Cazoo is a Cinch

[daverichardson]

Been looking out of interest on these 2 websites.
There have been 2 Maserati on each.
One Ghibli and one Levante
All white and different cars.
The Cinch ones have gone, both remain on Cazoo
The sites are easy to navigate and give decent information on the cars once you learn the navigation.
Importantly the cars are realistically priced reflecting today's market and are recent models.
If I was in the market to purchase I would seriously consider both/either of these methods of purchase
The marketplace is changing

Separately I saw on tv an advert for house insurers that do not penalise for flat roof etc - another example of changes.
Further, banking is changing too App base etc. My Tesco bank is folding in November because they say nobody is using it

 

[Simon1963]

Been looking out of interest on these 2 websites.
There have been 2 Maserati on each.
One Ghibli and one Levante
All white and different cars.
The Cinch ones have gone, both remain on Cazoo
The sites are easy to navigate and give decent information on the cars once you learn the navigation.
Importantly the cars are realistically priced reflecting today's market and are recent models.
If I was in the market to purchase I would seriously consider both/either of these methods of purchase
The marketplace is changing

Separately I saw on tv an advert for house insurers that do not penalise for flat roof etc - another example of changes.
Further, banking is changing too App base etc. My Tesco bank is folding in November because they say nobody is using it

Tesco are lying to you. I use Tesco Bank.

 

[MaserMike]

Been looking out of interest on these 2 websites.
There have been 2 Maserati on each.
One Ghibli and one Levante
All white and different cars.
The Cinch ones have gone, both remain on Cazoo
The sites are easy to navigate and give decent information on the cars once you learn the navigation.
Importantly the cars are realistically priced reflecting today's market and are recent models.
If I was in the market to purchase I would seriously consider both/either of these methods of purchase
The marketplace is changing

Separately I saw on tv an advert for house insurers that do not penalise for flat roof etc - another example of changes.
Further, banking is changing too App base etc. My Tesco bank is folding in November because they say nobody is using it

After buying and selling many cars, when it comes to Maseratis and Ferrari etc. I personally wouldn’t buy one from a car supermarket or online car trade dealer. Buy one from a specialist or main dealer, pay a little more for that peace of mind and guarantee or it can be a real lottery.. I bought my used top spec diesel Levante last year from Ferrari Maranello - 22k miles, 2 year warranty, FMSH etc. £34k... at the time cheaper than any Indy or non franchise dealer etc. These cars are full of electronics and specialist components, you often won’t get any decent outcome to fix minor or major issues otherwise.... Even other daily drivers such as my Audis, Mercs - main dealer now for us (used), as had plenty of bad experiences and issues. It can be bad enough getting a main dealer sometimes to sort issues out, good luck with a non dealer / RAC warranty! etc .....

 

[mjheathcote]

I was looking at Cazoo for a possible daily replacement.
The photos are good online showing any defects, they have to be, because not possible to view in person, only 7 days to reject after purchase and delivery.
That is hard to stomach when you can be paying 40 grand for a car!
Prices are all over the place too, one day the same car is £38k, then £40k, then back down again and the price is non negotiable.

 

[CatmanV2]

7 days to reject after purchase and delivery.

That's what they say. DSR.....

Oh and consumer protection whatever the current version is. (if there's a problem that is, not just that you don't like it)


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[Scaf]

I was looking at Cazoo for a possible daily replacement.
The photos are good online showing any defects, they have to be, because not possible to view in person, only 7 days to reject after purchase and delivery.
That is hard to stomach when you can be paying 40 grand for a car!
Prices are all over the place too, one day the same car is £38k, then £40k, then back down again and the price is non negotiable.

I know they advertise 7days, but you actually have 14days to reject any purchase made online and you don’t have to give a reason / there does not need to be a fault. Google distance selling regulations.
But even 7days is 7days longer to return without fault, than if you purchased it in person from a dealer.

 

[c4sman]

I was looking at Cazoo for a possible daily replacement.
The photos are good online showing any defects, they have to be, because not possible to view in person, only 7 days to reject after purchase and delivery.
That is hard to stomach when you can be paying 40 grand for a car!
Prices are all over the place too, one day the same car is £38k, then £40k, then back down again and the price is non negotiable.

I purchased a car in Feb (2018 Cupra 300) via a different and smaller indie, but using exactly the same sales model as Cazoo. Worked out brilliantly. In my view it ended up a safer way of buying a car than the traditional model. Let’s compare for a minute.

Traditional model.
You find a dealer with the right car, you go and look at it and like it, spending approx an hour looking at it and maybe a 20 minute test drive. If your really bothered you try and arrange an independent inspection but this is often difficult logistically to get the car 100miles away to your trusted garage when you don’t own it yet, so you take a punt and buy it anyway (RAC inspections that come out are often worthless on specialist cars).
That’s not a great deal of time spent with the car before you have to commit (but does assume your not an expert buyer)

in both models you walk away with a 12 month warranty etc.

Online model
You see the car, get a semi decent report of condition from the dealer and pictures, do your own research from your sofa online (HPI etc. ). You order it and it’s delivered to your door. You book it into your favourite indie for an inspection and they tell you that it’s been in a shunt or you decide after 4 days that you don’t like the shade of blue, ring up the dealer and they come and pick it up an give all of your money back with no quibble.


I am becoming a fan of the latter model. Obviously if I wanted the premium main dealer experience and the dealer was reasonable travel distance away (as it was when I bought my GT this summer) I would always go look at a car. But even then I miss the 7 day window to get cold feet.