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Re: CarWoo is shutting down

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Post by bane »

tptacek wrote: post #88
matthewbadeau wrote: post #82

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I think it's just the basic design. Here are a few examples using motherboard as a root word: http://mother.com/ http://mother.net/ http://motherboard.com/ http://www.motherboards.com/ I think it has to do with a single color header, half the page with plain blue links and the other half with a stock-looking photo.

Those pages all do look super spammy to me. The Truecar one doesn't, at all. Weird!

I think once you start to scroll a bit you realize it's not, but the bit above the fold definitely looked like a domain squat.

Re: CarWoo is shutting down

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Post by bane »

ryanhuff wrote: post #81
IgorPartola wrote: post #62

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Well, first, TrueCar doesn't exist: http://www.truecar.com/ . Second, what does Costco do for you in terms of getting a better price? In either case I don't believe they deal with pre-owned cars, which is really the best bang for your buck IMHO. But yes, my main point is that we should not just submit to the will of the car dealers and take their "best price everz" as gospel. Things like CarWoo and TrueCar need to ex…

Costco (supposedly) has pre-negotiated, no haggle pricing. I used them in the past, and the experience was great (except for the trade-in). Also, there are still car brokers that you can hire to do your bidding.

Can you provide more info on the brokers? I was not aware this existed!?

Re: CarWoo is shutting down

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Post by CCs »

jader201 wrote: post #13

I used CarWoo a couple years ago to purchase my current car. Before I was introduced to CarWoo, I did my own "no-haggle" negotiating by contacting various dealers via email. I think I contacted about 3 or 4 dealers, all of them local (within 30 miles). I ended up with one that was my best price. Then I found CarWoo, and thought I would try my luck with them. They did a similar search, and contacted 5 dealers, two or…

With Consumer Reports info I got 5% off MSRP. With CarWoo it was 10% off and a lot less work.

Re: CarWoo is shutting down

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Post by HeyLaughingBoy »

pavel_lishin wrote: post #26
uptown wrote: post #10

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.

I think a lot of people here, myself included, are introverts. Sitting in front of a salesperson who, if they aren't an extrovert are at the very least required to act like one, for a few hours while they see just how good of a deal they can make for themselves and their boss by talking sounds like a spot of hell. It's only marginally better than being stuck to someone like that on a plane; at least when buying a car…

A few hours? If you don't make progress in 10 minutes, leave.

Re: CarWoo is shutting down

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Post by michaelrbock »

There's still a lot of work to be done to make the experience of car shopping easier, so it's sad to see CarWoo shutting down. Side note: those interested in disrupting the car buying space like CarWoo/TrueCar may want to check out http://www.hackomotive.com/ the $35k hackathon put on by Edmunds.com this February. (Disclaimer: I used to intern for Edmunds.com on the API team, http://developer.edmunds.com/)

Re: CarWoo is shutting down

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Post by rysmit »

I had a startup called lowpenny.com that was very similar to CarWoo (before CarWoo) except we charged the auto dealers to use our system instead of charging users which is what CarWoo did.

The process of buying a car needs to be disrupted but the solution is not apparent to me. Would love to know why CarWoo is calling it quits.

Re: CarWoo is shutting down

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Post by prostoalex »

IgorPartola wrote: post #62
prostoalex wrote: post #58

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It's not like TrueCar and Costco don't exist.

Well, first, TrueCar doesn't exist: http://www.truecar.com/ . Second, what does Costco do for you in terms of getting a better price? In either case I don't believe they deal with pre-owned cars, which is really the best bang for your buck IMHO. But yes, my main point is that we should not just submit to the will of the car dealers and take their "best price everz" as gospel. Things like CarWoo and TrueCar need to ex…

Has CarWoo done used cars? I wasn't aware, yeah, that would be a nice differentiation, but difficult market to corner - so many more variables thrown in the mix (# of owners, clean title, mileage, etc.)

Re: CarWoo is shutting down

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Post by prostoalex »

bane wrote: post #93
ryanhuff wrote: post #81

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Costco (supposedly) has pre-negotiated, no haggle pricing. I used them in the past, and the experience was great (except for the trade-in). Also, there are still car brokers that you can hire to do your bidding.

Can you provide more info on the brokers? I was not aware this existed!?

cartelligent.com

Re: CarWoo is shutting down

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Post by toomuchtodo »

sokoloff wrote: post #74
adventured wrote: post #34

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This. All dealerships should be converted to car delivery and ordering centers (with one of each model for test driving). The middle man cost should be wiped out, and the business should move to an order > build > x days to deliver approach. Save buyers $3,500 on a $30,000 car, let them further and easier customize, and they will wait for delivery. Simply put, replace build car > sell car, with sell car > build car.…

I predict that in that world, the buy it today, drive it home tonight makes would capture market share. Honda already does a great job of building just one or two configs (very limited option space, other than color) and sells a lot of cars that way. In an "Amazon Prime" world, few people want to wait 21 days for their new car is my hunch.

If I can't wait 21 days for a new car, I have some serious life planning issues.
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