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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How to claim it
Three steps. Zero fine-print gymnastics.
Get their offer — in person
Any dealership on Manchester Road, in Chesterfield Valley, along the St. Charles auto corridor, or across the river. Their appraiser puts hands on your car and writes a number down. That written, inspected figure is the qualifying document.
Bring it to Ballwin or O'Fallon
Bring the paperwork and the car. We appraise it ourselves, so both numbers describe the same vehicle on the same day, and then we compare against the figure in your hand.
We pay $300 more
Their number plus $300, paid the same day. No counter-offer, and no conditions beyond the ones printed on this page.
The one rule that matters
The competing offer must come from a physical inspection
We beat appraisals, not advertisements. If somebody stood next to your car and wrote a number down, that number is real and we will pay over it. A figure a website produced from a form is a forecast, and forecasts move the moment a vehicle is actually inspected — which is exactly the moment a seller has the least leverage.
That is the entire distinction, and it cuts both ways: it is also why we tell you to go get a CarMax number first if it is convenient. An inspected offer in your hand makes this guarantee usable.
Qualifies
- A trade-in appraisal written after a dealership physically inspected the car, either side of the river
- A CarMax appraisal from South Lindbergh or St. Peters, or any other buying centre that saw the car
- Any written cash offer that followed a physical walkaround, including from a Metro East dealer
Does not qualify
- Online instant quotes — including our own — where nobody has physically seen the vehicle
- Verbal numbers with nothing in writing
- A vehicle we have already given you a standing offer on
- Private-party asking prices or Marketplace listings; an asking price is not an offer
Offer valid pending in-store inspection. The competing offer must be condition-validated with a physical inspection and presented in writing. Not valid with any other offers or promotions. Does not apply to vehicles for which Sell My Car STL has already provided a standing offer. Sell My Car STL reserves the right to modify or end this promotion at any time.
FAQ
Guarantee questions, answered straight
Because they are 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, and that is what we pay a premium over.
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