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Carvana is taking into account wholesale profitability into their gross per unit figure. Knowing this, I still questions their numbers. I see what they pay for cars at auction and there's no way those vehicles are profitable.


My take on home delivery is not that consumers don't want it, I just don't think most dealers are good at it. Telsa offers a very streamlined UX where you can design your car on their website and have it delivered. People love it. Dealers offer a clunky payment system on a specific piece of inventory that rarely translates into anything tangible once their inside the store. Very different experiences with expectedly different outcomes.


I think we need to stop blaming home delivery and look at the actual experience we're offering our customers. While it's not for everyone there's a large portion of people who would use it assuming the experience was exceptional.