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A dealer asks for help building a custom trade-in and vehicle purchase data collection tool, preferring something beyond off-the-shelf options like ICO or TradePending. The conversation shifts toward Textium, a text-based trade appraisal tool using VIN/license plate lookup tied to KBB, Black Book, or AccuTrade values, with debate emerging over lead quality and whether vehicle trade data is actually captured. A key tension surfaces when a dealer reports only 3% of Textium leads from a direct mail campaign included trade information, raising questions about how the tool is configured by partner agencies.

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