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Should be back up!
I'm still seeing this on the car-description part.
Oh hi, I fixed your pricing page http://i.imgur.com/N90HwsK.png
haha I love this. Thanks Cian. This is awesome. Thanks for the effort. I actually really like the approach you took. Can we take this and run with it?
I thought this was an awesome idea and tried to post it in my facebook feed to show my friends. Unfortunately http://www.instamotor.com/ ends up with the excerpt "Landing Page Template for Bootstrap" and http://www.instamotor.com/#/ has no picture. I've found, or it least it seems to me, when there's no picture none of my friends click the link. Apparently you need to add these tags? https://developers.facebook.com/d…
Thanks for the heads up! I'm on it and will be pushing an update to in a few minutes. Mind if I ping you then? edit: I updated the header but still no update on Facebook. I'm assuming it must be cached. I will try to create a Facebook page to see if that clears it.
https://developers.facebook.com/tools/debug/
Still no image though. I think the link is the wrong URL? It's currently http://www.instamotor.com/instamotor_illustration.png
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Thanks for the heads up! I'm on it and will be pushing an update to in a few minutes. Mind if I ping you then? edit: I updated the header but still no update on Facebook. I'm assuming it must be cached. I will try to create a Facebook page to see if that clears it.
Going to this page and testing seemed to fix the caching https://developers.facebook.com/tools/debug/ Still no image though. I think the link is the wrong URL? It's currently http://www.instamotor.com/instamotor_illustration.png
Thank you for all your help!!
Great idea - good luck guys! Related note for the HN community, while we're on the subject: Unless you have time & money to burn, you really should never never never trade your car into the dealership. It's the worst price you're going to get along the used car supply chain. And even if you think you're getting a good price, it's because you're probably pairing it with buying a car (and paying too much for the car yo…
However, anyone with a half-decent credit score can get a loan from a bank or credit union. Those loans almost always have a better rate than a dealer will offer on a used car so you not only save thousands on the principal but you'll end up paying hundreds less over the term of the loan.
I just cannot fathom how people can walk on a dealer lot and buy a used car without taking one minute to look up the market value on KBB. There's just no way you wouldn't feel ripped off.
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People making 100-200k/year would love this service. People below that income range would want to sell privately themselves to make the most money. People above would just dump it at the dealer's and not care.
Thanks for the notes guys. A few things that might not be as obvious: 1. Cars with Loans on them. This actually is a hassle, especially in states where the loan holder owns the title. You literally can't just sign the title over to them. In most cases, the buyer has to pay for the car, the seller uses that payment to pay off the loan and then they get the title to transfer over. There has to be a ton of trust there.…
When I sold my vehicle in CA, both the buyer and I filled out the transfer of liability online [2] - no appointments needed. The title ("pink slip") contains the bill of sale with the odometer reading that you would otherwise put on REG 262. The buyer and seller both sign the title which also has the paper version of the transfer of liability should you be inclined to mail it. The buyer generally will have to go to the DMV to pay use tax and turn in the old title.
[1] https://www.dmv.ca.gov/pubs/reg_hdbk/ch5/ch5_5.htm [2] http://www.dmv.ca.gov/online/nrl/welcome.htm
Great idea - good luck guys! Related note for the HN community, while we're on the subject: Unless you have time & money to burn, you really should never never never trade your car into the dealership. It's the worst price you're going to get along the used car supply chain. And even if you think you're getting a good price, it's because you're probably pairing it with buying a car (and paying too much for the car yo…
If you sell to a dealership that will sell the car themselves, you have some wiggle room on the trade-in price because you're cutting out 2 middlemen (wholesaler and auction). Also, don't forget the tax benefit you get by the lower price of the care you're buying. Not sure if this is new cars only but that offset can be thousands, depending on the trade-in value and new car cost.
Hi Guys, Val here from InstaMotor. We’re trying to be to car dealerships what airbnb is to the hotel industry. We’d love to get some additional feedback on the service. Any feedback provided is super beneficial. We’re specifically looking for some feedback on: 1. When you get to the site, within the first 30 seconds, do you understand what we do. Why or why not? 2. If you do understand what we do, would you ever use…
