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To: microhoogle! who wrote (107455)	8/23/2000 5:42:38 PM
From: Eric Wells	Respond to of 164684

what was the total cost of car? Murali - the savings I realized amounted to less than 8% of the price of the car. Also note that CarOrder.com's business model is such that when they sell a car, they actually first buy it from the dealer and then sell it to the online customer. CarOrder has not been able to develop relationships directly with the car manufacturers to sell cars direct. So, for every car that CarOrder.com sells, a car dealer in the United States is going to get a cut. If anything, online sites like CarOrder may actually be helping car dealers to make more money - by moving more inventory. But I can't see this happening for much longer - the online sites are operating on very thin, or even negative margins. And, well, a business based on losing money can only survive for so long. -Eric