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The week's question
In March 2025, in the thread "Re: OT, out", Umm asked the members: "Do you think it is because America is made up of magical soil that makes businesses based in America magically profitable?" This week it is put to everyone again. The button below opens the small thread re-asking it - read what others have said so far, then give your own answer as an ordinary reply.
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Stocks A to Z / Stocks K / CarMax (KMX)
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Author: AdrianC ⎊✹  😊 😞
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Subject: Re: Q3 (Coming back?)
Date: 01/23/24 9:31 AM
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I see Vroom is out for the count:

Vroom, the once-mighty Carvana competitor, will wind down its used-car business
msn.com - Vroom the once mighty carvana competitor will wind down its used car business

"Vroom Inc., once valued at a heady $2.5 billion, said Monday it is winding down its online used-car sales business in order to preserve liquidity, as its market cap has dwindled to less than $100 million."

Tough business, lots of competition.

What I can't understand about Car Max is if they really make "about $2200 per retail unit", why are their prices so high? I just bought two used cars, my boys passed their drive tests within a month of each other. Car Max prices were consistently $3k or more than the local guys for low mileage Mazda3s'.

Example:
https://www.carmax.com/car/25022084
2016 Mazda Mazda3 I Sport $17,998 52K miles

I paid $14,650 for a 2016 Mazda Mazda3 I Touring with 41k miles at a local Honda dealer. Great shape, one owner, clean Car Fax.

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This community has written 45 posts about CarMax. The article-length ones it recommended most:
Q3: didn't seem so awful · 6 recs · 2023
Q1 was pretty good · 3 recs · 2023
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