TreyGuy

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   by TreyGuy 2y ago

   I've been using this for a few months now. Best lifting app out there!
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   by TreyGuy 4y ago

   www.markups.org HN reader here. We started this thing to help blow open transparency in the market
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   by TreyGuy 4y ago

   top right hand corner of the list view... select the sort order and pick "price (low)" or "price (high)" https://markups.org/?sort=price-desc
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   by TreyGuy 4y ago

   ive easily waited an hour just to have a trade-in valued. this is part of the deal since you wouldnt land in the finance office until your trade in is valued.
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   by TreyGuy 4y ago

   there will be the need to track "below" msrp which will be great just to find the best priced dealers around a given area.
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   by TreyGuy 4y ago

   its an error on the writers part. we are a "for profit" LLC
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   by TreyGuy 4y ago

   A tale as old as car sales
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   by TreyGuy 4y ago

   Thanks Zach!
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   by TreyGuy 4y ago

   Thanks for commenting @gh0strat. Right now we are currently accounting for both markup and mandatory add-ons as a total in the same numerical value. If it's 0 markup but $2995 for N2 filled tires then the total markup is $2995. We are
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    by TreyGuy 4y ago

    Indeed, it will flip to the opposite side of the pole. Getting the best deal under MSRP. Pre covid if you were good at searching forums and Facebook groups you might find the select dealers advertising 3-5% below invoice pricing on certain
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    by TreyGuy 4y ago

    No we're not, we are a for profit llc and need to make sure the writer fixes that.
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    by TreyGuy 4y ago

    We plan to really give it a UI and UX scrub and upgrade as soon as we have some funding. We are operating an MVP right now gathering as many data points as possible and trying to figure out which tasks need implemented first.
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    by TreyGuy 4y ago

    Indeed, it will be interesting to see how this plays out with Ford and if they truly plan to curb the markups or force pricing transparency
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    by TreyGuy 4y ago

    Oh jeez, ya I know CarMax is bad. We dont really have a clean way of reporting teslas or scalping of resold vehicles by 3rd parties like that right now at markups.org
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    by TreyGuy 4y ago

    MSRP: $93,874
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    by TreyGuy 4y ago

    Greed also drives the other side of the equation... The consumers side as it pertains to getting the best deal possible! Markups.org is merely trying to use freedom of speech and press to force more transparency and competition across the d
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    by TreyGuy 4y ago

    Crowd sourcing the data is the only way to uncover the real pricing that happens behind the scenes 3 hours into a dealership trip to buy that new car once you finally sit down at the finance guys office. It happened to me and it's happ
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    by TreyGuy 4y ago

    The site isn't meant to "get one over" on dealerships. It's merely a tool riding on the back of capitalism and free speech to reward the lowest priced dealers, pull back the veil of sneaky bait and switch pricing models
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    by TreyGuy 4y ago

    The initial execution was to mimic an excel spreadsheet but as we get more feedback we hope to really produce a better UI and UX.
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    by TreyGuy 4y ago

    Thanks for the feedback. It is greatly appreciated! We are certainly after UI and UX experiences!
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    Nonprofit markups.org is exposing the most egregious new car prices(themanual.com)

    248 points by TreyGuy 4y ago|261 comments
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    by TreyGuy 4y ago

    we are tracking these dealer markups and addons at https://markups.org https://www.themanual.com/auto/markup-exposes-car-dealership...
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    by TreyGuy 4y ago

    Thanks for the plug! Markups.org founder here, recent YC member and startup noob. I created this crowd sourced site with my sister and we are actually thinking about applying to YC.