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Index entry: CarMax — the legibility standard

Claims: no-haggle pricing; 30-day/1,500-mile money-back guarantee; 90-day/4,000-mile limited warranty; no salvage or frame-damage vehicles on retail lots.

Verified: reader-submitted buyer's orders and two documented return cases in our file show the guarantee honored as written, mileage caps enforced literally. Sticker prices matched online listings in all test visits.

  • Watch items: extended service plan economics deserve independent math, and appraisal offers anchor to wholesale — a floor, not a market price.

Disposition: highest claims-to-verification consistency among national used-car retailers in the index. The premium is the product.