Does a CarMax offer qualify?

Yes — if it came from an in-store appraisal where they inspected the car, their written offer qualifies. Bring the printout to either location and we pay $300 over it.

How recent does the competing offer need to be?

Bring a current offer — dealer appraisals typically state their own validity window (often 7 days), and we honor offers within it. An offer from months ago prices a different market.

What if your own offer is already higher?

Then the guarantee never comes up — you just take our higher number. The guarantee exists for the case where someone else went higher first; either way you leave with the best verified number plus something extra.

Is there a limit or a catch on the $300?

The terms above are the entire fine print: physical inspection, in writing, not stackable with other promotions, and not applicable to cars we've already made a standing offer on. That's it.

In writing. In person. In your favor.

The $300 Best-Offer Guarantee

If another dealership appraised your car in person and made you an offer, bring it to us — we pay $300 more. This page is the whole rule, in plain English.

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The $300 Best-Offer Guarantee at Sell My Car MO

How the guarantee works

Three steps. Zero fine-print gymnastics.

Get their offer — in person

Any dealership. Their appraiser physically inspects your car and puts a number in writing. That's the qualifying document.

Bring it to our lot

Cape Girardeau or Springfield — bring the written offer and the car. We confirm the offer matches the vehicle in front of us.

We pay $300 more

Their number, plus $300, same-day payment. That's the whole transaction. Why not get one more offer?

The one rule that matters

The competing offer must come from a physical inspection

We beat real appraisals, not marketing numbers. If an appraiser stood next to your car, their offer qualifies. If a website guessed from a form, it doesn't — because that number changes the moment anyone actually sees the vehicle.

Qualifies

A dealership trade-in appraisal — written, after they inspected the car
A CarMax or dealer buying-center offer from an in-store appraisal
Any Missouri dealer's written cash offer following a physical walkaround

Doesn't qualify

Online instant quotes where no one has seen the vehicle
Verbal numbers with nothing in writing
Offers on a vehicle we've already given you a standing offer for
Private-party asking prices or listings (they're prices, not offers)

Full terms: Offer valid pending in-store inspection. Competing offer must be condition-validated with a physical inspection. Not valid with any other offers or promotions. Does not apply to vehicles for which Sell My Car MO has already provided a standing offer. Sell My Car MO reserves the right to modify or end this promotion at any time.

FAQ

Guarantee questions, answered straight

Because they're provisional. Sight-unseen quotes routinely drop at pickup once the vehicle is actually inspected — so beating one by $300 would mean beating a number that was never real. A physical appraisal is a commitment; that's what we pay a premium over.

See the guarantee in context:vs. CarMax vs. KBB Cash Offer vs. Dealer Trade-In

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