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Re: Show HN: InstaMotor – Taking the pain out of selling your car

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Post by ryanSrich »

jarrett wrote: post #87
ValG wrote: post #36

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Hey Chad, Thanks for the note. Yeah you're right. We'll make the update to clarify that. We had it as "saved" before, but that didn't seem to make sense. Still trying to find the right wording, but we'll update it today or over the weekend most likely. Thank you!

How about showing all three? Dealership pays you: $5,000 InstaMotor pays you: $5,500 --------------------------- You get paid an extra: $500

^ This is how it should read.

I had the same issue. Couldn't figure out the 'you earn' part for a solid 30 seconds or so.

Re: Show HN: InstaMotor – Taking the pain out of selling your car

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Post by zem »

jarrett wrote: post #87
ValG wrote: post #36

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Hey Chad, Thanks for the note. Yeah you're right. We'll make the update to clarify that. We had it as "saved" before, but that didn't seem to make sense. Still trying to find the right wording, but we'll update it today or over the weekend most likely. Thank you!

How about showing all three? Dealership pays you: $5,000 InstaMotor pays you: $5,500 --------------------------- You get paid an extra: $500

agreed, this is definitely one place where being explicit is better than trying to find a short phrase

Re: Show HN: InstaMotor – Taking the pain out of selling your car

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Post by ryanSrich »

afhsfsfdsss88 wrote: post #94

Most dealer trade offers are so low because they don't even keep your car on the lot, they sell it at auction...at wholesale prices. That is a lot different than individual sales...which is how this service sells your car. So yeah, you get a better price for your car, but the service still eats a good chunk of the sale price difference between dealer-trade and individual sale. And "all the paperwork" amounts to downl…

Agreed. Having sold several cars in NYS this is the typical situation with selling a car.

- Post on craigslist for a few hundred under KBB and few thousand more than what you're willing to sell for

- Get several calls and appointments in the evenings for a solid week

- Within two weeks someone offers you $1k less than what you posted on CL for but still $1k more than your lowest point

- Collect payment from buyer, give them the signed title, and a piece of paper saying how much they paid for the car.

In this situation there are literally two pieces of paper. The bill of sale that you can write on any old computer paper and the title that came with the car. Signing up for this service may be even more work than just selling the car yourself.

Re: Show HN: InstaMotor – Taking the pain out of selling your car

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Post by ptbello »

skadamat wrote: post #44
chadwickthebold wrote: post #28

One point - take a look at the copy on your pricing slider. 'You Earn' makes it sound like that's all I'm going to get out of this deal. It took me a second to realize it was the difference between the dealership and instamotor.

Completely agree, I was like wait what only 2k. Maybe instead "Make 2,000 more with Instamotor"

That. I'm placing my bet on "Make X more" winner of the A/B testing.

Re: Show HN: InstaMotor – Taking the pain out of selling your car

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Post by lancewiggs »

ValG wrote: post #93
mattsfrey wrote: post #88

Having to enter a phone number to create an account resulted in a closed browser tab. Might want to consider this factor, can guarantee theres plenty more where I come from.

thanks for the note Matt. I think you're right and it's something we've debated before. In the end we decided to leave it in there. The first thing we do when you get started with us is call you to schedule the photo shoot for your car. We come to your place to do this at your convenience, but we need the phone number. We'll re-evaluate this over the weekend. Thanks for the feedback, we really appreciate it!

Almost all our meetings are set up over email, IM or text. And the vast majority of communication is online too. So requiring a phone is a sign that the old way of doing things is not gone, and it will make it harder to get traction, especially from the HN crowd and people with poorer English.

Re: Show HN: InstaMotor – Taking the pain out of selling your car

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Post by robzyb »

lancewiggs wrote: post #109
ValG wrote: post #93

Earlier quoted context omitted.

thanks for the note Matt. I think you're right and it's something we've debated before. In the end we decided to leave it in there. The first thing we do when you get started with us is call you to schedule the photo shoot for your car. We come to your place to do this at your convenience, but we need the phone number. We'll re-evaluate this over the weekend. Thanks for the feedback, we really appreciate it!

Almost all our meetings are set up over email, IM or text. And the vast majority of communication is online too. So requiring a phone is a sign that the old way of doing things is not gone, and it will make it harder to get traction, especially from the HN crowd and people with poorer English.

> So requiring a phone is a sign that the old way of doing things is not gone

It isn't gone. You are in the minority.

But that being said, maybe there is an argument that the OP needs to cater to the new things.

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