Is This Used Car a Good Deal?
A price guide tells you what the model is worth. It does not tell you whether the one in front of you, with its mileage, its history and its faults, is worth the money being asked. Market Check does. We search the country for the same make, model and year and put the genuine alternatives next to it.
$29
On its own
$189
Inspection, if you want it
Nationwide
Every state searched
3 sources
J.D. Power, KBB, live listings
Sample output
The Better Options table
This is the part of the report people screenshot and send to their partner. We take the vehicle you are looking at, search the country for the same make, model and year, and put the genuine alternatives next to it.
Fair value range
$25,900 to $29,600
The asking price sits at the very top of the range.
Built from J.D. Power, Kelley Blue Book and live nationwide listings.
| Vehicle | Price | Mileage | Distance | Why it stands out |
|---|---|---|---|---|
The car you are looking at 2019 Ford F-150 XLT | $28,900 | 71,400 mi | Phoenix, AZ | This is the one being compared against. |
Better option 1 2019 Ford F-150 XLT | $26,400 | 58,200 mi | 210 mi away | Lower mileage and $2,500 less than the one you are looking at. |
Better option 2 2019 Ford F-150 Lariat | $26,900 | 52,800 mi | 480 mi away | A trim level up with 18,600 fewer miles, for $2,000 less. |
Better option 3 2019 Ford F-150 XLT | $25,900 | 82,300 mi | 95 mi away | $3,000 less, but 10,900 more miles. Worth a look if the mileage is honest. |
The car you are looking at
2019 Ford F-150 XLT
Better option 1
2019 Ford F-150 XLT
Lower mileage and $2,500 less than the one you are looking at.
Better option 2
2019 Ford F-150 Lariat
A trim level up with 18,600 fewer miles, for $2,000 less.
Better option 3
2019 Ford F-150 XLT
$3,000 less, but 10,900 more miles. Worth a look if the mileage is honest.
Illustrative figures. Your own Market Check is built from live listings for your exact make, model and year, and the distances are measured from the vehicle, not from you.
What it answers
The five questions a price guide will never answer
A price guide tells you what a vehicle is worth in the abstract. It cannot tell you whether the one in front of you, with its mileage, its history and its faults, is worth the money being asked for it.
Is the asking price fair?
You get a fair value range built from J.D. Power, Kelley Blue Book and live listings, and a plain statement of where the asking price sits inside it. A range rather than a single number, because a used vehicle is not one price.
Are there better examples?
The Better Options table lists the same make, model and year from across the country, sorted so the genuinely better ones are obvious. Better means lower mileage, cleaner history, a higher trim, or simply less money for the same thing.
Is the mileage normal?
Average annual mileage for the model and year, and how this one compares. A vehicle with unusually low mileage is not automatically a bargain, and unusually high mileage is where the value argument is usually won.
Is the history clean?
The CARFAX history report is included in Complete, covering title brands, accident records, odometer readings and service entries, so the price comparison is being made between vehicles with comparable histories.
Is it worth travelling for?
If the best example is 480 miles away, that is a real cost in time and transport. Seeing the distance next to the saving is how you decide whether the trip actually pays for itself.
What to offer
How much to offer on a used car
Most buyers negotiate from the asking price downwards and hope. Market Check lets you negotiate from a number that is defensible, which is a different conversation entirely.
Start with the fair range
Anchor on the range, not the asking price
If the fair value range is $25,900 to $29,600 and the seller is asking $28,900, you already know the asking price is not the market. That single line changes what you say next.
Read the Better Options table
Find out what the money actually buys elsewhere
If a truck with 13,200 fewer miles is $2,500 less a few hours away, that is your leverage. If nothing comparable is close, the asking price is probably honest and you should be arguing about condition instead of price.
Subtract what the inspection found
Take the repair estimate off the number
The inspection tells you what the vehicle needs and what it costs to put right. That is not a discount you are asking for, it is a cost the vehicle carries, and it belongs in the arithmetic before you make an offer.
Then decide whether to walk
Sometimes the right offer is no offer
If the best example is cheaper, closer and cleaner, the honest answer is that this is not the vehicle. Market Check is the only part of an inspection that can tell you to buy a different car.
Pricing
Buy the comparison, or add the inspection
Market Check is $29 on its own, and nothing is attached to it. The inspection is a separate decision: take it if you want to know what is wrong with the vehicle as well as what it is worth, and leave it if the price is all you need answered.
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No inspection required
The nationwide comparison and the Better Options table for the vehicle you are looking at.
- A fair value range from J.D. Power, Kelley Blue Book and live listings
- The same make, model and year from across the country, with the better ones picked out
- A plain statement of where the asking price sits inside the range
- Emailed within 24 hours of your order
Add the Standard Inspection
$189
$29 Market Check plus $189 inspection
The price answer and the condition answer, so nothing is left to guess.
- Everything in Market Check
- A 250-point inspection with a test drive, at the vehicle
- What it needs and what that costs to put right
- Report within 24 hours of the visit
Nobody else inspects the price
Every inspection company will tell you what is wrong with the vehicle. Almost none will tell you whether it is the right vehicle at that money. That is the gap Market Check fills.
On its own, or with the inspection
The comparison stands up without anyone visiting the vehicle, so you can start with that and decide on the inspection afterwards. When you take both, the condition findings and the price comparison sit in the same report.
Built on the data the report already uses
J.D. Power, Kelley Blue Book and live nationwide listings, run by the same team that writes the inspection. No second company, no second fee.
Questions
Market Check, answered
What buyers ask us most about the price comparison and how to use it.
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Tell us about the vehicle
Give us the vehicle and the price you have been quoted. Market Check is $29 on its own, and the inspection is yours to add or leave, whichever you want.
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Stop guessing whether it is a good deal
A fair value range, the better options across the country, and a straight answer on the price. $29 on its own, and the inspection is there if you want it.
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