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The article examines whether the practice of trade-ins in various industries in the U.S. should be curbed. Topics tackled include the implications of the attempts to have manufacturers put standard provisions for trade-in values into their resale-price contracts, trade-in abuses such as the phantom, and trade-in control methods. It discusses the variables affecting trade-in values, such as abrupt changes in style or performance and the impossibility of finding true measure of depreciation rate.