I received a call from an 800 number this week from Mitsubishi with an offer to trade in my Mirage at 2K over blue book. They said the dealer would give me $10 just for coming in and having it appraised (big deal!). I didn't ask if it was retail or wholesale BB value and don't recall which 'blue book' she mentioned.

My guess is that the dealer would play the usual shell game with trade in / new car prices and adjust the sales price accordingly. My 2 year old car has only 12K miles and the new Mirage isn't substantially different, so I won't be taking the long trip to the dealer to enquire about details.

Has anyone else been contacted and if so, can you provide more detail? Do you agree this is probably just a trade in / new car price shell game?