As an aftermarket "vendor", I have had a working relationship with dealerships for almost 20 years. One in particular sells "high end" Toy(ota)s. They have an agreement with several used car dealers. For the "high mileage" trade-ins, they make a phone call, and a
rollback arrives in an hour or two, and picks it up. "No hassles." For the "lower mile" trad-ins, a different dealer is called. Same results. The car is bought & gone within hours. "No hassles." They have no need to send the trade-ins to auction, or use "precious space" to store them. I am sure they make a few dollars on each one (and they should), but they don't need extra employees, or transport trucks in order to "deal with the trades."
IIRC, I read (here) that EM would "buy" our cars & we could pocket the money. (once again,
unverified) So it "may" very well be, as suggested, that EM would have local "partners" who will buy them outright. But, only time will tell.
Zelio, I can understand why you wouldn't want the anxiety of selling on your own. I have bought and sold using craigslist. But in recent years, that has gotten
scary! A LOT of scammers are using the "site" now. The one thing that "sellers" know is, (if you are serious about buying) you are probably carrying CASH.
I remember contacting a girl who said her husband was in the military, and the car was at her uncles house,
way out in the sticks. She called me (blocked phone number) and I arranged to follow her. She showed up in a
different car than she had said in her e-mails, with
two guys that "also wanted to see the car." Then, (way out in the country) she couldn't remember where her uncle lives! When she turned off onto this narrow &
isolated road.....I SPLIT! She called me and said "come back, I found my uncles house!" I said "good for you, sell it to the other guys!" She said, " they said, they don't want it"
...It had only been 5 minutes from the time that I left, and my
"spidey sense" was going crazy! I should have called the police.