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Haha, We can still help. email me directly at val@instamotor.com.
What is the minimum value vehicle you can sell?
I was just going by the slider, which goes down to $5k.
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#213I like the idea but wanted to point out something that confused me. Car value: $100000 Average Dealership Trade-In Offer: $80,000 — $85,000 With Instamotor: $95,000 You Earn: $10,000 The way it says "you earn" I can't help but think that that is the total amount you will get. I would prefer it to say "you earn $95,000. $10,000 more than you would have with a dealership". Or something similar.
we got a lot of comment on how confusing this section is. We'll do another pass at it soon. Thanks for feedback! ps: was everything ok and clear enough?
Yes. Other than that it seemed pretty great.
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http://www.carmax.com/ does that in the US, they have a business model of no haggling and give some gaurantees on the cars they sell.
The downside, in California, is that the DMV still considers you to be the owner even after you sell your car to them. Some woman got a ticket because of this, although it was eventually dropped. In California, CarMax and other dealers don’t need to register a purchased vehicle in the company name. So even with her release of liability, the DMV considered the former owner to the registered owner of the ticketed vehic…
I don't think that makes any sense, that article says
"Fastrak admitted that it was a mistake to transfer the ticket back to the former owner."
I am pretty confident that California law is advanced enough to handle the case of selling a car to someone. Carmax doesn't have anything new in that realm.
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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
I messed up the formatting. I meant to say:
Dealership pays you: $5,000
InstaMotor pays you: $5,500
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You get paid an extra: $500