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zachshefska

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About zachshefska

Currently working on CarEdge.

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    Thanks! Six years in the making ... We started as a YouTube channel (me and my dad), and now we are here. So fun. So cool. What a time to be building!

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    80 character limit on the post title is why I edited it in that way. Thanks for the feedback. Also the article was entirely organic. The journalist saw our article/interview in PYM…

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    It is $40 :-) https://caredge.com/ai

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    How can you say this is an ad? Fortune wrote an article about my company and I posted it here. How is that an ad?

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    No, this works for customers who are financing the purchase of their vehicle, leasing, or paying cash. The AI Agent negotiates the out-the-door price for the user regardless of pay…

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    OP here. I’m not sure I understand your point. The AI Negotiator is only intended for customers who want to buy a car — that’s what we mean by qualified.

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    I hope this applies to car dealers too.

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    Carvana is destined for acquisition or bankruptcy. They have WAY too much inventory that they overpaid for. Consumer demand has plummeted and new car supply is bouncing back (up 78…

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    Disclaimer; I run a popular youtube channel educating consumers on car buying. Greg did a good job documenting the challenges of buying a car in today's market. Fortunately, we are…

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    Let me be clear; we should move away from Manufacturers SUGGESTED Retail price and go towards Manufacturers Retail Price. Just make it that the price is the price, and then the dea…

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    And to be clear, consumers shouldn't have to negotiate for hours to try and get a "fair" price during "normal" market conditions. The current "markup" phenomenon is the same as the…

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    Thank you for the kind words. We have so much more work to do! Trying to innovate in this industry is TOUGH. All of the incumbent business models are predicated on information asym…

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    The market is SO inefficient. While you’re right in describing the principles of supply and demand, the reality is that buying a car should be 10x simpler and the price should just…

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    You'll enjoy this read: https://joinyaa.com/guides/how-did-car-dealerships-become-so... The reason car dealers are so powerful is because they influence so many aspects of local go…