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TreyGuy

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    Comment #41324389

    I've been using this for a few months now. Best lifting app out there!

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    Comment #32379692

    www.markups.org HN reader here. We started this thing to help blow open transparency in the market

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    Comment #32330988

    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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    Comment #32330959

    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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    Comment #32330926

    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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    Comment #32330895

    its an error on the writers part. we are a "for profit" LLC

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    Comment #32330157

    A tale as old as car sales

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    Comment #32330152

    Thanks Zach!

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    Comment #32330149

    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 …

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    Comment #32327819

    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 selec…

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    Comment #32327783

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

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    Comment #32327581

    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 f…

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    Comment #32327571

    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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    Comment #32327563

    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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    Comment #32327543

    MSRP: $93,874

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    Comment #32327537

    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 p…

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    Comment #32327515

    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 t…

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    Comment #32327482

    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 o…

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    Comment #32327461

    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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    Comment #32327456

    Thanks for the feedback. It is greatly appreciated! We are certainly after UI and UX experiences!

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    Comment #32323503

    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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    Comment #32323108

    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…