Gas costs deflate prices on used SUVs
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High fuel prices are causing the value of used SUVs to plummet, often below what's listed in the buying guides many shoppers use to negotiate with dealers, according to USA Today. As a result, some new-car buyers think they're getting cheated by dealers who are offering them little for their SUV trade-ins. "The dealer is going to offer a price, and the customer is going to be ticked off," says Tom Webb, chief economist for Manheim, operators of auctions where car dealers buy their used-vehicle inventories. "The guidebooks have not caught up to the market," he says. 
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