Amazon will allow auto dealers to sell cars on its site, starting with Hyundai::The company has slowly entered the car buying business over the years by launching a digital showroom for shoppers to research and compare vehicles.

  • db2@sopuli.xyz
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    1 year ago

    I feel like the kind of person who would buy a car through Amazon is also the kind of person who doesn’t leave their house in the first place.

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      Or someone who doesn’t support the lengthy and exhausting process of buying a car from a dealership and having to negotiate a price.

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          No, they don’t have to be cheaper. In fact, I’d be willing to spend a bit more than I had to just to not deal with negotiation bullshit

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            If you think Amazon adding itself as a middleman and taking a cut helps you then you’re pretty dim.

            Edit: get mad if you want, doesn’t change the fact that it adds complexity and cost and the dealer will still do what dealers do with lying and upselling regardless.

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          1 year ago

          It would allow for more price transparency, wouldn’t it ?

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        I like how when I turned down the extended warranty the last time I bought a car, the saleswoman looked at me like I just shot her dog.

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          Or how about all the threads I see online where they will all but refuse to sell you a vehicle if you try and pay in cash / not use their financing provider.

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      1 year ago

      Literally the ONLY thing I like about the dealerships is being able to look at clean cars indoors… There is NOTHING else of value in the interactions with the sales person.