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by petersouth 4193 days ago
It's very frustrating, I bought three over the last couple years. I think the biggest help to consumers is TrueCar.com which basically uses the information they gather about prices people recently paid for cars to negotiate a fair price for both parties. Whenever I mentioned TrueCar the salesmen were kinda disappointed because they knew they couldn't squeeze any extra money out of you. I started a website to help people get good deals on cars and then just decided to quit because TrueCar was efficient enough. Even the dealers that didn't participate still respected their pricing. At that point it was just a question of making sure not to get screwed on the financing and trade-ins.
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I had never seen TrueCar.com. Thanks for that. I bought my first new vehicle 4 months ago and have felt like I got screwed every since. Turns out, I actually got a decent deal.
Which site did you start? Were you ever able to get any traction?