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The TrueCar homepage ( http://www.truecar.com/ ) looks like one of those generic 404/squatter page.
How is TrueCar's model different from what CarWoo was doing?
With this method, sometimes the car dealership sells a car for lower than they were hoping with the local market, and sometimes they make a killing off the customer.
CarWoo, on the other hand, asks each dealer individually what they want to sell the car at, and then forwards that price to the user.
The TrueCar homepage ( http://www.truecar.com/ ) looks like one of those generic 404/squatter page.
Cars are commodities, and should not be sold by salesman on commission. I'm not buying another car until mine falls apart.
One of the world's most complex engineering challenges, filled with tens of thousands of highly engineered parts and tens of millions of lines of code, with per unit pricing ranging from $10k to $100k+, is a "commodity"? The term "commodity" typically refers to products that feature little to no differentiation between each other. It means you could largely "throw a dart" to pick one, and you'd be no better or worse…
I was totally going to use them to buy a car next month! Are there any good alternatives? I can't handle anymore haggling and tricks.
http://recode.net/2014/01/21/two-ways-to-fail-startups-drawq...
Am I the only one that doesn't mind the car-buying process? All it takes is the fortitude to sit through a litany of maneuvers trying to convince you to agree on a price - when you've got zero obligation to consent. Sure - it takes time, which is a scare commodity for many - but for the amount of money generally being spent, I've got no problem pushing a salesperson to get the price to where I want it.
* pre-select make, model, color, options, etc (this way I'm comparing apples to apples)
* find various examples meeting my criteria on the market from different dealers/private sellers
* get initial offers from all the dealers
* get financing in-place - either cash or an approved car loan from your bank
* Whichever dealer has the lowest price, call the rest and say "dealer X has beaten your price by $Y. I have cash in-hand and I'm ready to buy today. Can you go lower?"
* Depending on the answer, either cross that dealer off your list or update all the other dealers with the 'new' lowest price.
* Rinse and repeat until nobody goes any lower, then go buy your car.
Dealers hate that method, but it's saved me thousands of dollars with each car purchase regardless of new or used. Ignore all pleas for 'financing', 'what do you want your monthly payment to be', etc. You're going for the absolute lowest price you can wrangle. As far as time investment, outside of figuring out what make/model/options I want and securing financing from my bank (or getting cash), the 'rinse and repeat with the lowest offer' method has never taken me more than a weekend to implement.