Buyers traveling across the country, paying record prices for used pickups

Buyers traveling across the country, paying record prices for used pickups

For Chuck Schmidt, traveling 1,579 miles and flying across five states to buy a 2017 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 was a no brainer."I saw the truck on the internet Thursday morning and called the dealership. It was exactly what I was looking for and I bought it Friday afternoon," Schmidt told CNBC two days after he paid $22,000 for the 3-year-old Silverado at Adams Toyota in Lee's Summit, Missouri.Schmidt coming all the way from Spokane, Washington to buy a truck didn't surprise Scott Adams, who owns the Toyota dealership outside of Kansas City, Missouri. "At least two or three times a month we have customers that come from a long way away," he said. "We sold a truck about two months ago to North Carolina. We sold a truck into Laredo,