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I never understood what was so special about this business. It's a used car dealership.
by highwayman47 4y ago
I never understood what was so special about this business. It's a used car dealership.
- HyperSane 4y agoThey had the "car vending machine" gimmick.
- highwayman47 4y agoI recall, but that can't have much an impact on bottom line.
- darig 4y ago
- hn_user2 4y agoSearching through a bunch of listings online with fixed prices and then having it delivered once you chose is not like any car dealership I have been through. Forget just the haggling on price, you have to spend 2 hours in with "finance" declining all sorts of things including their own loan options--and sometimes (not all) this finance person attempts "hard sells". Last time I was back in this room it felt like a timeshare presentation and sales pitch that just didn't let up. No thanks. I'll take fixed pricing and a car drop-off any day over that. I'll even pay more for it--well, slightly more.
- highwayman47 4y agoI would never buy a used car sight-unseen. When I bought my current car used, I had financing already lined up through my bank, flew 4 states down to get it, inspected it, and drove it back. I had the cost of travel built in as a discount. I have put 140,000 miles on that car and had no major issues.
- fasthands9 4y agoThe last time I ought a used car I did so from a Toyota dealership. I went to two different dealerships and both times the stats they listed online were different from the actual stats of the cars. I don't know if Carvana is actually better at this but it would be nice to a) buy from an entity that has incentive not to sell you lemon b) buy from entity which is transparent.