How offers work
How your number
gets built.
No mystery, no haggling theater. Here's exactly what sets the offer, the promise that it won't drop at pickup, and the short list of things that can genuinely change it.
Five things set the number
The exact vehicle
Year, make, model — and trim, because a Limited and a base model are different cars with different values. A VIN pins the vehicle down hardest, which is why it gets you the sharpest number.
Mileage
A rough figure is fine. Mileage moves the number less than people expect on older cars, and more than they expect on newer ones.
Condition — your fifteen answers
Does it start, does it drive, engine and transmission, wheels, battery, key, body and glass, interior, airbags, flood or fire history, and whether the catalytic converter is still attached. Each answer adjusts the price; almost none of them make the car unsellable.
Title status
Clean, salvage, rebuilt, or no title in hand — each is priced differently. “No title” doesn't end the quote; the offer will state what your situation requires.
Where the car sits
Your ZIP sets the pickup logistics. Everywhere in the Las Vegas valley the tow is free and never subtracted from the offer.
See your number
The fastest way to understand the pricing is to run it on your own car — about two minutes, no obligation.
Get my offer →The firm-price promise — and its exact exceptions
If the car matches what you described, the number you accepted is the number you're handed. Complaints across this industry are full of offers shrinking once the tow truck arrives, so here is the complete list of what can change ours — there is nothing else on it.
1
The VIN turns out to belong to a different vehicle
When you accept, we verify the VIN. If it resolves to a different year, make or model than you quoted, we say so on the spot and re-price the offer before anything is booked. You see the new number and decide — nothing changes at your curb.
2
A major component is missing that wasn't disclosed
Engine, transmission, wheels, catalytic converter — the questionnaire asks about each one directly. Answer them straight and this exception never touches you.
3
The condition or title is materially different from your answers
A car described as “starts and drives” that doesn't, or a salvage title declared as clean. The offer is built from your answers, so the answers have to be true.
Every exception traces back to the same rule: the offer prices the car you described. Describe it honestly and the number is yours.
Payment and timing, plainly
Check in hand, before the car leaves
A check, made out to the payee name you give when you accept, handed to you at the time of towing — before the car goes anywhere. You are never asked to release the vehicle first and get paid later, and nothing is mailed.
You pick the window
After you accept, you choose from real pickup windows — typically within a few days across the Las Vegas valley. No “someone will call you” limbo.
Nothing to pay, ever
No fees, no towing charge, no “processing.” If anyone claiming to buy your car asks you to pay something first, that's a scam — walk away.
Offer questions, answered straight
- Why is the trim such a big deal?
- Because it's a price factor. Two cars with the same year, make and model can be worth meaningfully different amounts depending on trim. If the network can't pin your trim down, we ask you to pick it before you accept — that's what keeps the number firm.
- Can the offer go up?
- Yes. If the VIN check resolves your car to a more valuable configuration than you quoted, the re-priced offer can come back higher — you'll see the new number and accept it explicitly.
- How long does my offer stay good?
- Instant offers are time-limited — prices for end-of-life cars track scrap-metal markets, so a weeks-old quote can't be honored forever. If yours lapses before you accept, re-running the quote takes about two minutes.
- Is the payment actually cash?
- It's a check, put in your hand while the car is being towed. “Cash for cars” is the industry's phrase for buying your car outright rather than selling it on your behalf — it doesn't mean banknotes. A check is the safer instrument for both sides: it's traceable, it can't be lost on a driveway, and it's made out to the payee name you chose when you accepted.
Related reading: Nevada selling paperwork · selling without a title · junk & non-running cars
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Tell us what you're selling and get a real cash offer. Free towing anywhere in the valley, and the price doesn't change in your driveway.