A friend's son and daughter-in-law are in the military and stationed in Seattle. Her son was appointed base commander at a different post. He has gone to his new duty station and his wife has been left with the task of packing up the home and selling the car. They had their car shipped to Belgium, courtesey of the U.S. Govt, while they were stationed there and then back to the U.S. once they returned. My friend stated that the car booked for $19k. Not sure if this is retail or what. In any event, she was told by CarMax that since the vehicle had been exported, they can only offer her $8k because "something could have happened to it" while it was overseas. Needless to say that she brought the car back home. Sounds to me like the dealership thought they had a "dumb woman" that they could take advantage of and try to steal the car from her. I believe that businesses in military towns, in general, try to take advantage of military families because they often know that people being relocated elsewhere often have to liquidate assets quickly.