Everyone knows dealers will…
Everyone knows dealers will always give you less money for trade ins than what they are worth on the private market. That's how they make their money on the resale if it's a lot worthy vehicle. Also they have to internally pay a tech to inspect the vehicle and make any needed repairs before resale. $9k for a car that has a consumers market value of around $15k seems about right. If as a consumer you don't like your trade offer you should post your vehicle on the private market and try to get more money for it.