It's my pleasure to welcome you to the Clark Howard Show, our mission to serve and empower

you to make better financial decisions in your life.

Today's episode talked about how used car prices have gone through the roof.

I have a personal story about this to share with you and also some advice if you're shopping

for a used car.

And later I have a very, very important warning for you if you take any herbal remedies

or dietary supplements.

So used vehicle prices are unbelievably high right now.

And I need to take you down memory lane in my life.

We have been, there are people that are minivan drivers and people that are SUV drivers.

We had been minivan drivers, see I said had instead of have.

Since 1996, minivan city, we've had a number over the years and we kept the last one just

short of 10 years and bought a new one two years ago.

Well we realized we were putting virtually no miles on that minivan because our lives

had changed.

Three kids, two are now adults, one is a 10th grader.

And so the minivan had become irrelevant.

So I go online to edmunds.com which I think is owned by CarMax now.

But I go on Edmunds to praise my car.

And the appraisal to my shock comes out $2,000 higher than I paid for the van brand

new two years before.

Now you may wonder why was I buying a new vehicle?

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