoom Diva]

Morries and Walser have sent me similar sounding letters... if there was actually something I wanted to buy from them, I would see what numbers they were running.

I can see with the declines in sales of new cars and people selecting pre-owned cars, as well as a total reduction in cars on the road that there may be shortages of some classes of used cars.

 

[JustROLLIN]

Its pretty legit. I just bought an 09 Mazda 3 at Morries with a lot more options than my 2007 had and I am actually paying less for my new vehicle. Worked out pretty well for me seeing as I got more car for less cash.

Although a large portion of that swing came from dealer incentives....

 

[AJ]

Joe you got a new whip? Nice!

good conditon used cars that don't look horrid and get good gas mileage are going to be in demand for some time. Funny things is, many of the used Mazdas (1-3 years old) can sometimes be as expensive to buy as the new model year Mazdas due to incentives. So these flyers would seem to be a bit counter productive unless they are making more money on the used cars at the actual dealership.

Jana and I are looking forward to what is going to be options when her lease on her 3 runs up this winter.

 

[DrWebster]

I got one of those letters from Walser like a year after I bought my car from them. My understanding is that it's normal practice for dealers to send these out.

I probably won't start looking at new cars until I get a new job that's (hopefully) closer to home. I'd rather keep putting the 300+ miles per week on my current ride than a brand new one.

 

[Z-licious]

They are paying KBB Excellent? I highly doubt that. That means I could sell them my MS6 for 15.4k. I find it hard to believe they can make much money selling it.

 

[mazdamn02]

I've received these kinds of notices for my 2003 VW golf that I used to have ALL the time, they must now realize that I haven't had that car for a couple of years...

 

[Jesse MS3GT]

They are paying KBB Excellent? I highly doubt that. That means I could sell them my MS6 for 15.4k. I find it hard to believe they can make much money selling it.

To clarify, they are paying for KBB excellent TRADE IN values. Now if I could get that, my trade in value is about 16,500 and I owe 17,300 for the car. I would not go under by much.

 

[Workdawg]

I've gotten one of those from Morrie's a while back as well. My KBB excellent value is 17.5k or so, but they don't list the 08.5, so I bet it's slightly higher than that even. I'd probably come out a little ahead at that rate, but not enough to make it worth it I don't think. Maybe I should look into this, trade in for a brand new MS3? hmmm

 

[JustROLLIN]

On my trade I got $200 under KBB excellent trade in value. But, I always sit and haggle until I get what I want.

 

[ij1889]

What's the new ride joe

 

[LASERBLUE135]

I got the letter today too.They had a HUGE one page ad in the Star Trib about a month ago and listed a bunch of models that they wanted. It's just advertising.

 

[Z-licious]

To clarify, they are paying for KBB excellent TRADE IN values. Now if I could get that, my trade in value is about 16,500 and I owe 17,300 for the car. I would not go under by much.

Yeah, and it's still 15.4k

 

[JustROLLIN]

What's the new ride joe

Pretty much the exact same thing...lol. Its an 09 Mazda 3 with a lot more options. Only reason I did was because I was able to get the extra options for a lower monthly payment and back to 8 miles on the clock. Worked out ok.

 

[Jesse MS3GT]

Yeah, and it's still 15.4k

FYI Walser offered to buy my vehicle outright since I am unemployed and offered me $16350. I just couldn't get myself to do it, but I probably should have.. MS3's are going for that right now on craigslist and such...