Why are cars on Carvana overpriced?
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Anonymous
| Please tell me it's because all the taxes and fees are rolled into the price. |
Anonymous
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Why do you think they are over-priced?
Any examples where they are charging noticeably more for the same car than its competition? |
Anonymous
| Because dumb people will pay the prices. |
Anonymous
| Because it is business and they are trying to make money by over- pricing the cars. |
Anonymous
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Internet-addicted youngsters don't want to deal with going into a showroom and talking to people IRL.
I have a buddy who needs a car for his young, growing family. They recently moved from NYC to FL and don't have a car. He just wants to buy something on Carvana and not ever have to deal with showrooms or salesmen. I told him he was NUTS to not test drive a car before buying (he's very tall). Basically, with Carvana you're just paying for the lack of hassle. You can't even bother to leave the house. |
Anonymous
| So they have the money to build those weird glass car containers. |
Anonymous
| Because there are people willing to pay several thousand dollars to avoid the hassle of negotiating with someone for a few hours. Carmax demonstrated that this was a viable business model. Everyone else is now just doing it "on the Internet". |
Anonymous
| Then Caravana can obviously be beat. Who competes with carvavna best on price? |
Anonymous
CarMax every time |
Anonymous
the sleazy used car dealership that you walk into an immediately feel the need to shower. |
Anonymous
| Because people are sick of the games with low life car dealers? |
Anonymous
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You are paying for convenience and reputation (Carvana has a money-back guarantee).
If you want cheaper, go to a used car dealer (the ones who sell only used -- they are buying questionable cars from the car wholesale auction in Carlisle) or Craigslist. |
Anonymous
My local dealership, for one. I saw the same car both places; Carvana was $2K more ($24K vs $26K). |
Anonymous
+1. I had a horrible experience with Acura Chevy Chase and in retrospect would gladly have paid a bit more to not have had to deal with them. |
Anonymous
| Huh, never realized they only have used cars. |