CNBC reporter Kate Fazzini got fed up with her car, a reliable beater that had seen better days, and decided to buy a car on the internet.
div > div.group > p:first-child"> I was driving my 2001 Chevy Impala, a retrofitted cop car with almost 90,000 miles, on the BQE in intense snow, sleet and hail, with my two kids in the backseat.
But there is one area of my life where I have ignored these instincts entirely, to my betterment: apps for home services. I'm a single mom, and to simplify what can be major time-consuming activities, I religiously use Delivery for weekly laundry pick-up and drop-off, Instacart and Amazon Fresh for grocery and pharmacy deliveries, and Handy and Taskrabbit for home repairs and lawn service. Doing this has given me back several hours a week, which I can devote back to more important things.
I spent a great deal of time just browsing the app initially, with the goal of getting the cheapest car possible in case it didn't work out and the return process was difficult. The user interface of the app was very fresh, easy to navigate and offered the ability to search by a lot of different, even minor parameters which made the process more fun than I expected.
I also asked my kids what they wanted. My daughter wanted"a really big, giant one," a request which I unfortunately had to reject. My son wanted"a red car" which seemed like an easier goal, and the two of them came to a consensus on this. Scheduling the delivery was a bit of a challenge -- Carvana seemed to have a bug that showed different available delivery times depending on which device I was viewing them on: the app, the website on mobile and the website on desktop. I wanted a Saturday or Sunday, but my hopeful dates and times kept disappearing.
Tyler, the driver, was 10 minutes early. I showed him my updated insurance proving coverage for the Dart.
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